Data Dissemination in Wireless Computing Environments

• Main Authors: Tan, Kian-Lee. (Author), Ooi, Beng Chin. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2000.
• Series: Advances in Database Systems, 19
• Subjects: Computer science.; Information storage and retrieval.; Computers.; E-commerce.; Computer Science.; The Computing Profession.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; e-Commerce/e-business.
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In our increasingly mobile world the ability to access information on demand at any time and place can satisfy people's information needs as well as confer on them a competitive advantage. The emergence of battery-operated, low-cost and portable computers such as palmtops and PDAs, coupled with...

Table of Contents:

• Models for Information Dissemination
• Data Broadcast Scheduling
• Indexing on Air
• Fault-tolerant Broadcast Organization
• Cache Invalidation Mechanisms
• Balancing Push and Pull
• Supporting Relational Operations
• Conclusions.