Scheduling query execution plans is an important component of query optimization in parallel database systems. The problem is particularly complex in a shared-nothing execution en...
It is well-known that self-applicable partial evaluation can be used to generate compiler generators: cogen = mix(mix;mix), where mix is the specializer (partial evaluator). Howev...
Radiosity methods have been shown to be an effective means to solve the global illumination problem in Lambertian diffuse environments. These methods approximate the radiosity int...
We believe that navigation in information spaces is best supported by tapping into our natural spatial and geographic ways of thinking. To this end, we are developing a new comput...
Form features present a rather attractive building block in computer-aided design environments for a variety of applications, providing the embodiment of engineering semantics in ...