This paper strives for demonstrating “metamodels in action” which means showing concrete
applications of this concept. Based on a literature survey we develop a taxonomy that helps …

A system, method and computer program product for implementing a distributed file system
architecture requiring no direct access to user data from a metadata manager in a data …

We address the problem of large-scale data integration, where the data sources are
unknown at design time, are from autonomous organisations, and may evolve. Experiments …

We present a real-time technique for the spatiotemporal segmentation of color/depth movies.
Images are segmented using a parallel Metropolis algorithm implemented on a GPU …

Industrial network flow involves three domains: infrastructure, individual subjects of
movement, and planning and control of the movement. Examples include supply chain and …

Internet text retrieval systems accept a statement for requested information in terms of a
search query S made up of a plurality of keywords TT... T.... T., and return a list of documents …

Contemporary challenges for enterprise document management (EDM) include managing a
mixture of technologies, recognizing the needs of several user roles and groups, and …

Background: The information present in Hospital Information Systems (HIS) is
heterogeneous and is used primarily by health practitioners to support and improve patient …

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Service science is an emerging field, but many still consider it lacking in substance. This
book aims to change the situation by addressing the following questions: What is the big …