Service providers like Google and Amazon are moving into the SaaS (Software as a Service) business. They turn their huge infrastructure into a cloud-computing environment and aggr...
Wai Kit Wong, David Wai-Lok Cheung, Ben Kao, Nikos...
Abstract-- Mapping mashups are emerging Web 2.0 applications in which data objects such as blogs, photos and videos from different sources are combined and marked in a map using AP...
Anthony K. H. Tung, Beng Chin Ooi, Dongxiang Zhang
Online virtual worlds such as Second Life provide a rich medium for unstructured human interaction in a shared simulated 3D environment. However, many human interactions take place...
Abstract. To achieve acceptable query response times in data warehouse environments, the data have to be pre-aggregated according to the need of the applications and stored redunda...
As massive document repositories and knowledge management systems continue to expand, in proprietary environments as well as on the Web, the need for duplicate detection becomes i...