Enterprise Information Systems: 8th International Conference, ICEIS 2006, Paphos, Cyprus, May 23-27, 2006, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing)

Invited Papers......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Basics and Backgrounds......Page 16
Overview of the XLive Mediator......Page 17
P2P Data Systems......Page 18
Basic P2P Architectures......Page 19
Semantic Routing......Page 20
Objectives and Architecture......Page 21
P2P Source Discovery......Page 23
XML TE......Page 24
The Semantic Layer......Page 26
References......Page 27
Internet Communities and Social Software......Page 29
ATLAS: Metadata and Reflective Information Systems......Page 31
Tools for Modeling and Analysis......Page 34
Application Experiences......Page 36
Summary and Outlook......Page 38
References......Page 39
Introduction......Page 41
Related Work......Page 44
Main Issues......Page 45
Evading Successive Query Rewriting......Page 46
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 48
References......Page 49
Introduction......Page 51
Histogram Methods......Page 53
QEP Determinations in ORACLE......Page 65
The Core Architecture of Our Implementation......Page 66
Test Data Sets......Page 68
Sample Queries......Page 69
Accuracy of the Error Estimates......Page 70
QEP Selection Comparison......Page 72
Example 1......Page 73
Example 2......Page 74
Conclusions......Page 76
Part I Databases and Information Systems Integration......Page 85
Introduction......Page 87
Spi and the Necessity of Taking Both Internal and External Organisational Factors as Starting Point......Page 88
Entropy and Its Relations to Complexity and Dynamics......Page 90
Entropy and Its Relations with Business System Aspects......Page 91
Experience with Process Improvement......Page 93
Positioning Organisations on the Basis of Their Entropy Scores......Page 94
Conclusions......Page 96
Introduction......Page 99
Background Information......Page 101
Result......Page 103
Additivity of the ERP Systems Success Dimensions......Page 104
Alternative Models......Page 106
Discussions and Conclusion......Page 107
References......Page 108
Introduction......Page 111
The Vaccine Supply Chain......Page 112
The Vaccine Product......Page 113
Vaccine Data Specifications......Page 114
The Interoperability Framework......Page 116
From MA to ERP......Page 117
Type of Data to Be Translated......Page 118
Rules Definition......Page 119
The Compliance Scenario......Page 121
Validate Data in Sap......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 123
References......Page 124
Introduction......Page 125
Workload Selection......Page 127
Server Capacity Decision......Page 128
Data Calibration......Page 131
Experimental Setup......Page 133
Maximum Server Capacity......Page 134
Server-Side Observations......Page 136
Client-Side Observations......Page 139
Prediction Model......Page 141
Related Work......Page 142
Conclusions......Page 143
Part II Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems......Page 145
Introduction......Page 147
Application Domain......Page 148
Temporal Observations......Page 149
Indexing Observations......Page 151
Incremental Indexing......Page 152
Discussion......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 156
Introduction......Page 159
Defining a Fuzzy Value......Page 160
Updating a Fuzzy Value......Page 162
An Example of Application: Extending Queries......Page 164
Adding Fuzziness in KAON......Page 165
Ontologies in KAON......Page 166
Fuzzy OWL......Page 167
References......Page 168
Part II Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems......Page 171
Introduction......Page 173
Collaborative Filtering......Page 174
Content-Addressable Data Management......Page 176
CF over Content-Addressable Space......Page 177
Mapping User Profiles to Content-Addressable Space......Page 178
Heuristic Nearest-Neighbors Search......Page 179
Heuristic Completions of User Profiles......Page 180
Experimental Evaluation......Page 181
Scalability of the Search......Page 182
Accuracy of the Search......Page 184
Inherent Clustering......Page 186
Completion Heuristics......Page 187
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 190
References......Page 191
Introduction......Page 193
Approach......Page 194
Ontological Model......Page 197
Implementation Standards and Protocols......Page 198
Knowledge Sharing within One Company......Page 200
Knowledge Sharing across a Networked Organisation......Page 202
Conclusions......Page 205
References......Page 206
Introduction......Page 209
Two-Dimensional Format of Unstructured Documents......Page 211
The Knowledge Representation Language $DLP^+$......Page 212
The Core Ontology......Page 213
Domain Ontologies......Page 214
A Two-Dimesional Grammar for Extraction Patterns Specification......Page 215
Document Preprocessor......Page 219
Pattern Matcher......Page 221
Pattern Extractor......Page 222
Conclusions and Future Works......Page 223
Motivation......Page 225
An Application Framework for Personnel Development......Page 226
The Module, “Project and Job Staffing”......Page 228
Project Staffing with Ontology-Based Similarity Measures......Page 229
Similarity Measures for Skill Profiles......Page 230
References......Page 232
Part III Information Systems Analysis and Specification......Page 235
Introduction......Page 237
Ontology Engineering......Page 238
Ontology Evaluation......Page 239
Experiment......Page 241
Manual Construction......Page 242
Automatic Construction......Page 244
Evaluation Setup......Page 245
General Comparison......Page 246
Evaluation by Ontology Engineers......Page 247
Evaluation by Domain Experts......Page 249
Ontology Combination and Project Scenarios......Page 251
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 252
Introduction......Page 257
ATHENA Interoperability Requirements......Page 259
RAIS Methodology and Requirements Model......Page 260
Requirements Model......Page 262
Validation Matrices......Page 263
Editing the Model......Page 266
Discussion and Future Work......Page 267
References......Page 268
Introduction......Page 271
CSCW, Tailorability, Coevolution......Page 272
Shortcomings of Existing SDEs......Page 275
CooLDev: Cooperation under Eclipse......Page 276
The Inter-activities Approach......Page 277
Managing Inter-activities......Page 278
Managing Tailorability and Experience Crystallization......Page 280
Related Work......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 283
References......Page 284
Introduction......Page 287
Business Case Scenario......Page 288
Architecture-Centric Approach......Page 290
The ArchWare Environment......Page 291
EAI Architecture Evolution Formalization......Page 292
Architecture Deployment and Execution......Page 295
Conclusion and Ongoing Work......Page 296
Introduction......Page 299
The Transition Process......Page 300
Research Framework......Page 301
Specifications Comparison......Page 303
The Role of System Analysts......Page 307
References......Page 310
Introduction......Page 311
A Modelling Construct for Product Representation......Page 313
Holon Based Models and Interoperability......Page 315
Vertical Interoperability with the MDA Approach......Page 316
Holon Based Models for Horizontal Interoperability......Page 319
Holons in Action......Page 320
Model Driven Interoperability in the Zachman Framework......Page 322
Conclusion......Page 324
References......Page 325
Part III Information Systems Analysis and Specification......Page 327
Introduction......Page 329
Research Method......Page 331
A Framework for Increasing the Value of Process Modeling......Page 332
Identifying Context......Page 333
Identifying Potential Value......Page 334
Choosing Practice......Page 335
Identifying Potential Value......Page 337
Addressing Challenges of Modeling......Page 338
Conclusion and Further Work......Page 340
References......Page 341
Introduction......Page 343
Outline and Relevant Features......Page 345
Concepts......Page 346
The FM Example......Page 348
ISDL: Concepts and Notations......Page 350
Activity Refinement......Page 351
Modeling the FM Example......Page 352
Analysis......Page 354
Conclusions......Page 355
References......Page 356
Introduction......Page 357
Methodology and Tools......Page 358
FUNSIEC Methodology......Page 359
Semantic Resources Identification......Page 360
The OSIECS Triad......Page 361
The FONDIL System......Page 362
Detection of Mappings......Page 363
e-Service Provision......Page 364
Conclusion......Page 365
References......Page 366
Part IV Software Agents and Internet Computing......Page 369
Introduction......Page 371
Inference Systems for the Semantic Web......Page 372
DL Systems Evaluation......Page 373
Cerebra......Page 374
FaCT++......Page 375
RACER......Page 376
DL-Based Knowledge Discovery......Page 377
The Knowledge Discovery Interface......Page 378
Results......Page 379
Conclusions......Page 381
References......Page 382
Introduction......Page 383
Related Work......Page 384
Problem Definition: Property Growth......Page 385
Basic Model......Page 386
Data Management Measures......Page 387
Optional Properties......Page 388
Views on Property Lists......Page 389
Property Inheritance......Page 390
Modification of the Basic Model......Page 391
Conclusions......Page 392
References......Page 393
Introduction......Page 395
Scenario of Use......Page 396
Embedding openVisaar in sTeam......Page 398
Next Generation Whiteboard medi@rena with Visualization Capabilities......Page 399
Related Work......Page 404
References......Page 406
Introduction......Page 409
A Formal Semantics for BPEL Abstract Processes......Page 412
The States and the Edges of the TA......Page 413
The Clocks of the TA......Page 416
Interaction Relation......Page 417
The Synthesis Algorithm......Page 418
Incompleteness of the Algorithm......Page 420
Conclusion......Page 421
Part V Human-Computer Interaction......Page 423
Introduction......Page 425
Literature Review......Page 426
Face Tracking......Page 427
Speech Processing......Page 428
System Initialization......Page 430
Activating Mouse Actions......Page 431
Familiarization Applications......Page 432
Test Applications......Page 433
Experimental Procedure......Page 435
Results -- Discussion......Page 436
Conclusions......Page 437
Introduction......Page 441
Wikis......Page 442
Visualization of Wikis and Other Online Resources......Page 443
System Requirements......Page 444
Bloom’s Taxonomy Graphic Organizers......Page 445
ENWiC......Page 446
Annoki......Page 449
ENWiC Evaluation......Page 453
Results and Observations......Page 455
Conclusion......Page 458
References......Page 459
Introduction......Page 461
VTS User Interface Evaluation Issues......Page 463
The Proposed Test-Bed......Page 464
Integration of the Navigator in the Simulated Environment......Page 465
Data Analysis......Page 466
The Telemetry Analyzer Tool......Page 467
Main Features of the Developed Tool......Page 468
Assessing the Proposed Test-Bed......Page 469
Results......Page 470
References......Page 472
Part V Human-Computer Interaction......Page 475
Introduction......Page 477
Related Work......Page 478
Requirements......Page 479
Artefact Requirements......Page 480
Scope......Page 481
Therapist Applications......Page 482
ScoFORMS – Creating Artefacts......Page 483
ScoTHERAPY – Patient’s Tool......Page 484
ScopALYSIS – Analysis......Page 485
Early Stage Evaluation......Page 486
Conclusions......Page 487
References......Page 489