Query optimization is a computationally intensive process, especially for complex queries. We present here a tool, called PLASTIC, that can be used by query optimizers to amortize...
Antara Ghosh, Jignashu Parikh, Vibhuti S. Sengar, ...
A block based video coder that supports multiple motion models is proposed. Apart from the typical translational motion model, we employ parametric models to more accurately repre...
Haricharan Lakshman, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand
—In this paper we study the performance of the Ambient Networks (AN) access selection architecture. We consider heterogeneous wireless networks, where mobile terminals (MTs) own ...
Group communication protocols constitute a basic building block for highly dependable distributed applications. Designing and correctly implementing a group communication system (...
Claudio Basile, Long Wang, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ra...
The ability of animals to select a limited region of sensory space for scrutiny is an important factor in dealing with cluttered or complex sensory environments. Such an attention...