Disk I/O is a major bottleneck for query processing in database applications. This bottleneck is especially a problem for temporal databases because of their large size. Reduction...
This paper presents a framework for provisioning application and channel dependent quality of service in wireless networks. The framework is based on three di erent adaptation mec...
Javier Gomez, Andrew T. Campbell, Hiroyuki Morikaw...
In this paper, we propose a logic of action and causality. The most important part of our contribution is a semantics that integrates action, temporal structure, and probability. ...
The use of causal rules or fluent dependency constraints has proven to provide a versatile means of dealing with the ramification problem. In this paper we show how fluent depende...
In the presence of multiple delay faults, automated diagnostic procedures that make a single fault assumption may give an incorrect diagnosis. In this paper, a systematic approach...