For a large-scale data-intensive environment, such as the World-Wide Web or data warehousing, we often make local copies of remote data sources. Due to limited network and computa...
This paper presents a new approach to quality control of wastewater treatment. The first part formulates basic principles of statistical process control (SPC) and Taguchi Method. ...
Abstract: This paper addresses the target coverage problem in wireless sensor networks. Communication and sensing consume energy, therefore efficient power management can extend ne...
A deterministic server is shared by users with identical linear waiting costs, requesting jobs of arbitrary lengths. Shortest jobs are served first for efficiency. The server can...
—Conventional verification systems, such as those controlling access to a secure room, do not usually require the user to reauthenticate himself for continued access to the prote...