Many database applications have the emerging need to support fuzzy queries that ask for strings that are similar to a given string, such as “name similar to smith” and “tele...
Cost-based query optimizers need to estimate the selectivity of conjunctive predicates when comparing alternative query execution plans. To this end, advanced optimizers use multi...
Volker Markl, Nimrod Megiddo, Marcel Kutsch, Tam M...
Cyber security is a serious global concern. The potential of cyber terrorism has posed a threat to national security; meanwhile the increasing prevalence of malware and incidents o...
Peer-to-Peer systems have proven to be an effective way of sharing data. Modern protocols are able to efficiently route a message to a given peer. However, determining the destin...
Abstract— In this paper, we propose a selection technique for replicated multicast video streams from different servers. We assume that there exist replicated video servers, each...