We argue that the advent of large volumes of full-length text, as opposed to short texts tracts and newswire, should be accompanied by corresponding new approaches to information ...
The basic idea behind delegation is that some active entity in a system delegates authority to another active entity in order to carry out some functions on behalf of the former. ...
Abstract. Contemporary information systems struggle with the requirement to provide flexibility and process support while still enforcing some degree of control. Workflow managemen...
In this paper we propose a novel late join algorithm for distributed applications with a fully replicated architecture (e.g. shared whiteboards). The term `late join algorithm'...
Abstract. We present a system that allows task parallel OpenMP programs to execute on a network of workstations (NOW) with a variable number of nodes. Such adaptivity, generally ca...