Many large-scale Web applications that require ranked top-k retrieval are implemented using inverted indices. An inverted index represents a sparse term-document matrix, where non...
George Beskales, Marcus Fontoura, Maxim Gurevich, ...
Use cases are a popular method for capturing and structuring software requirements. The informality of use cases is both a blessing and a curse. It enables easy application and lea...
In traditional peer-to-peer search networks, operations focus on properly labeled files such as music or video, and the actual search is often limited to text tags. The explosive ...
Due to the information growth, distributed environments are offered as a feasible and scalable solution where Peerto-Peer networks have become more relevant. They bring many advan...
We report on our experiences of introducing an instant messaging and group chat application into geographically distributed workgroups. We describe a number of issues we encounter...
James D. Herbsleb, David L. Atkins, David G. Boyer...