This paper discusses the applicability of a process algebra, the -calculus, as a formal foundation for Business Process Management (BPM). We therefore investigate the -calculus fro...
This paper summarizes the research issues in the area of XML data management and mobile transactions performed at the University of Paderborn. We shortly describe the problems wor...
We shall examine the principles behind contemporary approaches to insurance risk management. Furthermore, we shall consider various methodologies, some successful, that have been ...
—This work deals with trust management in open and decentralized agent-based environments. Analysis and solutions are geared towards peer to peer networks, intended not just as a...
Energy costs are quickly rising in large-scale data centers and are soon projected to overtake the cost of hardware. As a result, data center operators have recently started turni...
Stavros Harizopoulos, Mehul A. Shah, Justin Meza, ...