In this paper, we consider social peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, where peers are sharing their resources (i.e., multimedia content and upload bandwidth). In the considered P2P netwo...
Bucket elimination is an algorithmic framework that generalizes dynamic programming to accommodate many problem-solving and reasoning tasks. Algorithms such as directional-resolut...
Abstract. Perfectly rational decision-makers maximize expected utility, but crucially ignore the resource costs incurred when determining optimal actions. Here we employ an axiomat...
Federated text search provides a unified search interface for multiple search engines of distributed text information sources. Resource selection is an important component for fed...
Abstract - Overlay multicast, which performs topology construction and data relaying in the application layer, has recently emerged as a promising vehicle for data distribution. In...