Abstract. Shopbots are agents that search the Internet for information pertaining to the price and quality of goods or services. With the advent of shopbots, a dramatic reduction i...
Producing reliable information is the ultimate goal of data processing. The ocean of data created with the advances of science and technologies calls for integration of data comin...
There are a number of issues for information systems which are required to collect data urgently that are not well accommodated by current conceptual modelling methodologies and a...
The Web is a vast, dynamic source of information and resources. Because of its size and diversity, it is increasingly likely that if the information one seeks is not already there...
The definition and management of access rules (e.g., to control the access to business documents and business functions) is an important task within any enterprise information sy...