This paper is the first analysis of caching architectures for Question Answering (QA). We introduce the novel concept of multi-layer collaborative caches, where: (a) each resource...
David Dominguez-Sal, Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Miha...
We describe and evaluate the performance of a parallel search engine that is able to cope efficiently with concurrent read/write operations. Read operations come in the usual form ...
The distributed nature of the grid results in the problem of scheduling parallel jobs produced by several independent organizations that have partial control over the system. We co...
In many network applications the computation takes place on the minimum-cost spanning tree (MST) of the network; unfortunately, a single link or node failure disconnects the tree. ...
Paola Flocchini, Toni Mesa Enriquez, Linda Pagli, ...
Utility computing is a service provisioning model which will provide adaptive, flexible and simple access to computing resources, enabling a pay-per-use model for computing simila...