Merging Relational Views: A Minimization Approach
Schema integration is the procedure to integrate several inter-related schemas to produce a unified schema, called the mediated schema....
Ontology Evolution in Data Integration: Query Rewriting to the Rescue
The evolution of ontologies is an undisputed necessity in ontology-based data integration. In such systems ontologies are used as...
Object-Oriented XML Keyword Search
Existing LCA-based XML keyword search approaches are not aware of the significance of using semantics of object to improve...
A Hidden Markov Model Approach to Keyword-Based Search over Relational Databases
We present a novel method for translating keyword queries over relational databases into SQL queries with the same intended...
A Modularization Proposal for Goal-Oriented Analysis of Data Warehouses Using I-Star
The success rate of Data Warehouse (DW) development is improved by performing a requirements elicitation stage in which the...
Strategic Models for Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence (BI) promises a range of technologies for using information to ensure compliance to strategic and tactical objectives,...
Evolving Requirements in Socio-Technical Systems: Concepts and Practice
Changes in requirements are inevitable in the context of socio-technical systems (STS) that involve human organizations with their rules,...
From Pattern-Based User Interfaces to Conceptual Schemas and Back
Since the necessity to associate end-users of the future system with its specification and development steps has proven indisputable,...
Composite Indicators for Business Intelligence
Business organizations continuously monitor their environments, looking out for opportunities and threats that may help/hinter the fulfilment of their...
Automatically Mapping and Integrating Multiple Data Entry Forms into a Database
Forms are a standard way of gathering data into a database. Many applications need to support multiple users with...
