The paper investigates the question of whether a partially closed database has complete information to answer a query. In practice an enterprise often maintains master data Dm, a ...
This paper presents a loosely coupled service-composition paradigm. This paradigm employs a distributed data flow that differs markedly from centralized information flow adopted b...
David Liu, Jun Peng, Kincho H. Law, Gio Wiederhold
Databases and Grid computing are a good match. With the service orientation of Grid computing, the complexity of maintaining and integrating databases can be kept away from the act...
—Real-time systems are increasingly used in dynamic changing environments with variable user needs, hosting real-time applications ranging in number and nature. This paper propos...
Ning Gui, Vincenzo De Florio, Hong Sun, Chris Blon...
Educational Multimedia (EMM) is becoming a mature and integral part of teaching and learning systems, mainly due to its ability improve teaching and learning. However, EMM selecti...