Two operations commute if executing them serially in either order results in the same change of state. In a system in which commands may be issued simultaneously by different use...
Greg Dennis, Robert Seater, Derek Rayside, Daniel ...
Middleware has emerged as an important architectural component in supporting distributed applications. With the expanding role of middleware, however, a number of problems are emer...
Numerous applications such as stock market or medical information systems require that both historical and current data be logically integrated into a temporal database. The under...
Peter Muth, Patrick E. O'Neil, Achim Pick, Gerhard...
Access to large numbers of data sources introduces new problems for users of heterogeneous distributed databases. End users and application programmers must deal with unavailable ...
Anthony Tomasic, Louiqa Raschid, Patrick Valduriez
Despite constant improvements in fabrication technology, hardware components are consuming more power than ever. With the everincreasing demand for higher performance in highly-in...