Synopses & Reviews
Cooperative computing is an important computing paradigm toenable different parties to work together towards a pre-definednon-trivial goal. It encompasses important technological areas likecomputer supported cooperative work, workflow, computer assisteddesign and concurrent programming. As technologies continue to advanceand evolve, there is an increasing need to research and develop newclasses of middlewares and applications to leverage on the combinedbenefits of Internet and web to provide users and programmers withhighly interactive and robust cooperative computing environment.This book is a compilation of the papers that were presented at theInternational Workshop on Cooperative Internet Computing (CIC2002).The contributed papers address a broad spectrum on cooperativeinternet computing, ranging from the more fundamental modeling andspecification issues of cooperative systems, to the moreapplication-oriented issues on the popular XML-related system designand implementation. To help structure the book, we have organizedthese papers into four broad areas of interests: "Cooperative Internet Computing" is designed to meet theneeds of a professional audience composed of researchers andpractitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a referencetext for graduate level students in Computer Science.
Synopsis
The Second International Workshop on Cooperative Internet Computing (CIC2002) has brought together researchers, academics, and industry practitioners who are involved and interested in the development of advanced and emerging cooperative computing technologies. Cooperative computing is an important computing paradigm to enable different parties to work together towards a pre- defined non-trivial goal. It encompasses important technological areas like computer supported cooperative work, workflow, computer assisted design and concurrent programming. As technologies continue to advance and evolve, there is an increasing need to research and develop new classes of middlewares and applications to leverage on the combined benefits of Internet and web to provide users and programmers with highly interactive and robust cooperative computing environment. It is the aim of this forum to promote close interactions and exchange of ideas among researchers, academics and practitioners on the state-of-the- art researches in all of these exciting areas. We have partnered with Kluwer Acedamic Press this year to bring to you a book compilation of the papers that were presented at the CIC2002 workshop. The importance of the research area is reflected both in the quality and quantity of the submitted papers, where each paper was reviewed by at least three PC members. As a result, we were able to only accept 14 papers for full presentation at the workshop, while having to reject several excellent papers due to the limitations of the program schedule.
Synopsis
This book is a compilation of the papers that were presented at the International Workshop on Cooperative Internet Computing (CIC2002). The contributed papers address a broad spectrum on cooperative internet computing, ranging from the more fundamental modeling and specification issues of cooperative systems, to the more application-oriented issues on the popular XML-related system design and implementation. To help structure the book, we have organized these papers into four broad areas of interests: - Distributed Objects and Videos, - Web and E-commerce, - XML and Query Processing, - Modeling and Specification. Cooperative Internet Computing is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a reference text for graduate level students in Computer Science.
Table of Contents
Preface. - I: Distributed Objects and Videos. Invocation Protocol on Object Replicas; K. Hori, M. Takizawa, M. Raynal. Mobile Agent Model for Fault-Tolerant Objects Systems; T. Komiya, M. Takizawa. A Multi-paradigm Video Querying System over the Web; S.S.S. Chan, Qing Li. - II: Web and E-commerce. Building a Collaborative Client-server Application; Wei-Guang Teng, P.M.C. Chen, Ming-Syan Chen. Acceleration of Data Center-hosted Distributed Database-driven Web Applications; Weng-Syan Li, O. Po, Wang-Pin Hsiung, K. Selçuk Candan, D. Agrawal. Multi-tiered Cache Management for E-commece Web Sites; Wang-Pin Hsiung, Wen-Syan Li, K. Selçuk Candan, D. Agrawal. A Flexible Payment Scheme and its User-role Assignment; Hua Wang, Yanchun Zhang, Jinli Cao. - III: XML and Query Processing. Performance of XML-driven Cooperative Applications; S. Ghandharizadeh, C. Papadopoulos, Min Cai, K.K. Chintalapudi. Improved Parallel Algorithms for Path Expression Query Processing of Semi-structured Data; Wenjun Sun, Kam Fai Wong, K.J. Lü. Inode: An Enumeration Scheme for Efficient Storage of XML Data; Lau Hoit Kit, V. Ng. - IV: Modeling and Specification. Services for Virtual Team Hosting; F. Charoy, C. Godart, P. Molli, G. Oster, M. Patten, M. Valdes. Towards a Transactional Framework Derived from Real Workflows; D. Kuo, A. Fekete, P. Greenfield, J. Jang. Web-services Coordination Model; K. Baïna, S. Dustdar. Hierarchical Text Classification Methods and their Specification; Aixin Sun, Ee-Peng Lim, Wee-Keong Ng. Index.