In this paper, we present a context framework that facilitates the development and deployment of context-aware adaptable Web services. Web services are provided with context infor...
If applications were able to detect a user's expertise, then software could automatically adapt to better match expertise. Detecting expertise is difficult because a user...
This paper focuses on an emerging model for software development in higher education: community source. Community source seeks to blend aspects of both open source and traditional...
The need for low-power multimedia processing is integral to portable and embedded devices such as cell phones, wireless terminals, multimedia handhelds and PDAs. The multimedia pr...
Spatial database operations are typically performed in two steps. In the filtering step, indexes and the minimum bounding rectangles (MBRs) of the objects are used to quickly dete...