An input to the conceptual database design phase contains a description of the target database. This description is usually given in some natural language, for instance in English...
We propose a small set of parameterized abstract models for workflow patterns, starting from first principles for sequential and distributed control. Appropriate instantiations yie...
This paper describes a strategy for modeling and engineering complex e-business systems with built-in quality of adaptiveness. The paper explains the philosophical and scientific ...
This paper aims to bring the benefits of the use of Category Theory to the field of Semantic Web, where the coexistence of intrinsically different models of local knowledge mak...
The major purpose of the design of distributed databases is to improve system performance and to increase system reliability. Fragmentation and allocation play important roles in t...