Modeling is used to build structures that serve as surrogates for other objects. As children, we learn to model at a very young age. An object such as a small toy train teaches us...
This paper extends earlier work in the use of ‘Agent-based Computational Economics’ (ACE) for modelling the development of co-operation between firms. Inter-firm relations hav...
The availability of object middleware, such as CORBA, is rapidly being accepted as a means for cost effective and fast development for a wide range of distributed applications. Dis...
Maarten Wegdam, Dirk-Jaap Plas, Aart van Halteren,...
Semantic Query Optimisation makes use of the semantic knowledge of a database (rules) to perform query transformation. Rules are normally learned from former queries fired by the u...
Managers of electronic commerce sites need to learn as much as possible about their customers and those browsing their virtual premises, in order to maximise the return on marketin...