The relations among graphical representations, computer functionality, and everyday objects are more complex than terms like “the desktop metaphor” may suggest. While metaphor...
The Ode object-oriented database provides facilities for associating conslraims and [riggers with ohjecls. Conslrainls and triggers are associated with class (ohjea type) definiti...
Semantic interoperability between heterogeneous sources of information is significant problems because of the number growing of sources of information available on the Web. The use...
Descriptive Sampling (DS), a Monte Carlo sampling technique based on a deterministic selection of the input values and their random permutation, represents a deep conceptual chang...
A computational model for the acquisition of knowledge from encyclopedic texts is described. The model has been implemented in a program, called SNOWY, that reads unedited texts f...