Although the energy required to perform a logic operation has continuously dropped at least by ten orders of magnitude since early vacuumtube electronics [1], the increasing clock ...
Object matching or object consolidation is a crucial task for data integration and data cleaning. It addresses the problem of identifying object instances in data sources referrin...
In this paper, we argue that KBS validation should not be limited to testing functional properties of the system, such as its input - output behavior, but must also address its dy...
Experiences with the use of the MSC language for complex system specifications have shown that certain extensions are necessary in order to arrive at sufficiently transparent and m...
As part of the new security environment at the nation's airports, discrete event simulation modeling was applied shortly after 9-11 to understand the operational dynamics of ...
David R. Pendergraft, Craig V. Robertson, Shelly S...