Extensibility is one of the mayor benefits of object-relational database management systems. We have used this system property to implement a StateMachine Module inside an object-...
Wolfgang Mahnke, Christian Mathis, Hans-Peter Stei...
The explosion of the amount of information available in digital form has made search a hot research topic for the Information Management Community. While most of the research on s...
Ofer Bergman, Richard P. Boardman, Jacek Gwizdka, ...
Retrieval queries that combine structural constraints with keyword search represent a significant challenge to XML data management systems. Queries are expected to be answered as...
Mariano P. Consens, Xin Gu, Yaron Kanza, Flavio Ri...
Management in pervasive systems cannot rely on human intervention or centralised decision-making functions. It must be devolved, based on local decision-making and feedback contro...
Alberto E. Schaeffer Filho, Emil C. Lupu, Naranker...
: Web Information Systems (WISs) embody a core technology for all larger enterprises. WISs are employed in an intranet or extranet for internal information interchange or communica...