This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding knowledge integration in distributed networks of practice. The framework builds upon Grant’s knowledge-based theory ...
In a multidatabase environment with mobile computers involved, the nature of computing is such that the user may not wait for the submitted global transaction to complete before d...
Although it has long been realised that ACID transactions by themselves are not adequate for structuring long-lived applications and much research work has been done on developing...
Iain Houston, Mark C. Little, Ian Robinson, Santos...
—As sensor networks are finding widespread use across many applications, designers increasingly must not only focus on application development, but also on sensor network optimiz...
Jeff Hiner, Ashish Shenoy, Roman L. Lysecky, Susan...
Users need to be strongly involved in the specification process of network information systems. Characteristics of user-driven specification are described, and process composition ...