The Internet has become the common medium for content distribution. Searching content using keywords is well-known. But there are many shortcomings to it. Users cannot search within the content and on many of the attributes of the content, i.e., other than its name. Content is also becoming increasingly decentralized. New mechanisms allowing access to complex distributed content is needed. We i...

Content distribution networks (CDN) have been increasingly used as the scalable solution to deliver high-quality multimedia content. However, despite the promising concept, current self-organizing content distribution networks (using realtime replica placement) lack placement and retrieval algorithms that are both intelligent and scalable. In this paper we present an architecture and relating a...

The progression towards smart grids, integrating renewable energy resources, has increased the integration of distributed generators (DGs) into power distribution networks. However, several economic and technical challenges can result from the unsuitable incorporation of DGs in existing distribution networks. Therefore, optimal placement and sizing of DGs are of paramount importance to improve ...

Peer to peer networks will become an increasingly important distribution channel for consumer information goods and may play a role in the distribution of information within corporations. Our research analyzes optimal membership rules for these networks in light of positive and negative externalities additional users impose on the network. Using a dataset gathered from the six largest OpenNap-b...