As a simple XML query language but with enough expressive power, XPath has become very popular. To expedite evaluation of XPath queries, we consider the problem of rewriting XPath...
In Monte-Carlo photon-tracing methods energy-carrying particles are traced in an environment to generate hit points on object surfaces for simulating global illumination. The surf...
Sequence pattern mining is an important research problem because it is the basis of many other applications. Yet how to efficiently implement the mining is difficult due to the ...
A semi-auto system is developed to acquire playerpossession for broadcast soccer video, whose objective is to minimize the manual work. This research is important because acquirin...
Managing usage service level agreements (USLAs) within environments that integrate participants and resources spanning multiple physical institutions is a challenging problem. Mai...