Large-scale Internet applications can benefit from an ability to predict round-trip times to other hosts without having to contact them first. Explicit measurements are often un...
Frank Dabek, Russ Cox, M. Frans Kaashoek, Robert M...
When designing questionnaires there is a tradition of including items with both positive and negative wording to minimize acquiescence and extreme response biases. Two disadvantag...
Generally, applications employing Database Management Systems (DBMS) require that the integrity of the data stored in the database be preserved during normal operation as well as ...
In this paper, we investigate how deviation in evaluation activities may reveal bias on the part of reviewers and controversy on the part of evaluated objects. We focus on a `data...
Measuring effectiveness of information retrieval (IR) systems is essential for research and development and for monitoring search quality in dynamic environments. In this study, w...