A framework to assess transient performance measures is introduced by generalizing the theory of the quasi Birthand-Death (QBD) paradigm to QBDs with marked time epochs (QBDm ). T...
In the last years the number of electronic control systems has increased significantly. In order to stay competitive more and more functionality is integrated into more and more p...
Ingomar Wenzel, Raimund Kirner, Bernhard Rieder, P...
In this paper, we propose a set of similarity metrics for manipulating collections of values occuring in XML documents. Following the data model presented in TAX algebra, we treat...
Carina F. Dorneles, Carlos A. Heuser, Andrei E. N....
— Considerable attention has been focused on the properties of graphs derived from Internet measurements. Router-level topologies collected via traceroute-like methods have led s...
Anukool Lakhina, John W. Byers, Mark Crovella, Pen...
“North” ads, or sponsored listings appearing just above the organic search results, generate the majority of clicks and revenues for search engines. In this paper, we ask whet...