—Caching frequently accessed data items on the client side is an effective technique for improving performance in a mobile environment. Classical cache invalidation strategies ar...
The problem of query containment is fundamental to many aspects of database systems, including query optimization, determining independence of queries from updates, and rewriting ...
In this paper we develop a notion of “objective trust” for Software Agents, that is trust of, or between, Agents based on actual experiences between those Agents. Experiential ...
We define three composition and structuring concepts which reflect frequently used refinements of ASMs and integrate standard structuring constructs into the global state based ...
Several groupware systems support casual real time interaction over distance by providing periodically updated snapshots of other people's offices. People then monitor these ...