We are investigating strategies for using replication to design and implement highly reliable peer-to-peer systems. In particular, we are comparing the use of whole object and blo...
Ranjita Bhagwan, David Moore, Stefan Savage, Geoff...
Abstract. The graph partitioning problem consists of dividing the vertices of a graph into a set of balanced parts, such that the number of edges connecting vertices in different ...
Abstract. A new web content structure based on visual representation is proposed in this paper. Many web applications such as information retrieval, information extraction and auto...
Abstract. Negotiation plays a fundamental role in systems composed of multiple autonomous agents. Some negotiations may require a more elaborated dialogue where agents would explai...
We explore the relationship between time and relevance using TREC ad-hoc queries. A type of query is identified that favors very recent documents. We propose a time-based language...