– Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising technique for next-generation optical switching networks. In traditional OBS, an entire burst is discarded when all output waveleng...
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is considered as the de facto standard for information processing and exchange on the Internet and in the enterprise services domain. It is wid...
Sensor networks are becoming an important part of the IT landscape. Existing systems, however, are limited in two fundamental ways: lack of data independence, and poor integration...
Situational information can enrich the interactions between a user and the services they wish to utilize. Such information encompasses details about the user, the physical environ...
In applications like nancial trading, scheduling, manufacturing and process control, time based predicates in queries and rules are very important. There is also a need to dene ...