We show how the formal description language LOTOS can be used to de ne software architectures and how patterns over LOTOS can serve to characterize architectural styles. We charact...
Considering the characteristics of biological sequence databases, which typically have a small alphabet, a very long length and a relative small size (several hundreds of sequences...
Rule-based systems employed to model complex object behaviours, do not necessarily provide a realistic portrayal of true behaviour. To capture the real characteristics in a specif...
Grasping the fruits of "emerging technologies" is an objective of many government priority programs in a knowledge-based and globalizing economy. We use the publication ...
Characterizing mobility or contact patterns in a campus environment is of interest for a variety of reasons. Existing studies of these patterns can be classified into two basic a...