Most modern RDBMS depend on the query processing optimizer’s cost model to choose the best execution plan for a given query. Since the physical IO (PIO) is a costly operation to...
Clustering is one of the most important tasks for geographic knowledge discovery. However, existing clustering methods have two severe drawbacks for this purpose. First, spatial c...
Abstract—Path computation elements (PCE’s) are used to compute end-to-end paths across multiple areas. Multiple PCE’s may be dedicated to each area to provide sufficient path...
Juanjuan Yu, Yue He, Kai Wu, Marco Tacca, Andrea F...
Delegation of authority is an important process that needs to be captured by any access control model. In role-based access control models, delegation of authority involves delega...
The recent evolution of Internet, driven by the Web services technology, is extending the role of the Web from a support of information interaction to a middleware for B2B interac...