—Efficient management of massive data sets is a key aspect in typical grid and e-science applications. To this end, the benefits of employing database technologies in such appl...
Abstract. For electronic government initiatives to succeed, in addition to modernising the front office, attention should be also paid in order to streamline, reorganise and suppor...
This paper evaluates the behavior of a common off-theshelf (COTS) database management system (DBMS) in presence of transient faults. Database applications have traditionally been ...
The term organizational memory is due for an overhaul. Memory appears to be everywhere in organizations; yet, the term has been limited to a few uses. In this paper we examine wha...
Formal knowledge modelling languages have a number of advantages over informal languages, such as their precise meaning and the possibility to derive propertiesthrough formal proof...
Fidel Ruiz, Frank van Harmelen, Manfred Aben, Joke...