Scientific workflows are increasingly used for rapid integration of existing algorithms to form larger and more comgrams. Such workflows promise to provide more abstract, yet execu...
In this paper the Northrhine-Westphalian metacomputing initiative is described. We start by discussing various general aspects of metacomputing and explain the reasons for founding...
Abstract. This paper contains an experimental study of the impact of the construction strategy of reduced, ordered binary decision diagrams (ROBDDs) on the average-case computation...
A universal model of a database D and a set Σ of integrity constraints is a database that extends D, satisfies Σ, and is most general in the sense that it contains sound and co...
In the study of data exchange one usually assumes an openworld semantics, making it possible to extend instances of target schemas. An alternative closed-world semantics only move...