This paper develops a simple model that explores the extent to which differences in connectivity quality can be effective incentives (or disincentives) towards migrating to an IPv...
The usefulness of parameterized algorithmics has often depended on what Niedermeier has called, "the art of problem parameterization." In this paper we introduce and expl...
Michael R. Fellows, Serge Gaspers, Frances A. Rosa...
Consider a distributed system N in which each agent has an input value and each communication link has a weight. Given a global function, that is, a function f whose value depends...
Background: The public availability of over 180,000 bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences has facilitated microbial identification and classification using hybridization an...
Zhengdong Zhang, George W. Jackson, George E. Fox,...
In this paper, we present a novel approach to exploit the relationships among domain names to improve the cache hit rate for a local DNS server. Using these relationships, an auth...