This thesis addresses the problem of source quality changes in Data Integration Systems. Its main goal is to propose techniques for maintaining as much as possible the satisfaction...
This paper addresses the various facets of emergent semantics in content retrieval systems such as Knowledge Sifter, an architecture and system based on the use of specialized agen...
—We present an end system architecture designed to support networking with quality of service (QoS) guarantees. The protocol processing component of the architecture, called Migr...
The use of semantic knowledge in its various forms has become an important aspect in managing data in database and information systems. In the form of integrity constraints, it ha...
Abstract. Personal assistant agents have long promised to automate routine everyday tasks in order to reduce the cognitive load on humans. One such routine task is the management o...
Pragnesh Jay Modi, Manuela M. Veloso, Stephen F. S...