— Binding services are crucial building blocks in networks and networked applications. A binding service (e.g., the Domain Name System (DNS)) maps certain information, namely, bi...
Estimating the number of distinct values is a wellstudied problem, due to its frequent occurrence in queries and its importance in selecting good query plans. Previous work has sh...
Business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce has led to new relationships connecting various supply chain partners via the Internet, significantly increasing the quantity and qu...
Networked constellations are often formed to provide commercial IT services by leveraging the Internet technology. The provision of IT services should remain scalable, meaning tha...
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETS) are networks of mobile nodes that do not have a fixed infrastructure. Recent research in this field addresses ways of solving existing problems i...