: Process modelling has proved to be a powerful instrument to describe and manage the increasingly complex processes within and across enterprises. Yet, it requires a significant a...
This thesis aims to analyze, model, and develop a framework for next-generation multimedia authoring tools targeted to end-users. In particular, I concentrate on the combination o...
Scientists use two forms of knowledge in the construction of explanatory models: generalized entities and processes that relate them; and constraints that specify acceptable combi...
The constructionof high-performance databasesystems that combine the best aspects of the relational and object-oriented approaches requires the design of client-server architectur...
Abstract--Interdependencies between different security patterns can influence the properties of a particular pattern when applied in conjunction with other patterns. The resulting ...