In the right situation, a speaker can use an unqualified indefinite description without being misunderstood. This use of language, normal slate implicature, is a kind of conversat...
In an ambient intelligence world, devices work in order to support people carrying out their everyday life activities in a natural way. Therefore, it is necessary to know the entit...
We discuss how methods from social network analysis could be combined with methodologies from database mediator technology and information fusion in order to give police and other ...
Smart environments consist of several interconnected devices. The device ensemble can change dynamically as mobile devices enter or leave the environment. To utilize such environm...
Conrad Thiede, Christian Tominski, Heidrun Schuman...
Computer system administrators are the unsung heroes of the information age, working behind the scenes to configure, maintain, and troubleshoot the computer infrastructure that un...
Rob Barrett, Eser Kandogan, Paul P. Maglio, Eben M...