We give a constant factor approximation algorithm for the following generalization of the k-median problem. We are given a set of clients and facilities in a metric space. Each fa...
Many large content publishers use multiple content distribution networks to deliver their content, and many industrial systems have become available to help a broader set of conte...
Hongqiang Harry Liu, Ye Wang, Yang Richard Yang, H...
Content distribution networks (CDNs) increase the capacity of individual Web sites and attempt to deliver content from caches that are located "closer" to end-users than...
Alexandros Biliris, Charles D. Cranor, Fred Dougli...
Network coding is an elegant and novel technique introduced at the turn of the millennium to improve network throughput and performance. It is expected to be a critical technology...
Several emerging large-scale Internet applications such as Content Distribution Networks, and Peerto-Peer networks could potentially benefit from knowing the underlying Internet t...
Due to the technical developments in electronics the amount of digital content is continuously increasing. In order to make digital content respectively multimedia content availab...
Thomas Plagemann, Vera Goebel, Andreas Mauthe, Lau...
Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) are increasingly being used to disseminate data in today's Internet aiming at reducing the load on the origin server and the traffic on t...
George Pallis, Athena Vakali, Konstantinos Stamos,...
— With an enhanced client computer performance and network bandwidth, peer-to-peer (P2P) content distribution networks are receiving much attention. However, along with the popul...
The simplicity of the basic client/server model of Web services led quickly to its widespread adoption, but also to scalability and performance problems. The technological respons...
Micah Beck, Terry Moore, Leif Abrahamsson, Christo...