In this paper we provide a foundation of a theory of contextual reasoning from the perspective of a theory of knowledge representation. Starting from the so-called metaphor of the...
Massimo Benerecetti, Paolo Bouquet, Chiara Ghidini
The appearance of an object depends on both the viewpoint from which it is observed and the light sources by which it is illuminated. If the appearance of two objects is never iden...
In this paper a theory of delegation is presented. There are at least three reasons for developing such a theory. First, one of the most relevant notions of "agent" is b...
The emphasis in database privacy should fall on a balance between confidentiality, integrity and availability of personal data, rather than on confidentiality alone. This balance ...
Online-Analytical Processing (OLAP) has been a field of competing technologies for the past ten years. One of the still unsolved challenges of OLAP is how to provide quick respons...
Jens Dittrich, Lukas Blunschi, Marcos Antonio Vaz ...