Opening up large amounts of loosely structured information for easy access and use is a complex problem. This paper describes two systems that address different aspects of the pro...
Given the numerous knowledge representation models (KR-schemes) that have been proposed, it would be desirable to have a formal, unifying model for the description of a KR-scheme,...
This paper describes the implementation of a reliable Get-Put interface written for a distributed memory environment. The asynchronous semantics of the Put as well as the split tr...
A common problem facing mobile computing is disconnected operation, or computing in the absence of a network. Hoarding eases disconnected operation by selecting a subset of the us...
Failure detectors (or, more accurately Failure Suspectors { FS) appear to be a fundamental service upon which to build fault-tolerant, distributed applications. This paper shows t...