The objective of query optimizers is to select a good execution plan for a given query. In a distributed system, it is crucial for a query optimizer to have effective remote cost e...
Distributed Hashtables (DHTs) provide a scalable method of associating file-hashes with a particular location in a distributed network environment. Modifying DHTs directly to suppo...
In this paper, we explore an architecture, called K-Trek, that enables mobile users to travel across knowledge distributed over large geographical areas (ranging from large public ...
Paolo Busetta, Paolo Bouquet, Giordano Adami, Matt...
Abstract. Most of the existing research in peer-to-peer systems focuses on protocol design and doesn’t consider the rationality of each peer. One phenomenon that should not be ig...