In a multidatabase system, schematic con icts between two objects are usually of interest only when the objects have some semantic a nity. In this paper we try to reconcile the tw...
In this work we start walking the path to a new perspective for viewing cyberwarfare scenarios, by introducing conceptual tools (a formal model) to evaluate the costs of an attack...
This study explores how people trust each other in Virtual Communities (VCs). The online presence is certainly different from the physical world.; the broad question in this resea...
In this paper, we propose a taxonomy that characterizes and classifies different components of autonomic application management in Grids. We also survey several representative Gri...
Video-mediated communication systems such as teleconferencing and videophone have become popular. As with face-to-face communication, non-verbal cues such as gaze, facial expressi...