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Even though an effective cost-based query optimizer is of utmost importance for the efficient evaluation of XQuery expressions in native XML database systems, such a component is...
The “small world” phenomenon, i.e., the fact that the global social network is strongly connected in the sense that every two persons are inter-related through a small chain o...
: Ubiquitous computing could help the organisation and the mediation of social interactions wherever and whenever these situations might occur. Using those technologies enables the...
Hiroaki Ogata, Chengjiu Yin, Moushir M. El-Bishout...
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Robin Glinton, Katia P. Sycara, David Scerri, Paul...