We explore the near-synonym lexical choice problem using a novel representation of near-synonyms and their contexts in the latent semantic space. In contrast to traditional latent...
It is important for any data language that it enables many people to derive correct information from a databases in a simple, effective way with predictable performance. In an ana...
A possible worlds semantics for model-based spatial reasoning is presented. In this semantics, worlds are characterized by the alternative states that result from indeterminacy or...
We introduce a general framework that is based on distance semantics and investigate the main properties of the entailment relations that it induces. It is shown that such entailm...
The paper surveys some relevant issues related to data management in pervasive environments. Particularly, it focuses on the compression of semantic annotations for building so ca...