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When Mobile Phones Are RFID-Equipped - Finding E.U.-U.S. Solutions to Protect Consumer Privacy and Facilitate Mobile Commerce
March 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
New mobile phones have been designed to include delivery of mobile advertising and other useful location-based services, but have they also been designed to protect consumers' privacy? One of the...
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Automatic Generation of Web-Based GIS/Database Applications
December 13, 2007, 12:00am PST
The authors have been developing web-based GIS/database (WebGD) applications that allow users to insert, query, update, and delete geographical features and the data associated with them from...
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End-User Software Engineering
July 10, 2007, 12:00am PDT
From 18.01.07 to 23.02.07, the Dagstuhl Seminar 07081 "End-User Software Engineering" was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar,...
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Software Engineering for Spreadsheets
February 2, 2009, 12:00am PST
Spreadsheets are widely used end-user programming tools. Since many critical decisions are made based on values computed by spreadsheets, the correctness of spreadsheets is crucial. The...
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A Survey on Quality of Service (QoS) Provisioning for Multimedia Transmission in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs)
June 8, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The gradual migration of today's wireless communication from one generation to the next (2G/2.5G/3G/4G) reflects the explosive growth of multimedia applications over the wireless Internet. But the...
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A Visual Language for XML
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
XML is becoming one of the most influential standards concerning data exchange and Web-presentations. This paper presents a visual language for querying and transforming XML data. The language is...
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Xing: A Visual XML Query Language
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper presents a visual language for querying and transforming XML data. The language is based on a visual document metaphor and the notion of document patterns and rules. It combines a...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Specialty Processors
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Marketplace pressures have increased demand for high quality computer graphics. Scientists use images to interpret lab data more effectively, and multimedia demands for computers are always...
Provided by Oregon State University
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A Joint Network-Channel Coding Technique for Single-Hop Wireless Networks
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Reliable transmission over an error-prone channel is typically accomplished via channel coding or retransmission of the lost information. This paper investigates a joint network-channel coding...
Provided by Oregon State University
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A Methodology to Improve Dependability in Spreadsheets
July 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Spreadsheets are one of the most commonly used end user programming environments. As such, there has been significant effort on the part of researchers and practitioners to develop methodologies...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Stochastic Binary Sensor Networks for Noisy Environments
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
This paper proposes a stochastic framework for detecting anomalies or gathering events of interest in a noisy environment using a network consisting of binary sensors. A binary sensor is an...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Secure Multiparty Computation Between Distrusted Networks Terminals
October 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The proliferation of capturing and storage devices as well as the ubiquitous presence of computer networks make sharing of data easier than ever. Such pervasive exchange of data, however, has...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Hierarchical Multidimensional Search in Peer-to-Peer Networks
August 8, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a P2P search solution, called EZSearch, which enables efficient multidimensional search for remotely located contents that best match the search criteria. EZSearch is a...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Wireless Broadcast Using Network Coding
March 4, 2008, 12:00am PST
Traditional approaches to transmit information reliably over an error-prone network employ either Forward Error Correction (FEC) or retransmission techniques. In this paper the authors propose...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Multimedia Wireless Transmission With Network Coding
September 30, 2007, 12:00am PDT
In recent years, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) have become the premier choice for many homes and enterprises. WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) has also emerged as the...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Peer-to-Peer Streaming With Hierarchical Network Coding
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
In recent years, Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks have emerged as two effective paradigms for delivering multimedia contents over the Internet. An important feature...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Wireless Broadcasting Using Network Coding
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
Traditional approaches to transmit information reliably over an error-prone network employ either Forward Error Correction (FEC) or retransmission techniques. In this paper the authors consider an...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Wireless Video Streaming With Collaborative Admission Control for Home Networks
November 21, 2007, 12:00am PST
Limited bandwidth and high packet loss pose a serious challenge for video streaming over wireless networks. Even when packet loss in the medium is not present, the fluctuating available bandwidth...
Provided by Oregon State University
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A Visual Language for the Evolution of Spatial Relationships and Its Translation Into a Spatio-Temporal Calculus
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
Queries about objects that change their spatial attributes over time become particularly interesting when they ask for changes in the spatial relationships between different objects. The authors...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Robust Learning for Adaptive Programs by Leveraging Program Structure
September 30, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors study how to effectively integrate Reinforcement Learning (RL) and programming languages via adaptation-based programming, where programs can include non-deterministic structures that...
Provided by Oregon State University
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SheetDiff: A Tool for Identifying Changes in Spreadsheets
June 30, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Most spreadsheets, like other software, change over time. A frequently occurring scenario is the repeated reuse and adaptation of spreadsheets from one project to another. If several versions of...
Provided by Oregon State University
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AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets
June 16, 2006, 12:00am PDT
In this paper the authors present a system that helps users test their spreadsheets using automatically generated test cases. The system generates the test cases by backward propagation and...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Spreadsheet Programming
June 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Spreadsheets are among the most widely used programming systems in the world. Individuals and businesses use spreadsheets for a wide variety of applications, ranging from performing simple...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Test-Driven Goal-Directed Debugging in Spreadsheets
June 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors present an error-detection and -correction approach for spreadsheets that automatically generates questions about input/output pairs and, depending on the feedback given by the user,...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Dimension Inference in Spreadsheets
June 18, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors present a reasoning system for inferring dimension information in spreadsheets. This system can be used to check the consistency of spreadsheet formulas and can be employed to detect...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Fixing the Program My Computer Learned: Barriers for End Users, Challenges for the Machine
December 12, 2008, 12:00am PST
The results of machine learning from user behavior can be thought of as a program, and like all programs, it may need to be debugged. Providing ways for the user to debug it matters, because...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Are Microloans Bad For Growth?
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper constructs a two-period overlapping generations model of human capital investment decisions where a microloan program designed to finance entrepreneurial activities is active. It is...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Developing A World Of Leaders Through The Masters Of Business And Engineering
October 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper discusses the early development of the Master of Business and Engineering (MBE) Degree in Construction Engineering Management at Oregon State University. The program is designed to...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Partial Network Coding With Cooperation: A Cross-Layer Design for Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
October 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors propose a Partial Network coding with COOPeration (PNC-COOP) scheme that mitigates error propagation due to channel imperfections and achieves acceptable throughput in...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Whitepapers
DAROS: Distributed User-Server Assignment and Replication for Online Social Networking Applications
July 23, 2012, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors introduce and study the problem of assigning users to servers and data replication in a distributed manner for Online Social Networking (OSN) applications. Typical OSN...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Joint Network Coding and Power Control for Cellular Radio Networks
April 25, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors investigate the problem of optimizing power consumption and bandwidth usage in cellular radio networks. In this paper they consider a wireless broadcast network, organized in cells, in...
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Upper Bounds on Expected Hitting Times in Mostly-Covered Delay-Tolerant Networks
May 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors derive theoretical bounds on expected hitting times in densely covered Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs). They consider a number of fixed (data collector) nodes deployed in the DTN...
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Multimedia in Wireless Mesh Networks
June 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have proclaimed critical interests among the wireless network community around the world. They have been introduced as an alternative solution for todays wireless...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Energy Efficient Network Structure for Synchronous Preamble Sampling in Wireless Sensor Networks
April 11, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a new energy efficient network structure for maintaining synchronization in access methods based on Synchronous Preamble Sampling. Their scheme limits the number of...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Scalable Video Streaming for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Using a Contention-Based Access MAC Protocol
June 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Limited bandwidth and high packet loss rate pose a serious challenge for video streaming applications over wireless networks. Even when packet loss is not present, the bandwidth fluctuation as a...
Provided by Oregon State University
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A DSEL for Studying and Explaining Causation
September 6, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The authors present a Domain-Specific Embedded Language (DSEL) in Haskell that supports the philosophical study and practical explanation of causation. The language provides constructs for...
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Adaptation-Based Programming in Haskell
September 5, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The authors present an embedded DSL to support Adaptation-Based Programming (ABP) in Haskell. ABP is an abstract model for defining adaptive values, called adaptives, which adapt in response to...
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Improving Policy Gradient Estimates With Influence Information
September 24, 2011, 12:00am PDT
In Reinforcement Learning (RL) it is often possible to obtain sound, but incomplete, information about influences and independencies among problem variables and rewards, even when an exact domain...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Automatically Inferring ClassSheet Models From Spreadsheets
June 18, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Many errors in spreadsheet formulas can be avoided if spreadsheets are built automatically from higher-level models that can encode and enforce consistency constraints. However, designing such...
Provided by Oregon State University
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No Application Is an Island: Using Topes to Transform Strings During Data Transfer
February 9, 2011, 12:00am PST
Users and programmers frequently need to move information between applications, including desktop and web applications. Transferring data often involves reformatting strings such as phone numbers...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Whitepapers
Upper Bounds on Expected Hitting Times in Mostly-Covered Delay-Tolerant Networks
May 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors derive theoretical bounds on expected hitting times in densely covered Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs). They consider a number of fixed (data collector) nodes deployed in the DTN...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Whitepapers
Joint Network Coding and Power Control for Cellular Radio Networks
April 25, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors investigate the problem of optimizing power consumption and bandwidth usage in cellular radio networks. In this paper they consider a wireless broadcast network, organized in cells, in...
Provided by Oregon State University
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Whitepapers
DAROS: Distributed User-Server Assignment and Replication for Online Social Networking Applications
July 23, 2012, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors introduce and study the problem of assigning users to servers and data replication in a distributed manner for Online Social Networking (OSN) applications. Typical OSN...
Provided by Oregon State University
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A Semantic Service Discovery Network for Large-Scale Ubiquitous Computing Environments
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents an efficient semantic service discovery scheme called UbiSearch for a large-scale ubiquitous computing environment. A semantic service discovery network in the semantic vector...
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Formal Analysis of Log Files
November 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Runtime verification as a field faces several challenges. One key challenge is how to keep the overheads associated with its application low. This is especially important in real-time critical...
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Unifying Software Engineering Methods and Tools: Principles and Patterns From Information Foraging
January 14, 2010, 12:00am PST
Most software engineering research aims to help human software developers with their work, but to date, this research has made little use of theories of human behavior. The essence of theories is...
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Sharing, Finding and Reusing End-User Code for Reformatting and Validating Data
May 14, 2010, 12:00am PDT
To help users with automatically reformatting and validating spreadsheets and other data sets, prior work introduced a user-extensible data model called "Topes" and a supporting visual programming...
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A Qualitative Study of Animation Programming in the Wild
June 9, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Scratch is the latest iteration in a series of animation tools aimed at teaching programming skills. Scratch, in particular, aims not only to teach technical skills, but also skills related to...
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Digging for Diamonds: Identifying Valuable Web Automation Programs in Repositories
February 9, 2011, 12:00am PST
Web automation programs offer a means for users to enhance the usability of the web. These programs can be published on a wiki or other repository, thereby making them available for use by other...
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No Application Is an Island: Using Topes to Transform Strings During Data Transfer
February 9, 2011, 12:00am PST
Users and programmers frequently need to move information between applications, including desktop and web applications. Transferring data often involves reformatting strings such as phone numbers...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Automatically Inferring ClassSheet Models From Spreadsheets
June 18, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Many errors in spreadsheet formulas can be avoided if spreadsheets are built automatically from higher-level models that can encode and enforce consistency constraints. However, designing such...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Improving Policy Gradient Estimates With Influence Information
September 24, 2011, 12:00am PDT
In Reinforcement Learning (RL) it is often possible to obtain sound, but incomplete, information about influences and independencies among problem variables and rewards, even when an exact domain...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Adaptation-Based Programming in Haskell
September 5, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The authors present an embedded DSL to support Adaptation-Based Programming (ABP) in Haskell. ABP is an abstract model for defining adaptive values, called adaptives, which adapt in response to...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
A DSEL for Studying and Explaining Causation
September 6, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The authors present a Domain-Specific Embedded Language (DSEL) in Haskell that supports the philosophical study and practical explanation of causation. The language provides constructs for...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Scalable Video Streaming for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Using a Contention-Based Access MAC Protocol
June 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Limited bandwidth and high packet loss rate pose a serious challenge for video streaming applications over wireless networks. Even when packet loss is not present, the bandwidth fluctuation as a...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Energy Efficient Network Structure for Synchronous Preamble Sampling in Wireless Sensor Networks
April 11, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a new energy efficient network structure for maintaining synchronization in access methods based on Synchronous Preamble Sampling. Their scheme limits the number of...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Multimedia in Wireless Mesh Networks
June 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have proclaimed critical interests among the wireless network community around the world. They have been introduced as an alternative solution for todays wireless...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Partial Network Coding With Cooperation: A Cross-Layer Design for Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
October 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors propose a Partial Network coding with COOPeration (PNC-COOP) scheme that mitigates error propagation due to channel imperfections and achieves acceptable throughput in...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Developing A World Of Leaders Through The Masters Of Business And Engineering
October 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper discusses the early development of the Master of Business and Engineering (MBE) Degree in Construction Engineering Management at Oregon State University. The program is designed to...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Are Microloans Bad For Growth?
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper constructs a two-period overlapping generations model of human capital investment decisions where a microloan program designed to finance entrepreneurial activities is active. It is...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Fixing the Program My Computer Learned: Barriers for End Users, Challenges for the Machine
December 12, 2008, 12:00am PST
The results of machine learning from user behavior can be thought of as a program, and like all programs, it may need to be debugged. Providing ways for the user to debug it matters, because...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Dimension Inference in Spreadsheets
June 18, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors present a reasoning system for inferring dimension information in spreadsheets. This system can be used to check the consistency of spreadsheet formulas and can be employed to detect...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Test-Driven Goal-Directed Debugging in Spreadsheets
June 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors present an error-detection and -correction approach for spreadsheets that automatically generates questions about input/output pairs and, depending on the feedback given by the user,...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Spreadsheet Programming
June 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Spreadsheets are among the most widely used programming systems in the world. Individuals and businesses use spreadsheets for a wide variety of applications, ranging from performing simple...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets
June 16, 2006, 12:00am PDT
In this paper the authors present a system that helps users test their spreadsheets using automatically generated test cases. The system generates the test cases by backward propagation and...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
SheetDiff: A Tool for Identifying Changes in Spreadsheets
June 30, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Most spreadsheets, like other software, change over time. A frequently occurring scenario is the repeated reuse and adaptation of spreadsheets from one project to another. If several versions of...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Robust Learning for Adaptive Programs by Leveraging Program Structure
September 30, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors study how to effectively integrate Reinforcement Learning (RL) and programming languages via adaptation-based programming, where programs can include non-deterministic structures that...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
A Visual Language for the Evolution of Spatial Relationships and Its Translation Into a Spatio-Temporal Calculus
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
Queries about objects that change their spatial attributes over time become particularly interesting when they ask for changes in the spatial relationships between different objects. The authors...
Provided by Oregon State University
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White Papers
Wireless Video Streaming With Collaborative Admission Control for Home Networks
November 21, 2007, 12:00am PST
Limited bandwidth and high packet loss pose a serious challenge for video streaming over wireless networks. Even when packet loss in the medium is not present, the fluctuating available bandwidth...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Wireless Broadcasting Using Network Coding
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
Traditional approaches to transmit information reliably over an error-prone network employ either Forward Error Correction (FEC) or retransmission techniques. In this paper the authors consider an...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Peer-to-Peer Streaming With Hierarchical Network Coding
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
In recent years, Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks have emerged as two effective paradigms for delivering multimedia contents over the Internet. An important feature...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Multimedia Wireless Transmission With Network Coding
September 30, 2007, 12:00am PDT
In recent years, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) have become the premier choice for many homes and enterprises. WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) has also emerged as the...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Wireless Broadcast Using Network Coding
March 4, 2008, 12:00am PST
Traditional approaches to transmit information reliably over an error-prone network employ either Forward Error Correction (FEC) or retransmission techniques. In this paper the authors propose...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Hierarchical Multidimensional Search in Peer-to-Peer Networks
August 8, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a P2P search solution, called EZSearch, which enables efficient multidimensional search for remotely located contents that best match the search criteria. EZSearch is a...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Secure Multiparty Computation Between Distrusted Networks Terminals
October 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The proliferation of capturing and storage devices as well as the ubiquitous presence of computer networks make sharing of data easier than ever. Such pervasive exchange of data, however, has...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Stochastic Binary Sensor Networks for Noisy Environments
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
This paper proposes a stochastic framework for detecting anomalies or gathering events of interest in a noisy environment using a network consisting of binary sensors. A binary sensor is an...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
A Methodology to Improve Dependability in Spreadsheets
July 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Spreadsheets are one of the most commonly used end user programming environments. As such, there has been significant effort on the part of researchers and practitioners to develop methodologies...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
A Joint Network-Channel Coding Technique for Single-Hop Wireless Networks
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Reliable transmission over an error-prone channel is typically accomplished via channel coding or retransmission of the lost information. This paper investigates a joint network-channel coding...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Specialty Processors
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Marketplace pressures have increased demand for high quality computer graphics. Scientists use images to interpret lab data more effectively, and multimedia demands for computers are always...
Provided by Oregon State University
-
White Papers
Xing: A Visual XML Query Language
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper presents a visual language for querying and transforming XML data. The language is based on a visual document metaphor and the notion of document patterns and rules. It combines a...
Provided by Oregon State University
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