We propose an XML storage scheme based on Document Table Model (DTM) which expresses an XML document as a table form. When performing query processing on large scale XML data, XML...
Makoto Yui, Jun Miyazaki, Shunsuke Uemura, Hirokaz...
In this position paper we analyze the benefits of enabling virtual communities to self-organize and introduce a novel research direction for providing incentives, required in this...
Users in ubiquitous and pervasive computing environments will be much more empowered in ways to access and to control their navigation. Handover, the vital event in which a user c...
Edson dos Santos Moreira, David N. Cottingham, Jon...
This paper deals with the processing adopted for shape extraction from the 2D-presentation (image) in radar automatic target recognition field. The goal is to provide helpful info...
Abdelmalek Toumi, Brigitte Hoeltzener, Ali Khencha...
GSM (Global System for Mobiles) is the most widely spread mobile communication system in the world. An important objective in mobile communication systems is secure speech communic...
About fifteen years of e-government research (EGR) lead to a research field that is looking forward to define an identity as a proper and autonomous scientific discipline. This pap...
Castes, or endogamous kinship relationships, are prevalent in communities across the world and particularly in developing countries. Caste plays a strong role in determining commu...
The visualization of geo-referenced information on a map has become an essential method to help the users to get the intended information. The adaptation of visualization techniqu...
Maria Beatriz Carmo, Ana Paula Afonso, Paulo Pombi...
Place geo-ontologies have a key role to play in the development of the geospatial-semantic web, with regard to facilitating the search for geographical information and resources. ...
Alia I. Abdelmoty, Philip D. Smart, Christopher B....