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1998
Springer
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Fidelity of Graphics Reconstructions: A Psychophysical Investigation
In this paper we develop a technique for measuring the perceptual equivalence of a graphical scene to a real scene. Ability to compare images is valuable in computer graphics for a...
Ann McNamara, Alan Chalmers, Tom Troscianko, Erik ...
RT
1998
Springer
14 years 25 days ago
Automatic Calculation of Soft Shadow Textures for Fast, High-Quality Radiosity
We propose a new method for greatly accelerating the computation of complex, detailed shadows in a radiosity solution. Radiosity is computed using a "standard" hierarchi...
Cyril Soler, François X. Sillion
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Reducing the Braking Distance of an SQL Query Engine
In a recent paper, we proposed adding a STOP AFTER clause to SQL to permit the cardinality of a query result to be explicitly limited by query writers and query tools. We demonstr...
Michael J. Carey, Donald Kossmann
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Secure Buffering in Firm Real-Time Database Systems
The design of secure buffer managers for database systems supporting real-time applications with firm deadlines is studied here. We first identify the design challenges and then p...
Binto George, Jayant R. Haritsa
VLDB
1998
ACM
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An Asynchronous Avoidance-Based Cache Consistency Algorithm for Client Caching DBMSs
We present a new client cache consistency algorithm for client caching database management systems. The algorithm, called Asynchronous Avoidance-based Cache Consistency (AACC), pr...
M. Tamer Özsu, Kaladhar Voruganti, Ronald C. ...