We present a series of related robust optimization models for placing sensors in municipal water networks to detect contaminants that are maliciously or accidentally injected. We f...
Robert D. Carr, Harvey J. Greenberg, William E. Ha...
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...
: The experience from years of development and use, the advance of technology, and the development of authoring tools for questions and tests has resulted in a sophisticated, compu...
Antonella Carbonaro, Giorgio Casadei, Simone Riccu...
Abstract. Scheduling staff shift work in a hospital ward is a well-known problem in the operation research field but, as such, it is very often studied from the algorithmic point o...
Carmelo Ardito, Paolo Buono, Maria Francesca Costa...
Background: In computer science, database systems are based on the relational model founded by Edgar Codd in 1970. On the other hand, in the area of biology the word 'databas...