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SIGIR
2006
ACM
16 years 1 days ago
2006
ACM
We consider the problem of large-scale retrieval evaluation, and we propose a statistical method for evaluating retrieval systems using incomplete judgments. Unlike existing techn...
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STORAGESS
2005
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
2005
ACM
The use of access predictors to improve storage device performance has been investigated for both improving access times, as well as a means of reducing energy consumed by the dis...
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TCSV
2008
15 years 6 months ago
2008
Abstract--To effectively address the explosive growth of multimedia applications over the Internet, a large-scale media streaming system has to fully take into account the issues o...
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VRML
2003
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
2003
ACM
Embodied agents or humanoid avatars may effectively be used to communicate with human users. Currently there is a wide range of specification formalisms and scripting languages f...
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MOBISYS
2009
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
2009
ACM
We design, implement, and evaluate a vehicular communication system that improves uplink connectivity through multi-lobe beam pattern switching on a smart antenna. Directionality ...