Sharing Data, Information and Knowledge ; 25th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 25, Cardiff, UK, July 7-10, 2008. Proceedings
The book are organized in topical sections on data mining and privacy, data integration, stream and event data processing, and query processing and optimisation. The volume in addition contains 5 invited papers by leading researchers from the International Colloquium on Advances in Database Research and the two best papers from the workshop on Biodiversity Informatics: Challenges in Modelling and Managing Biodiversity Knowledge.
Service-Oriented Computing ; Agents, Semantics, and Engineering ; AAMAS 2008 International Workshop, SOCASE 2008, Estoril, Portugal, May 12, 2008 Proceedings
The book address a range of topics at the intersection of service-oriented computing, semantic technology, and intelligent multiagent systems, such as: service description and discovery; planning, composition and negotiation; semantic processes and service agents; and applications.
Semantics in Data and Knowledge Bases ; 3rd International Workshop, SDKB 2008, Nantes, France, March 29, 2008, Revised Selected Papers
This book presented original contributions demonstrating the use of logic, discrete mathematics, combinatorics, domain theory and other mathematical theories of semantics for database and knowledge bases, computational linguistics and semiotics, and information and knowledge-based systems.
Semantic Web, Ontologies and Databases ; VLDB Workshop, SWDB-ODBIS 2007, Vienna, Austria, September 24, 2007, Revised Selected Papers
Among the topics addressed are semantics-aware data models and query languages; ontology-based views, mapping, transformations, and query reformulation; and storing and indexing semantic Web data and schemas.
Self-Organizing Systems ; 3rd International Workshop, IWSOS 2008, Vienna, Austria, December 10-12, 2008. Proceedings
This book is organized in topical sections on peer-to-peer systems, overlay networks as well as resource and service management.
Secure Data Management ; 5th VLDB Workshop, SDM 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, August 24, 2008. Proceedings
This book is organized in topical sections on database security, trust management, privacy protection, and security and privacy in healthcare. The volume is rounded off by 3 position papers whose topics range from data disclosure control, via privacy protection to access control.
Scientific and Statistical Database Management ; 20th International Conference, SSDBM 2008, Hong Kong, China, July 9-11, 2008 Proceedings
Organized in topical sections on query optimization in scientific databases, privacy, searching and mining graphs, data streams, scientific database applications, advanced indexing methods, data mining, as well as advanced queries and uncertain data.
Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology ; 3rd International Conference, RSKT 2008, Chengdu, China, May 17-19, 2008. Proceedings
This book focus on five major research fields: computing theory and paradigms, knowledge technology, intelligent information processing, intelligent control, and applications. The papers are organized in topical sections on rough and soft computing, rough mereology with applications, dominance-based rough set approach, fuzzy-rough hybridization, granular computing, logical and mathematical foundations, formal concept analysis, data mining, machine learning, intelligent information processing, bioinformatics and cognitive informatics, web intelligence, pattern recognition, and real-life applications of knowledge technology.
Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing ; 6th International Conference, RSCTC 2008 Akron, OH, USA, October 23-25, 2008 Proceedings
This book is organized in topical sections on logical and mathematical foundations, data analysis, data mining, decision support systems, clustering, pattern recognition and image processing, as well as bioinformatics. The three special session papers cover topics such as rough sets in data warehousing, classification challenges in email archiving, and approximation theories: granular computing vs. rough sets.
Research in computational molecular biology ; 12th Annual International Conference, RECOMB 2008, Singapore, March 30 - April 2, 2008. Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2015, held in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2015. The 36 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. They report on original research in all areas of computational molecular biology and bioinformatics.
Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries ; 12th European Conference, ECDL 2008, Aarhus, Denmark, September 14-19, 2008. Proceedings
This book is organized in topical sections on digital preservation, social tagging, quatations and annotations, user studies and system evaluation, from content-centric to person-centric systems, citation analysis, collection building, user interfaces and personalization, interoperability, information retrieval, and metadata generation.
Recent Advances in Reinforcement Learning ; 8th European Workshop, EWRL 2008, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, June 30-July 3, 2008, Revised and Selected Papers
They are dedicated to the field of and current researches in reinforcement learning.There was an air of excitement as substantial progress was reported in many areas including Computer Go, robotics, and fitted methods.
Reasoning Web : 4th International Summer School 2008, Venice, Italy, September 7-11, 2008, Tutorial Lectures
This book is presented provide competent coverage of methods and major application areas such as social networks, semantic multimedia indexing and retrieval, bioinformatics, and semantic web services. They highlight which techniques are already being successfully applied for purposes such as improving the performance of information retrieval algorithms, enabling the interoperation of heterogeneous agents, modelling users profiles and social relations, and standardizing and improving the accuracy of very large and dynamic scientific databases.
Real-time Linked Dataspaces : Enabling Data Ecosystems for Intelligent Systems
Explores the dataspace paradigm as a best-effort approach to data management within data ecosystems. It establishes the theoretical foundations and principles of real-time linked dataspaces as a data platform for intelligent systems.
Qualità dei Dati : Concetti, Metodi e Tecniche = Data quality: Concepts, Methods and Techniques
Poor data quality can hinder or seriously damage the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations and businesses. The growing awareness of these repercussions has led to important public initiatives such as the promulgation of the "Data Quality Act" in the United States and the Directive 2003/98 of the European Parliament. The authors present a complete and systematic introduction to the wide range of problems related to data quality. The book starts with a detailed description of different dimensions of data quality, such as accuracy, completeness and consistency, and discusses its importance in relation to both different types of data, such as federated data, data present on the web and data with temporal dependencies, which to the different categories in which the data can be classified. The comprehensive description of techniques and methodologies from not only research in the area of data quality but also related areas, such as data mining, probability theory, statistical data analysis and machine learning, provides an excellent introduction to the state of the art. current art. The presentation is complemented by a short description and a critical comparison of practical tools and methodologies, which will help the reader to solve their quality problems.
Provenance and Annotation of Data and Processes ; Second International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2008, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 17-18, 2008. Revised Selected Papers
This book is organized in topical sections on provenance: models and querying; provenance: visualization, failures, identity; provenance and workflows; provenance for streams and collaboration; and applications.
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