External sorting--the process of sorting a file that is too large to fit into the computer's internal memory and must be stored externally on disks--is a fundamental subroutin...
In this paper, we propose two ways of improving image classification based on bag-of-words representation [25]. Two shortcomings of this representation are the loss of the spatial...
This work introduces two complementary techniques to improve the packet loss resilience of scalable video coding systems. First, a “switch per-pixel” error concealment (SPEC) ...
Authentication is the process where claims of identity are verified. Most mechanisms of authentication (e.g., digital signatures and certificates) exist above the physical layer, t...
The software development process imposes major impacts on the quality of software at every development stage; therefore, a common goal of each software development phase concerns ...