—Top-k query has long been an important topic in many fields of computer science. Efficient implementation of the top-k queries is the key for information searching. With the n...
Hongbo Jiang, Jie Cheng, Dan Wang, Chonggang Wang,...
Abstract-- The reliable delivery of services in service oriented architectures often entails the underlying basis of having well structured system and communication network models....
t a single security abstraction layer, but rather is a roblem spanning multiple abstraction levels. We use an embedded biometric authentication device to demonstratethenecessityofa...
David Hwang, Patrick Schaumont, Kris Tiri, Ingrid ...
Dependable properties such as self-stabilization are crucial requirements in sensor networks. One way to achieve these properties is to utilize the vast literature on distributed ...
Real-world data -- especially when generated by distributed measurement infrastructures such as sensor networks -- tends to be incomplete, imprecise, and erroneous, making it impo...