Abstract: We propose a framework for the specification of extensible database systems. A particular goal is to implement a software component for parsing and rule-based optimizatio...
In this paper we describe the calculus TCCS, an extension of the process algebra CCS with temporal constructs. The calculus is useful for the formal analysis of the timing aspects...
Information integration in enterprises is a nightmare due to the differences in software and hardware platforms and due to syntactic and semantic differences in the schemas of the...
With the proliferation of XML as the lingua franca of internet information exchange, engineering XML documents and maintaining their databases becomes a major challenge. In this c...
This paper introduces a new design method for multi-agent systems (MAS) that incorporate logic programming. The DigitalFriend is an example of a MAS with a built-in logic language...
Steve Goschnick, Sandrine Balbo, Leon Sterling, Ch...