Query optimization is an integral part of relational database management systems. One important task in query optimization is selectivity estimation, that is, given a query P, we ...
Abstract. Ahardware and software environment with performance above 1 Tera ops (teracomputing) is presently required to face the leading computational challenges not only in fundam...
Most of recent research on distributed shared memory (DSM)systems have focused on either careful design of node controllersor cache coherenceprotocols. Whileevaluating these desig...
The energy consumption of a system depends upon the hardware and software component of a system. Since it is the software which drives the hardware in most systems, decisions take...
Huzefa Mehta, Robert Michael Owens, Mary Jane Irwi...
An important, largely unexplored area of computer image generation is the simulation of weathering and its effects on appearance. Weathering results from the interaction of the en...