Modern distributed information retrieval techniques require accurate knowledge of collection size. In non-cooperative environments, where detailed collection statistics are not av...
Navigation services (e.g., in-car navigation systems and online mapping sites) compute routes between two locations to help users navigate. However, these routes may direct users ...
Kayur Patel, Mike Y. Chen, Ian E. Smith, James A. ...
Similarly to the Web Wikis have advanced from initially simple ad-hoc solutions to highly popular systems of widespread use. This evolution is reflected by the impressive number ...
We present a simple approach for implementing flexible locking strategies in a system of components, which may themselves be composite objects. The approach is flexible in that a ...
The most controversial part of genetic programming is its highly disruptive and potentially innovative subtree crossover operator. The clearest problem with the crossover operator...