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On the Storage, Management and Analysis of (Multi) Similarity for Large Scale Protein Structure Datasets in the Grid
June 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Assessment of the (Multi) Similarity among a set of protein structures is achieved through an ensemble of protein structure comparison methods/algorithms. This leads to the generation of a...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Do You Think Your Risk Is Fair Paid? Evidence From Italian Labor Market
February 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
Starting from Adam Smith's intuition, compensating wage differentials are one of the most widespread explanations to describe why agents should bear occupational risk of injury and death. For...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Path Summaries and Path Partitioning in Modern XML Databases
February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The authors study the applicability of XML path summaries in the context of current-day XML databases. They find that summaries provide an excellent basis for optimizing data access methods, which...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Distributed XML Design
December 13, 2010, 12:00am PST
A distributed XML document is an XML document that spans several machines. The authors assume that a distribution design of the document tree is given, consisting of an XML kernel-document...
Provided by University of Calabria
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An XML-Based Multi-Agent System for Supporting Online Recruitment Services
November 4, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this paper the authors propose an XML-based multi-agent recommender system for supporting online recruitment services. The system is characterized by the following features: It handles user...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A General Simulation Framework for Supply Chain Modeling: State of the Art and Case Study
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Nowadays there is a large availability of discrete event simulation software that can be easily used in different domains: from industry to supply chain, from healthcare to business management,...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Web Services for Optimal Clinical Support Systems
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Internet and Service Oriented Computing are considered as the higher expression of the software community revolution and Web Services are seen as one of their concrete realization. Web becomes a...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A Decision Support Resource as a Kernel of a Semantic Web Based Platform Oriented to Heart Failure
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is a complex cardiovascular syndrome whose management requires a complex clinical program involving, at different levels, several care stakeholders and the integration...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A Proximity-Based Self-Organizing Framework for Service Composition and Discovery
February 15, 2010, 12:00am PST
The ICT market is experiencing an important shift from the request/provisioning of products toward a service-oriented view where everything (computing, storage, applications) is provided as a...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A Hierarchical Control Protocol for Group-Oriented Playbacks Supported by Content Distribution Networks
April 28, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Content distribution networks have recently been introduced as a more efficient alternative to centralized servers for the delivery of static content as well as media streaming services ranging...
Provided by University of Calabria
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QoS-Based Dissemination of Content in Grids
April 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper proposes a bio-inspired approach tailored to the construction of a Grid information system in which content, specifically metadata descriptors that specify the characteristics of Grid...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A Simple 1-Byte 1-Clock RC4 Design and Its Efficient Implementation in FPGA Coprocessor for Secured Ethernet Communication
July 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
In the field of cryptography till date the 1-byte in 1-clock is the best known RC4 hardware design, while the 1-byte in 3clocks is the best known implementation. The design algorithm in considers...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A New Scale for Attribute Dependency in Large Database Systems
June 27, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Large, data centric applications are characterized by its different attributes. In modern day, a huge majority of the large data centric applications are based on relational model. The databases...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Whitepapers
Single Layer Monopole Hexagonal Microstrip Patch Antenna for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) System
January 1, 2013, 12:00am PST
In recent years, great interest was focused on micro-strip antennas for their small volumes, low profiles, excellent integration, low costs and good performance. With the continuous growth of...
Provided by University of Calabria
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SEGNET: Secure Geo-Sensor Network Model
October 1, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Wireless GEO-Sensor NETworks (GEONET) is suitable for critical applications in hostile environments due to its flexibility in deployment. But low power geo-sensor nodes are easily compromised by...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Is The Corporate Diversification Decision A Financial Matter?
April 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
A related stream of inquiry to the traditionally relation between product diversification and value, concerns the understanding of why firms diversify. It is controversial the reason why firms...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Meta-Heuristic Techniques and Swarm Intelligence in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
January 16, 2011, 12:00am PST
The infrastructure-less and the dynamic nature of Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) demands new set of networking strategies to be implemented in order to provide efficient end-to-end communication....
Provided by University of Calabria
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Capital Structure Decisions In Multibusiness Firms
December 3, 2007, 12:00am PST
Previously, empirical financial studies paid little attention to the role of diversification strategy on financial choices. The aim of the present paper was to analyze the financing strategies of...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Evaluating Energy-Aware Behavior of Proactive and Reactive Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
June 17, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Ad hoc routing technology has been developed primarily for networks of mobile nodes. In many cases the operational life of a node will be limited by its power source, so power consumption can be a...
Provided by University of Calabria
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White Papers
Challenges and Issues in Designing Architectures and Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks
June 12, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a promising wireless technology for several emerging and commercially interesting applications, e.g., broadband home networking, community and neighborhood networks,...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Modelling and Solving Optimal Placement Problems in Wireless Sensor Networks
May 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the optimal sensor displacement problem in wireless sensor networks is addressed. It is assumed that a network, consisting of independent, collaborative and mobile nodes, is...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Energy Spaced Placement for Bidirectional Data Flows in Wireless Sensor Network
November 24, 2008, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors investigate the placement of nodes, based on their residual energies, when both the forward and the backward directions of a data flow are considered. First they extend...
Provided by University of Calabria
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The Practical Experience of Implementing a GSM BTS Through Open Software/Hardware
September 28, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this paper is to show the implementation experience of a GSM Base Transceiver System (BTS) by using Universal Software Radio Peripheral, which is a multi-purpose motherboard for...
Provided by University of Calabria
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A Reactive and Dependable Transport Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks
March 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In the last few years, several different mesh network architectures have been conceived by both industry and academia; however, many issues on the deployment of efficient and fair transport...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Simulations of the Impact of Controlled Mobility for Routing Protocols
October 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper addresses mobility control routing in wireless networks. Given a data flow request between a source-destination pair, the problem is to move nodes towards the best placement, such that...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Optimization Models for Determining Performance Benchmarks in Wireless Sensor Networks
February 4, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors propose some "Innovative" optimization models for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The models are chosen depending on the task the network is called to execute and they...
Provided by University of Calabria
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EBC: A Topology Control Algorithm for Achieving High QoS in Sensor Networks
October 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A novel approach for achieving high Quality of Service (QoS) in sensor networks via topology control is introduced and experimentally assessed in this paper. The authors' approach falls in the...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Mining@home: Public Resource Computing for Distributed Data Mining
May 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Several kinds of scientific and commercial applications require the execution of a large number of independent tasks. One highly successful and low cost mechanism for acquiring the necessary...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Agent-Based Development of Wireless Sensor Network Applications
June 8, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Due to the growing exploitation of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for enhancing all major conventional application domains and enabling brand new application domains, the development of...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Cloud Computing and Software Agents: Towards Cloud Intelligent Services
June 11, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Cloud computing systems provide large-scale infrastructures for high-performance computing that are "Elastic" since they are able to adapt to user and application needs. Clouds are used through a...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Implementing Dynamic Querying Search in K-ARY DHT-Based Overlays
July 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) provide scalable mechanisms for implementing resource discovery services in structured Peer-To-Peer (P2P) networks. However, DHT-based lookups do not support some...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Whitepapers
SEGNET: Secure Geo-Sensor Network Model
October 1, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Wireless GEO-Sensor NETworks (GEONET) is suitable for critical applications in hostile environments due to its flexibility in deployment. But low power geo-sensor nodes are easily compromised by...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
Whitepapers
Single Layer Monopole Hexagonal Microstrip Patch Antenna for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) System
January 1, 2013, 12:00am PST
In recent years, great interest was focused on micro-strip antennas for their small volumes, low profiles, excellent integration, low costs and good performance. With the continuous growth of...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
Whitepapers
A New Scale for Attribute Dependency in Large Database Systems
June 27, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Large, data centric applications are characterized by its different attributes. In modern day, a huge majority of the large data centric applications are based on relational model. The databases...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
Whitepapers
A Simple 1-Byte 1-Clock RC4 Design and Its Efficient Implementation in FPGA Coprocessor for Secured Ethernet Communication
July 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
In the field of cryptography till date the 1-byte in 1-clock is the best known RC4 hardware design, while the 1-byte in 3clocks is the best known implementation. The design algorithm in considers...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Implementing Dynamic Querying Search in K-ARY DHT-Based Overlays
July 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) provide scalable mechanisms for implementing resource discovery services in structured Peer-To-Peer (P2P) networks. However, DHT-based lookups do not support some...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Cloud Computing and Software Agents: Towards Cloud Intelligent Services
June 11, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Cloud computing systems provide large-scale infrastructures for high-performance computing that are "Elastic" since they are able to adapt to user and application needs. Clouds are used through a...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Agent-Based Development of Wireless Sensor Network Applications
June 8, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Due to the growing exploitation of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for enhancing all major conventional application domains and enabling brand new application domains, the development of...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
EBC: A Topology Control Algorithm for Achieving High QoS in Sensor Networks
October 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A novel approach for achieving high Quality of Service (QoS) in sensor networks via topology control is introduced and experimentally assessed in this paper. The authors' approach falls in the...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Optimization Models for Determining Performance Benchmarks in Wireless Sensor Networks
February 4, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors propose some "Innovative" optimization models for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The models are chosen depending on the task the network is called to execute and they...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Simulations of the Impact of Controlled Mobility for Routing Protocols
October 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper addresses mobility control routing in wireless networks. Given a data flow request between a source-destination pair, the problem is to move nodes towards the best placement, such that...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
A Reactive and Dependable Transport Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks
March 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In the last few years, several different mesh network architectures have been conceived by both industry and academia; however, many issues on the deployment of efficient and fair transport...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
The Practical Experience of Implementing a GSM BTS Through Open Software/Hardware
September 28, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this paper is to show the implementation experience of a GSM Base Transceiver System (BTS) by using Universal Software Radio Peripheral, which is a multi-purpose motherboard for...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Energy Spaced Placement for Bidirectional Data Flows in Wireless Sensor Network
November 24, 2008, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors investigate the placement of nodes, based on their residual energies, when both the forward and the backward directions of a data flow are considered. First they extend...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Modelling and Solving Optimal Placement Problems in Wireless Sensor Networks
May 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the optimal sensor displacement problem in wireless sensor networks is addressed. It is assumed that a network, consisting of independent, collaborative and mobile nodes, is...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Challenges and Issues in Designing Architectures and Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks
June 12, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a promising wireless technology for several emerging and commercially interesting applications, e.g., broadband home networking, community and neighborhood networks,...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Evaluating Energy-Aware Behavior of Proactive and Reactive Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
June 17, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Ad hoc routing technology has been developed primarily for networks of mobile nodes. In many cases the operational life of a node will be limited by its power source, so power consumption can be a...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Capital Structure Decisions In Multibusiness Firms
December 3, 2007, 12:00am PST
Previously, empirical financial studies paid little attention to the role of diversification strategy on financial choices. The aim of the present paper was to analyze the financing strategies of...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Meta-Heuristic Techniques and Swarm Intelligence in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
January 16, 2011, 12:00am PST
The infrastructure-less and the dynamic nature of Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) demands new set of networking strategies to be implemented in order to provide efficient end-to-end communication....
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Is The Corporate Diversification Decision A Financial Matter?
April 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
A related stream of inquiry to the traditionally relation between product diversification and value, concerns the understanding of why firms diversify. It is controversial the reason why firms...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
QoS-Based Dissemination of Content in Grids
April 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper proposes a bio-inspired approach tailored to the construction of a Grid information system in which content, specifically metadata descriptors that specify the characteristics of Grid...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
A Hierarchical Control Protocol for Group-Oriented Playbacks Supported by Content Distribution Networks
April 28, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Content distribution networks have recently been introduced as a more efficient alternative to centralized servers for the delivery of static content as well as media streaming services ranging...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
A Proximity-Based Self-Organizing Framework for Service Composition and Discovery
February 15, 2010, 12:00am PST
The ICT market is experiencing an important shift from the request/provisioning of products toward a service-oriented view where everything (computing, storage, applications) is provided as a...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
A Decision Support Resource as a Kernel of a Semantic Web Based Platform Oriented to Heart Failure
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is a complex cardiovascular syndrome whose management requires a complex clinical program involving, at different levels, several care stakeholders and the integration...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Web Services for Optimal Clinical Support Systems
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Internet and Service Oriented Computing are considered as the higher expression of the software community revolution and Web Services are seen as one of their concrete realization. Web becomes a...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
A General Simulation Framework for Supply Chain Modeling: State of the Art and Case Study
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Nowadays there is a large availability of discrete event simulation software that can be easily used in different domains: from industry to supply chain, from healthcare to business management,...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
An XML-Based Multi-Agent System for Supporting Online Recruitment Services
November 4, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this paper the authors propose an XML-based multi-agent recommender system for supporting online recruitment services. The system is characterized by the following features: It handles user...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Distributed XML Design
December 13, 2010, 12:00am PST
A distributed XML document is an XML document that spans several machines. The authors assume that a distribution design of the document tree is given, consisting of an XML kernel-document...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Path Summaries and Path Partitioning in Modern XML Databases
February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The authors study the applicability of XML path summaries in the context of current-day XML databases. They find that summaries provide an excellent basis for optimizing data access methods, which...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Do You Think Your Risk Is Fair Paid? Evidence From Italian Labor Market
February 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
Starting from Adam Smith's intuition, compensating wage differentials are one of the most widespread explanations to describe why agents should bear occupational risk of injury and death. For...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
On the Storage, Management and Analysis of (Multi) Similarity for Large Scale Protein Structure Datasets in the Grid
June 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Assessment of the (Multi) Similarity among a set of protein structures is achieved through an ensemble of protein structure comparison methods/algorithms. This leads to the generation of a...
Provided by University of Calabria
-
White Papers
Mining@home: Public Resource Computing for Distributed Data Mining
May 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Several kinds of scientific and commercial applications require the execution of a large number of independent tasks. One highly successful and low cost mechanism for acquiring the necessary...
Provided by University of Calabria
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