Functionality of artifacts as well as structure and behavior plays crucial roles in problem-solving such as design. This article discusses automatic identifications of functional s...
Abstract. Research in context-aware systems shows that using context information enables the development of personalized mobile applications. The context acquisition process in a c...
Tom Broens, Aart van Halteren, Marten van Sinderen
This paper explores the use of two complementary approaches, each stemming from Personal Construct Theory (PCT), to investigate the interdependence of organizations and informatio...
Laurence Brooks, Christopher J. Davis, Mark Lycett
Soft-device is a promising infrastructure of next-generation distributed system. Soft-devices are configurable and adaptive software virtual mechanism, providing services to each o...
Negotiation plays a key role as a means for sharing information and resources with the aim of looking for a common agreement. This paper proposes a new approach based on possibili...