In this work an R-tree variant, which uses minimum volume covering ellipsoids instead of usual minimum bounding rectangles, is presented. The most significant aspects, which dete...
Location-based context-aware services for mobile users need to collaborate in disparate networks. Services come and go as the user moves and no central repository is available. Th...
Abstract. Compressibility or hardness of objects is an important aspect in haptic perception. Both cutaneous and kinaesthetic information are used for the perception of compressibi...
Sensor networks have increased the amount and variety of temporal data available, requiring the definition of new techniques for data mining. Related research typically addresses...
Leonardo E. Mariote, Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, Rica...
Quantitative data about security threats is a precondition for a precise assessment of security risks and consequently for an efficient management of information security. Curren...