An efficient resource discovery mechanism is one of the fundamental requirements for grid
computing systems, as it aids in resource management and scheduling of applications …

This handbook provides an up-to-date compendium of fundamental computer science
topics, techniques, and applications. Along with updating and revising many of the existing …

Unprecedented growth is expected globally in commercial air traffic over the next ten years.
To accommodate this increase in volume, a new concept of operations has been …

The need for a retrieval based not on the attribute values but on the very data content has
recently led to rise of the metric-based similarity search. The computational complexity of …

More and more applications require peer-to-peer (P2P) systems to support complex queries
over multi-dimensional data. For example, a P2P auction network for real estate frequently …

At the present time, there is no mechanism for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) to
probe new flight plans filed by the Airlines Operation Centers (AOCs) against the existing …

Abstract Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology has seen a remarkable progress due to its
decentralized and distributed approach. A wide range of applications such as social …

Reliable trajectory prediction is paramount in Air Traffic Management (ATM) as it can
increase safety, capacity, and efficiency, and lead to commensurate fuel savings and …

Text data that is associated with location data has become ubiquitous. A tweet is an example
of this type of data, where the text in a tweet is associated with the location where the tweet …

The peer-to-peer (P2P) paradigm has become very popular for storing and sharing
information in a totally decentralized manner. At first, research focused on P2P systems that …