The need for Natural Language Interfaces to databases (NLIs) has become increasingly acute as more and more people access information through their web browsers, PDAs, and cell ph...
To develop agent-based systems, one needs a methodology that supports the development process as common in other disciplines. In recent years, several such methodologies and model...
Google Maps and Google Earth are very popular web mapping services but they are not open and not OGC-compliant. The question arises why this is not the case. One reason is that com...
When computing program slices on all variables in a system, we observed that many of these slices are the same. This leads to the question: Are we looking at software clones? We d...
Abstract—A platform-independent communication mechanism is essential for the seamless integration of embedded devices into the Web of Things. Web services provide for such commun...