Service-Oriented Computing and Agent Technology are nowadays two of the most active research fields in distributed and open systems. However, when trying to bridge the two worlds,...
Information retrieval emerged as independent research area from traditional database management system more than a decade ago. This was driven by the increasing functional require...
The peer-to-peer (P2P) paradigm has emerged recently, mainly by file sharing systems like Napster or Gnutella and in terms of scalable distributed data structures. Because of the d...
—Modern sliding table saws are equipped with several passive safety devices. However, alone in Germany several hundred severe injuries or limb amputations occur each year due dis...
Alignment of organisational strategy with Information Systems Strategy (ISS) has become critical as adoption of Information Systems (IS) over the last 50 years has escalated. IS c...