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A Particle Filter Based Framework For Indoor Wireless Localization Using Custom Ieee 802.15.4 Nodes
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Locating people and objects as soon as possible and fair amount of precision has always been an important part of any organization or industry, especially in manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Systems that now have ...
Enhancements To The SAM-grid Infrastructure
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
SAM-Grid is a grid computing infrastructure for high energy physics (HEP) experiments in Fermilab. It is composed of data handling, job management and information management components. There are several challenges when ...
Anytime Top-k Queries On Exact And Fuzzy Data
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Top-k queries on large multi-attribute data sets are fundamental operations in information retrieval and ranking applications. In this thesis, we initiate research on the anytime behavior of top-k algorithms on exact and ...
Dynacet: A Minimum-effort Driven Dynamic Faceted Search System Over Structured Databases
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)
In this thesis, we propose minimum-effort driven navigational techniques for enterprise database systems based on the faceted search paradigm. Our proposed techniques dynamically suggest facets for drilling down into the ...
Distributed Streaming For Video On Demand
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
With the advent of digital media, implementing reliable Video on Demand (VoD) systems over the best effort Internet is a potential issue. Distributed streaming for Video on Demand presents a combination of two techniques. ...
Context Aware Energy Conservation In Pervasive Computing Environments
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Extending battery lifetime is one of the most critical and challenging problems in mobile systems. When the mobile device sounds a low battery alarm, the user is given an ultimatum to quickly find a power source or suspend ...
Using Part Of Speech Structure Of Text In The Prediction Of Its Readability
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Readability formulas predict the reading difficulty associated with text. They typically output a U.S. school grade level that indicates the reading ability required of a person in order for him to comprehend that text. ...
Performance Analysis Of Caching Effect On Real Time Packet Processing In A Multi-threaded Processor
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-09-17)
Caching has been time proven to be a very effective technique to improve memory access speed and average performance for general processors. Based on the real-world trace simulation, earlier research showed that cache can ...
The Advantages Of Implementing Software Engineering Process Models
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Science Committee had discussions on the topic concerned the state of Computer Science. There were worldwide issues with the development of software, the crisis being that software ...
Group Key Distribution Via Local Collaboration In Wireless Sensor Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Wireless sensor networks have been recognized as one of the most important technologies in the networking world. Security of sensor networks is one of the major concerns today. To this end, a whole suite of protocols have ...