As the importance of multimedia applications in hand-held devices increases, the computational strain and corresponding demand for energy in such devices continues to grow. Portab...
Michael A. Baker, Viswesh Parameswaran, Karam S. C...
Distributed databases and other networked information systems use copies or mirrors to reduce latency and to increase availability. Copies need to be refreshed. In a loosely coupl...
1 Although processing speed, storage capacity and network bandwidth are steadily increasing, network latency remains a bottleneck for scientists accessing large remote data sets. T...
Workflow management systems are increasingly used to assist the automation of business processes that involve the exchange of documents, information, or task execution results. Re...
: Most of the current academic and professional work requires collaboration between the members of a working group. Groupware tools play a prevailing role in supporting this collab...