Our ability to see a particular object or situation in one context as being 'the same as'
another object or situation in another context is the essence of analogy-making. It …

Artifacts, such as software systems, pervade organizations and society. In the field of
information systems (IS) they form the core of research. The evaluation of IS artifacts thus …

The relative difference between two data values is of interest in a number of application
domains including temporal and spatial applications, schema versioning, data warehousing …

This paper outlines a method, called reconciliation, for managing interference between
partial specifications or viewpoints. The method supports the detection, verification and …

Recently, there has been a proliferation of service-based systems, ie, software systems that
are composed of autonomous services but can also use software code. In order to support …

This dissertation offers an integrated, systematic account of the qualitative, symmetrical
patterns that are shared by all thought experimental activities, which include the wide range …

Abstract The OASIS (Ontologically Augmented Spatial Information System) project explores
terminology systems for thematic and spatial access in digital library applications. A …

Thesauri merging is the activity of consolidating a set of thesauri into a thesaurus which
accommodates the vocabularies and the structure of all thesauri being merged. In this …

Automated speech recognition (ASR) in radiology report dictation demands highly accurate
and robust recognition software. Despite vendor claims, current implementations are …

The development of service centric systems, ie software systems constructed as
compositions of autonomous services, has been recognised as an important approach for …