Abstract. We provide a formal characterization of a notion of contextual taxonomy, that is to say, a taxonomy holding only with respect to a specific context. To this aim, a new pr...
Despite the increasing popularity of mobile information systems, the actual processes leading to the innovation of mobile technologies remain largely unexplored. This study uses A...
The DynaQuest-Framework should reduce the effort for the creation of Internet-based virtual databases. These virtual databases are a special kind of federated database systems whe...
Service-oriented systems are becoming more and more nodes in a digital, dynamic ecosystem requiring the identification and establishment of flexible, spontaneous collaboration act...
Multi-agent systems where the agents are developed by parties with competing interests, and where there is no access to an agent's internal state, are often classified as `ope...