Multimedia scheduling models provide a rich variety of tools for managing the synchronization of media like video and audio, but generally have an inflexible model for time itself...
Buildinglarge Websites is similar in manywaysto building knowledgeand database systems. In particular, byprovidinga declarative,logical viewof a Website's data andstructure, ...
Mary F. Fernandez, Daniela Florescu, Alon Y. Levy,...
Cache groups are a powerful concept for database caching, which is used to relieve the backend database load and to keep referenced data close to the application programs at the &q...
SweetDeal is a rule-based approach to representation of business contracts that enables software agents to create, evaluate, negotiate, and execute contracts with substantial auto...
Recently, OASIS approved two standards respectively for Web Service composition and for Web Service transactions. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how WS-BPEL and the WS-TX famil...