Enterprise application reuse: Semantic discovery of business grid services
Web services have emerged as a prominent paradigm for the development of distributed software systems as they provide the...
BLOOMS: A prototype modeling language with object oriented features
The success of a Decision Support System (DSS) can be mainly attributed to the language it uses. The language...
On the impact of network latency on distributed systems design
Research in distributed database systems to date has assumed a "variable cost" model of network response time. However, network...
A Logic Modeling Language for Automated Model Construction
This paper describes PM* (read PM-star), a first-order logic based language, that is the basis of a knowledge based...
Ontology learning: state of the art and open issues
Ontology is one of the fundamental cornerstones of the semantic Web. The pervasive use of ontologies in information sharing...
Understanding expertise in information systems design, or, What’ s all the fuss about objects?
The concept of Object Orientation (00) is very appealing to many in the information systems field. Although it requires...
A new approach for image databases design
This paper focuses on the methodologies to organize and structure image databases. Conventional relational database techniques are optimized to...
A structured modeling based methodology to design decision support systems
Many Decision Support Systems (DSS) support the decision making process through the use of mathematical models and data. DSS...
Semi-automated development of conceptual models from naturallanguage text
The process of converting natural language specifications into conceptual models requiresdetailed analysis of natural language text, and designers...
OO/DEVS: A platform for industry simulation and strategic modelling
OO/DEVS is a software platform designed for industry modelling and simulation. By that we refer to the modelling of...
