Many real-world applications like Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Web servers require prompt responses to access requests. However, with an explosive increase of data volume and the emer...
Services enable the transformation of the World Wide Web as distributed interoperable systems interacting beyond organizational boundaries. Service licensing enables broader usage ...
G. R. Gangadharan, Michael Weiss, Vincenzo D'Andre...
This paper describes a digital theater installation called Buzz. Buzz consists of virtual actors who express the collective voice generated by weblogs (blogs). These actors find ...
Sara Owsley, Kristian J. Hammond, David A. Shamma,...
Ontologies provide a means of modelling and representing a knowledge domain. Such representation, already used in purpose-built distributed information systems, can also be of gre...
Nickolas J. G. Falkner, Paul D. Coddington, Andrew...
This paper describes an agent-based recommendation system developed to support knowledge acquisition and sharing processes. Its purpose is to aid the process of community building...
Mauro F. Koyama, Olga Nabuco, Francisco Edeneziano...