Specifying Valid Compound Terms in Interrelated Faceted Taxonomies
In previous work, we proposed an algebra whose operators allow to specify the valid compound terms of a faceted...
Conceptual Modeling in Disaster Planning Using Agent Constructs
A disaster plan contains rules to be used by responders to deal with a disaster and save lives. Usually,...
Modelling Safe Interface Interactions in Web Applications
Current Web applications embed sophisticated user interfaces and business logic. The original interaction paradigm of the Web based on...
Inducing Metaassociations and Induced Relationships
In the last years, UML has been tailored to be used as a domain-specific modelling notation in several contexts....
Tractable Query Answering over Conceptual Schemata
We address the problem of answering conjunctive queries over extended Entity-Relationship schemata, which we call EER (Extended ER) schemata,...
A Semantic Approach for the Modeling of Trajectories in Space and Time
The modeling and analysis of trajectories in space and time have been long a domain of social science studies...
Query-By-Keywords (QBK): Query Formulation Using Semantics and Feedback
The staples of information retrieval have been querying and search, respectively, for structured and unstructured repositories. Processing queries over...
Thirty Years of ER Conferences: Milestones, Achievements, and Future Directions
This paper describes the milestones/achievements in the past 30 years and the future directions for the Entity-Relationship (ER) Conferences...
Cluster-Based Exploration for Effective Keyword Search over Semantic Datasets
The amount of data available in the Web, in databases as well as other systems, is constantly increasing as...
A Frame Manipulation Algebra for ER Logical Stage Modelling
The ER model is arguably today’s most widely accepted basis for the conceptual specification of information systems. A further...
