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ICSOC
2007
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
An Execution Engine for Semantic Business Processes
In this paper we present the architecture and design of an extended BPEL engine that implements the operational semantics of BPEL4SWS. BPEL4SWS is an extension of the BPEL language...
Tammo van Lessen, Jörg Nitzsche, Marin Dimitr...
IFIP
2007
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Semantic Context Reasoning Using Ontology Based Models
New mobile computing technologies and the increasing use of portable devices have pushed the development of the so-called context-aware applications. This new class of applications...
Rodrigo Mantovaneli Pessoa, Camilo Zardo Calvi, Jo...
IVA
2007
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Health Document Explanation by Virtual Agents
We describe the design and evaluation of a virtual agent that explains health documents to patients. The prevalence and impact of low health literacy is presented as a motivation f...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Laura M. Pfeifer, Michael K. ...
PET
2007
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Pairing-Based Onion Routing
Abstract. This paper presents a novel use of pairing-based cryptography to improve circuit construction in onion routing anonymity networks. Instead of iteratively and interactivel...
Aniket Kate, Gregory M. Zaverucha, Ian Goldberg
HAPTICS
2006
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Controlling the Perceived Vibrational Frequency and Amplitude of a Voice-Coil-Type Tactor
When designing a vibrotactile information display, it is important to present correct, stable stimulation. However, the mechanical stability of the vibration is affected by many c...
Masataka Niwa, Haruo Noma, Kenichi Hosaka, Yasuyuk...