Database schema integration is significant not only in building multidatabase systems but also in data warehousing. Metadata, which define schemas, are normally involved in the su...
Smartcards can be seen as service providing entities that implement a secure, tamper-proof storage and offer computational resources which make them ideally suited for a variety o...
: This paper addresses a specific problem that may arise as consequence of the globalization of the markets. This is the incompatibility between local and global standards of trust...
Software is viewed as an artefact which interacts with cultures of societies in which it functions. On the one hand, software manufacturers make efforts to adapt the appearance of ...
Gregory E. Kersten, Stan Matwin, Sunil J. Noronha,...
: Economic theory and business strategists have pointed at the phenomenon of positive externalities and the related enabling and constraining aspects of an installed base. For inst...