A data model is a plan for building a database and is comparable to an architect's building plans. There are two major methodologies used to create a data model: the EntityRe...
Joanne M. Atlee, Robert B. France, Geri Georg, Ana...
—Stringent cost and energy constraints impose the use of low-cost and low-power radio transceivers in large-scale wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This fact, together with the ha...
Data warehousing is a software infrastructure which supports OLAP applications by providing a collection of tools which allow data extraction and cleaning, data integration and ag...
Context-aware pervasive systems are an important emerging category of software, increasingly pervading into daily life, play and work. These systems are characterized by capabilit...
The agent view provides maybe the right level of abstraction for dealing with complex, distribblem-solving systems. It abstracts from aspects like the hardware or software platfor...