In this paper, the interest of fuzzy sets and possibility theory in the context of databases is presented. It is shown that these " notions provide an homogeneous framework f...
Search engines process queries conjunctively to restrict the size of the answer set. Further, it is not rare to observe a mismatch between the vocabulary used in the text of Web p...
In this paper, we address the problem of symbolically computing the region in the parameter’s space that guarantees a feasible schedule, given a set of real-time tasks character...
In this paper a two-level hierarchical model for the location of concentrators and routers in computers networks is presented. Given a set of candidate locations and the capacitie...
In many market settings, agents do not know their preferences a priori. Instead, they may have to solve computationally complex optimization problems, query databases, or perform ...