Overlay networks have been very useful in solving large scale data dissemination problems. In this paper, we consider the case of data gathering which is the inverse of disseminat...
Along with image and video libraries, archives of 3D models have recently gained increasing attention. Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for solutions enabling retrieval ...
In distributed and mobile systems with volatile bandwidth and fragile connectivity, non-functional aspects like performance and reliability become more and more important. To forma...
Peer-to-peer systems and applications are distributed systems without any centralized control. P2P systems form the basis of several applications, such as file sharing systems and ...
Data items are often associated with a location in which they are present or collected, and their relevance or in uence decays with their distance. Aggregate values over such data...