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1. Evolution of the Internet Topology and Traffic Dynamics of Data Packets

   In recent years, the Internet has become one of the most influential media in our daily life, going beyond in its role as the basic infrastructure in...

   Kwang-Il Goh, Byungnam Kahng, Doochul Kim in Complex Dynamics in Communication Networks

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2. Synchronization in Complex Networks

   The study of complex systems pervades all of science, from cell biology to ecology, from computer science to meteorology. A paradigm of a complex...

   Ljupco Kocarev, Gábor Vattay in Complex Dynamics in Communication Networks

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3. Data Traffic, Topology and Congestion

   We consider the interaction between the topology of a network and the tra.c carried along its channels. The binding elements between the topology and...

   David K. Arrowsmith, R.J. Mondrag, M. Woolf in Complex Dynamics in Communication Networks

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4. A C + + Parser for VOTables

   This paper provides a brief description of C + + Parser for VOTables. The parser is developed by Persistent Systems in association with IUCAA as part...

   Ajit Kembhavi, Hrishikesh Hegde, ... T. M. Vijayaraman in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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5. Visualisation Tools for Very Large Amounts of Data

   Can we perceive a billion stars? How would you go about classifying them? How quantitatively good would your analysis be? How reliable would your...

   S. G. Ansari in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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6. UCDs: Metadata for the VO

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   Sébastien Derriere, Thomas Boch, ... Patricio F. Ortiz in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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7. Building the Infrastructure for the National Virtual Observatory: An Information Technology Research Initiative of the National Science Foundation

   The U.S. National Science Foundation is sponsoring the development of the infrastructure for the National Virtual Observatory via its Information...

   Robert J. Hanisch in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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8. Federation and Fusion of Astronomical Information: Standards and Tools for the Virtual Observatories

   We present a review of the current organization of astronomical archives and data centers in terms of data federation. We point the challenges faced,...

   Daniel Egret, Françoise Genova in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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9. Meeting the User Science Challenge for a Virtual Universe

   The AstroGrid project, a core UK eScience programme, is rapidly implementing the UK’s contribution to the global drive towards the Virtual...

   Nicholas Walton in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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10. Building Interoperable NASA Archives

    Over the past decades NASA has developed an extensive set of archives for space astronomy data. These archives are organized along mission,...

    Thomas McGlynn, Alberto Accomazzi, ... Brian Thomas in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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11. Using XML-Schema to Model Data from Present and Future Astronomical Databases

    XML (eXtensible Markup Language) has now become an almost inescapable tool for the exchange of formatted data over the World Wide Web and is now...

    Bernard Debray in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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12. Power Spectrum for the Distribution of Galaxies on the Sphere

    A method of Gorski of calculation of the power spectrum for CMB for incomplete COBE data set is applied to the distribution of galaxies on the...

    Włodzimierz Godłowski, Magdalena Pietka, ... Marek Szydłowski in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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13. Wide-Field X-Ray Monitoring as a Data Source for the Virtual Observatory

    We refer on novel X-ray telescopes with high sensitivity as well as large field of view of order of 1 000 square degrees or even more. The results...

    René Hudec, Adolf Inneman, Ladislav Pina in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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14. Laplacean Ideology for Preliminary Orbit Determination and Moving Celestial Body Identification in Virtual Epoch

    Any CCD frames with stars or galaxies or clusters and other images must be studied for a searching of moving celestial objects, namely asteroids,...

    O. P. Bykov in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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15. The World Space Observatory (WSO/UV) Archive: Requirements for Interoperation

    The World Space Observatory (WSO/UV) is a space project for an ultraviolet telescope which has to fulfill the needs and scientific requirements of a...

    A. I. Gómez de Castro, D. Ponz, ... W. Wamsteker in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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16. Development of a Multi-Mission Data Server at LAEFF

    Astronomical archives have been built independently of each other showing a variety of access levels and policies. This has caused that their remote...

    Enrique Solano, Raúl Gutiérrez, ... Jesús García in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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17. Applicability of Emerging Resource Discovery Standards to the VO

    The Virtual Observatory (VO) will be one of the first applications belonging to a new generation of network services which are commonly referred to...

    Markus Dolensky in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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18. Classification of Active Objects in the Multiwavelength Parametric Space

    In this paper, we apply two algorithms for clustering analysis: support vector machines (SVMs) and learning vector quantization (LVQ) to classify...

    Yongheng Zhao, Yanxia Zhang, Chenzhou Cui in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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19. A Galactic Model as a Useful Tool for Virtual Observatories

    Many observational data will be available through Virtual Observatories, but at some wavelengths and in some directions, no data yet exist....

    Annie C. Robin, Céline Reylé, ... Bernard Debray in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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20. VO Activities at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

    This paper summarizes the VO activities at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Cfa has expertise covering virtually all branches...

    Giuseppina Fabbiano in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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