This paper shows how a Fuzzy Ontology based approach can improve semantic documents retrieval. After formally defining a Fuzzy Knowledge Base, it is discussed a special type of ne...
Given a list of filtering rules with individual hitting probabilities, it is known that the average processing time of a linear-search based firewall can be minimized by searchi...
In applications like nancial trading, scheduling, manufacturing and process control, time based predicates in queries and rules are very important. There is also a need to dene ...
This paper introduces a new dialogue management framework for goal-directed conversations. A declarative specification defines the domain-specific elements and guides the dialogue...
Correctness of data residing in a database is vital. While integrity constraint enforcement can often ensure data consistency, it is inadequate to protect against updates that inv...
Su Chen, Xin Luna Dong, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Div...