We examine the problem of retrieving the top-m ranked items from a large collection, randomly distributed across an n-node system. In order to retrieve the top m overall, we must ...
Abstract. Discretionary Access Control (DAC) systems provide powerful mechanisms for resource management based on the selective distribution of capabilities to selected classes of ...
ng Abstractions for Local Search Pascal Van Hentenryck1 and Laurent Michel2 1 Brown University, Box 1910, Providence, RI 02912 2 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3155 Ab...
Models and conceptualizations are necessary to understand and design ubiquitous systems that are context–aware not just from a technological point of view. The current technologi...
The increasing ubiquity of mobile computing devices has made mobile ad hoc networks an everyday occurrence. Applications in these networks are commonly structured as a logical netw...