This book makes the case for expanding the worldwide historical archive now under
development through the Collaborative for Historical Information and Analysis (CHIA). The …

We provide a novel framework based on a systematic treatment of data inconsistency and
the related concept of data reliability in integrated databases. Our main contribution is the …

As the Internet of Things permeates every aspect of human life, assessing the credence or
integrity of the data generated by" things" becomes a central exercise for making decisions …

The demand for ecosystem services and the ability of natural ecosystems to provide those
services evolve over time as population, land use, and management practices change …

We propose a novel framework, called IncompFuse, that significantly improves the accuracy
of existing methods for reconstructing aggregated historical data from inaccurate historical …

With the form of new data sources on the Internet, integrating data from heterogeneous data
repositories has become critical. However, multiple sources of data introduce problems such …

We address the challenge of reconstructing historical information from aggregated, possibly
inaccurate historical reports. For example, given a mixture of accurate and inaccurate …

The amount of data available due to the rapid spread of advanced information technology is
exploding. At the same time, continued research on data integration systems aims to provide …

In this dissertation, I develop a novel inconsistency detection and data fusion method for
data integration systems. Inconsistent data may lead to incorrect query results and induce …

Human society is undergoing transformations, both positive and negative. But we are short
on information about those transformations. We almost always lack information on how local …