This paper introduces the notions of mask and multiple format for setting up a progressive access to information in an Information System. Masks consist of more or less complete r...
This paper introduces process spaces, a unified theory of interacting systems. The trait, abstract executions, leads to a simple and general set formalism. For concurrent systems ...
Information integration systems have to cope with the different and limited query interfaces of the underlying information sources. First, the integration systems need description...
Asynchronous or self-timed systems that do not rely on a global clock to keep system components synchronized can offer significant advantages over traditional clocked circuits in ...
This paper describes the creation of a state-of-the-art answer type detection system capable of recognizing more than 200 different expected answer types with greater than 85% pre...