Execution plans produced by traditional query optimizers for data integration queries may yield poor performance for several reasons. The cost estimates may be inaccurate, the mem...
: Mass customization has become one of the key strategies for a service provider to differentiate itself from its competitors in a highly segmented global service market. This pape...
Jian Cao, Jie Wang, Kincho H. Law, Shen-sheng Zhan...
This paper introduces MOCAS (Model Of Components for Adaptive Systems), a generic state-based component model which enables the self-adaptation of software components together wit...
We report on participatory design activities within the POLITeam project, a large project which introduces groupware into the German government. Working with a representative small...
— We introduce a novel strategy for data processing in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in the case of emergency fire evacuation with stringent delay constraints. Such networks sh...