The Kahn Process Network (KPN) model is a widely used modelof-computation to specify and map streaming applications onto multiprocessor systems-on-chips. In general, KPNs are difï...
The relational data model is based on sets of tuples, i.e. it does not allow duplicate tuples in a relation. Many database languages and systems do require multi-set place, the hi...
The ability to analyse and represent formally semantic relations of terms is a core issue in information retrieval (IR), natural language processing (NLP), and in many related are...
Current real-world software applications typically involve heavy use of relational and XML data and their query languages. Unfortunately object-oriented languages and database que...
The need to merge multiple sources of uncertain information is an important issue in many application areas, especially when there is potential for contradictions between sources. ...