Number restrictions are concept constructors that are available in almost all implemented description logic systems. However, even though there has lately been considerable effort...
This paper describes issues encountered in the design and implementation of a parallel object-oriented database system. In particular, we find that the design of a client/server ...
Stream-based overlay networks (SBONs) are one approach to implementing large-scale stream processing systems. A fundamental consideration in an SBON is that of service placement, ...
Peter R. Pietzuch, Jeffrey Shneidman, Jonathan Led...
Graph-reduction specifications (GRSs) are a powerful new method for specifying classes of pointer data structures (shapes). They cover important shapes, like various forms of bal...
Recently there has been interest in the use of classifiers based on the product of experts (PoE) framework. PoEs offer an alternative to the standard mixture of experts (MoE) fram...