Attractor network models of cortical associative memory functions have developed considerably over the past few years. Here we show that we can improve them further, in terms of c...
Experiments relating to TREC-7 Ad Hoc, HP and VLC tasks are described and results reported. Minor re nements of last year's Ad Hoc methods do not appear to have resulted in w...
David Hawking, Nick Craswell, Paul B. Thistlewaite
Declustering and replication are well known techniques used to improve response time of queries in parallel disk environments. As data replication incurs a penalty for updates, da...
Object middleware, such as CORBA, is rapidly gaining acceptance as a means for cost effective and fast development for a wide range of applications in various areas of industry. St...
Maarten Wegdam, Dirk-Jaap Plas, Aart van Halteren,...
Earthwork projects involve moving specific amounts of earth from a discrete set of source locations to a discrete set of destinations. Constructors use different methods and equip...