Semantic query optimization (SQO) has been proved to be quite useful in various applications (e.g., data integration, graphical query generators, caching, etc.) and has been extens...
Patterns represent in a compact and rich in semantics way huge quantity of heterogeneous data. Due to their characteristics, specific systems are required for pattern management,...
Discovering associations between elements occurring in a stream is applicable in numerous applications, including predictive caching and fraud detection. These applications requir...
Monitoring the real-time status of voluntary nodes is a basic task of Quality of Services (QoS) management in grid. The heterogeneity of distributed host resources is an obvious ob...
This paper describes issues in the design of IT-centric trouble-ticketing applications. Two prototypes are presented. The first introduces a user-centric, webaccessible thick clie...