We study a metamodel for the Entity Relationship (ER) and the Relational data model. We do this by describing the syntax of the ER data model by introducing classes for ER schemata...
m, modules, types and operations), different kinds of abstractions (functional/data, types/objects etc.) without falling into a loose collection of diagram languages. Considering a...
In this paper we present a proposal for representing soft constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) within the Semantic Web architecture. The proposal is motivated by the need for a...
Alun D. Preece, Stuart Chalmers, Craig McKenzie, J...
Abstract. In this paper, we present a constraint-partitioning approach for ļ¬nding local optimal solutions of large-scale mixed-integer nonlinear programming problems (MINLPs). Ba...
A Generalized Temporal Role Based Access Control (GTRBAC) model that captures an exhaustive set of temporal constraint needs for access control has recently been proposed. GTRBACā...
James Joshi, Basit Shafiq, Arif Ghafoor, Elisa Ber...