In this paper we present a storage method for sets of first order logic terms in a relational database using function symbols based indexing method of Discrimination trees. This is...
Ontologic knowledge is getting more and more important in agent-based systems, and its handling is becoming crucial for successful applications. But placing all the ontologyhandli...
: This paper introduces the concept of Ontology based Geo-Object Catalog (OGOC). An OGOC acts as a focal point for a federation of independent geoobject sources, providing consolid...
Daniela F. Brauner, Marco A. Casanova, Carlos Jos&...
This paper focuses on load management in looselycoupled federated distributed systems. We present a distributed mechanism for moving load between autonomous participants using bil...
Magdalena Balazinska, Hari Balakrishnan, Michael S...
We define a deterministic metric of "well-behaved data" that enables searching along the lines of interpolation search. Specifically, define to be the ratio of distance...