Data structures often use an integer variable to keep track of the number of elements they store. An invariant of such data structure is that the value of the integer variable is ...
Data streaming applications, usually composed with sequential/parallel tasks in a data pipeline form, bring new challenges to task scheduling and resource allocation in grid envir...
This paper describes a sensor-based middleware for performance monitoring and data integration in the Grid that is capable of self-management. The middleware unifies both system ...
As storage systems scale to thousands of disks, data distribution and load balancing become increasingly important. We present an algorithm for allocating data objects to disks as...
Most work on preference learning has focused on pairwise preferences or rankings over individual items. In this paper, we present a method for learning preferences over sets of it...