Table of Contents

• Experimental Software Engineering: Role and Impact of Measurement Models on Empirical ProcessesGiovanni Cantone. 3
• Data Sources Server: An Approach to Heterogeneous Data IntegrationPedro Pablo Alarcón, Juan Garbajosa, Agustín Yagüe, Carlos Garcia. 3-10
• Enterprise Information Systems and the Global Information Network: Change is Certain, Progress is OptionalThomas Greene. 5
• Analytical Framework for Data Integration in Manufacturing Execution SystemsOleg Yu. Gusikhin. 7
• Specific Relationship Types in Conceptual Modeling: The Cases of Generic and with Common ParticipantsAntoni Olivé. 9
• Descriptors and Meta-Documents for Mono-Media and Multimedia DocumentsIkram Amous, Florence Sedes. 11-17
• Business Process Modeling as a Method of Requirements EngineeringIlia Bider. 13-15
• Maintenance of Information SystemsNed Chapin. 17-19
• Organising and Modelling Metadata for Media-Based DocumentsIkram Amous, Anis Jedidi, Florence Sedes. 18-25
• Developing Enterprise Applications Using JavaQusay H. Mahmoud. 21
• XML-Based Document to Query a Relational DatabaseWilmondes Manzi de Arantes Júnior, Christine Verdier, André Flory. 26-33
• MEDIweb: A Mediator-Based Environment for Data Integration on the WebLadjane S. Arruda, Cláudio de Souza Baptista, Carlos A. A. Lima. 34-41
• The Role of Enterprise Architecture for Planning and Managing Future Information Systems IntegrationThomas Birkhölzer, Jürgen Vaupel. 42-49
• FSQL: A Flexible Query Language for Data MiningRamón Alberto Carrasco, María Amparo Vila Miranda, José Galindo. 50-56
• Predicate-Based Caching Scheme for Wireless EnvironmentsPauline Lienhua Chou, Zahir Tari. 57-64
• A System for Data Change Propagation in Heterogeneous Information SystemsCarmen Constantinescu, Uwe Heinkel, Ralf Rantzau, Bernhard Mitschang. 73-80
• Temporal Data Warehousing: Business Cases and SolutionsJohann Eder, Christian Koncilia, Herbert Kogler. 81-88
• A Framework to Analyse Most Critical Work Packages in ERP Implementation ProjectsJosé Esteves, Joan Antoni Pastor. 89-98
• Information Organizer: A Comprehensive View on ReuseErik Gyllenswärd, Mladen Kap, Rikard Land. 99-106
• A Process Model for Enterprise-Wide Design of Data Acquisition for Data WarehousingArne Harren, Heiko Tapken. 107-114
• Data Integration Using the MONIL LanguageMónica Larre, José Torres, Eduardo F. Morales, Sócrates Torres. 115-120
• DIDAFIT: Detecting Intrusions in Databases Through Fingerprinting TransactionsWai Lup Low, Joseph Lee, Peter Teoh. 121-128
• An Integrated Object Database and Description Logic System for Online Content and Event-Based Indexing and Retrieval of a Car Park Surveillance VideoFarhi Marir, Kamel Zerzour, Karim Ouazzane. 129-139
• A Model for Advanced Query Capability Description in Mediator SystemsAlberto Pan, Paula Montoto, Anastasio Molano, Manuel Álvarez, Juan Raposo, Ángel Viña. 140-147
• Using Full Match Classes for Self-Maintenance of Mediated ViewsValéria Magalhães Pequeno, Vânia Maria Ponte Vidal. 148-154
• Proposing a Method for Planning the Materialisation of Views in a Data WarehouseAlexander Prosser. 155-162
• Data Representation in Industrial SystemsClaudia Raibulet, Claudio Demartini. 163-178
• D-ANTICIP: A Protocol Suitable for Distributed Real-Time TransactionsBruno Sadeg, Samia Saad-Bouzefrane, Laurent Amanton. 171-178
• Using Data Mining Techniques to Analyze Correspondences between PartitionsDaniel Sánchez, José-María Serrano, María Amparo Vila Miranda, V. Aranda, J. Calero, G. Delgado. 179-186
• A Hierarchical Approach to Complex Data Cube QueriesRebecca Boon-Noi Tan, Guojun Lu. 187-194
• Implementation of Fuzzy Classification Query Language in Relational Databases Using Stored ProceduresYauheni Veryha. 195-202
• Managing Uncertain Trajectories of Moving Objects with DominoGoce Trajcevski, Ouri Wolfson, Hu Cao, Hai Lin, Fengli Zhang, Naphtali Rishe. 218-225
• An Integrated Approach for Finding enRoute Best Alternate RouteMuhammad Abaidullah Anwar, S. Hameed. 226-234
• Data Modeling for the Purpose of Database Design Using Entity-Relationship Model and Semantic AnalysisJoseph Barjis, Samuel Chong. 235-243
• Toolkit for QoS Monitoring in MiddlewarePeter Bodorik, Shawn Best, Dawn N. Jutla. 244-249
• Using Persistent Java to Construct a GISMary Garvey, Mike Jackson, Martin Roberts. 257-262
• Virtual Reality Web-Based Environment for Workcell Planning in an Automotive AssemblyOleg Yu. Gusikhin, Erica Klampfl, Giuseppe Rossi, Celestine Aguwa, Gene Coffman, Terry Marinak. 263-268
• Persistence Framework for Multiple Legacy DatabasesSai Peck Lee, Chin Heong Khor. 269-274
• Introducing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System in a HospitalSteve C. A. Peters. 275-281
• State-Sensitive Design of Database TransactionsYoshiyuki Shinkawa, Masao J. Matsumoto. 282-289
• Designing an Object and Query Cache Management System for CODAR Database AdapterZahir Tari, Abdelkamel Tari, Vincent Dupin. 290-295
• Modeling Relational Data by the Adjacency ModelJari Töyli, Matti Linna, Merja Wanne. 296-301
• The Millennium Information System (MIS) for European Public Health and Environment Network (EPHEN)Frank Wang, Ruby Sharma, Na Helian, Farhi Marir, Yau Jim Yip. 302-306
• An Electronic Scientific Notebook: Metadata And Database Design for Multidisciplinary Scientific Laboratory DataLaura M. Bartolo, Austin Melton, Monica Strah, Cathy S. Lowe, Louis Feng, Christopher Woolverton. 307-310
• The Impact of Change on IT ProfessionalsMatthew C. F. Lau, Rebecca Boon-Noi Tan. 311-316
• Insurance Market Risk Modeling with Hierarchical Fuzzy Rule Based SystemsRafael Alcalá, Oscar Cordón, Francisco Herrera, Igor Zwir. 325-333
• Neural Networks and Wavelets for Face RecognitionLi Bai, Yihui Liu. 334-340
• Supporting Engineering Design Process with an Intelligent Compliance Agent: A Way to Ensure a Standard Complied ProcessLarry Y. C. Cheung, Paul W. H. Chung, Ray Dawson. 341-349
• Applicability of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms to the Fuzzy Rule Learning Problem: A Preliminary StudyM. Julia Flores, José A. Gámez. 350-357
• Group Decision Making Based on the Linguistic 2-Tuple Model in Heterogeneous ContextsFrancisco Herrera, Luis Martínez. 358-366
• Using Artificial Neural Networks to Prove Hypothetic Cause-And-Effect Relations: A Metamodel-Based Approach to Support Strategic DecisionsChristian Hillbrand, Dimitris Karagiannis. 367-373
• Supporting the Optimisation of Distributed Data Mining by Predicting Application Run TimesShonali Krishnaswamy, Seng Wai Loke, Arkady B. Zaslavsky. 374-381
• Strategic Position of Firms in Terms of Client s Needs Using Linguistic and Numerical Information through a New Model of SOFMRaquel Flórez López. 382-390
• A Case-Based Expert System for Estimating the Cost of Refurbishing Construction BuildingsFarhi Marir, Frank Wang, Karim Ouazzane. 391-398
• Data Mining Mechanisms in Knowledge Management SystemI-Heng Meng, Wei-Pang Yang, Wen-Chih Chen, Lu-Ping Chang. 399-404
• Controlling and Testing a Space Instrument by an AI PlannerMd. R-Moreno, M. Prieto, D. Daniel Meziat Luna, J. Medina, C. Martin. 405-409
• A Training Environment for Automated Sales Agents to Learn Negotiation StrategiesJim R. Oliver. 410-417
• A Density-Based Approach for Clustering Spatial DatabaseAbdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Taha ElAreef, Marwa F. Khater, Aboul Ella Hassanien. 418-423
• Simple Decision Support System Based on Fuzzy Repertory TableJose Jesus Castro-Schez, Luis Jiménez, Juan Moreno García, L. R. Luis Rodriguez Benitez. 424-430
• A Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Agent Applied to the Selection of the Best Receiver in a TransplantAïda Valls, Antonio Moreno, David Sánchez. 431-438
• Neural Networks for B2C E-Commerce Analysis: Some Elements of Best PracticeAlfredo Vellido. 439-445
• Proof Running Two State-Of-The-Art Pattern Recognition Techniques in the Field of Direct MarketingStijn Viaene, Bart Baesens, Guido Dedene, Jan Vanthienen, Dirk Van den Poel. 446-454
• Medical Data Base Exploration through Artificial Neural NetworksLucimar F. de Carvalho, Candice Abella S. Dani, Hugo J. T. de Carvalho, Diego Dozza, Silvia M. Nassar, Fernando Mendes de Azevedo. 455-459
• Evaluating EMS Value - The Case of a Small Accountancy FirmCarlos J. Costa, Pedro Antunes. 460-466
• Using Cellular Automata in Traffic ModelingMonica Dascalu, Sergiu Goschin, Eduard Franti. 467-472
• The AEX Method and Its InstrumentationSabine Delaître, Alain Giboin, Sabine Moisan. 473-481
• Improving Access to Multilingual Enterprise Information Systems with User Modelling Context Enriched Cross-Language IRAlberto Díaz Esteban, Pablo Gervás, Antonio García Jiménez. 482-487
• High Dimensional Data Clustering Using SOFM And K-Means AlgorithmsTarek F. Gharib, Mostafa G. Mostafa, Mohamed F. Tolba. 488-493
• Learning to Teach Database Design by Trial and ErrorAna Iglesias, Paloma Martínez, Dolores Cuadra, Elena Castro, Fernando Fernández. 500-505
• Knowledge Management in Manufacturing Technology: An A.I. Application in the IndustryS. M. Michael, Deepak Khemani. 506-511
• Augmented Data Mining over Clinical Databases Using Learning Classifier SystemsManuel Filipe Santos, José Neves, António Abelha, Álvaro M. Silva, Fernando Rua. 512-516
• Using Multi-Agent System for Dynamic Job Shop SchedulingMin-Jung Yoo, Jean-Pierre Müller. 517-525
• The Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Heat Energy Use PredictionLeszek Kieltyka, Robert Kuceba. 526-529
• Knowledge-Based Image Understanding: A Rule-Based Production System for X-Ray SegmentationSu Linying, Bernadette Sharp, Claude C. Chibelushi. 530-533
• A Taxonomy for Inter-Model Parallelism in High Performance Data MiningLing Tan, David Taniar, Kate A. Smith. 534-539
• Some Reflections on IS Development as Operator of Organisational ChangeAna Almeida, Licinio Roque. 543-552
• Analysis of the Relation between the Prescriptive and Descriptive Approaches of the Information System PlanningJorge Luis Nicolas Audy. 553-561
• Analysing Communication in the Context of a Software Production OrganisationMaria Cecília Calani Baranauskas, Juliana P. Salles, Kecheng Liu. 562-569
• Business Modelling with UML: Distilling Directions for Future ResearchSergio de Cesare, Mark Lycett, Dilip Patel. 570-579
• The Semantics of Reifying n-ary Relationships as ClassesMohamed Dahchour, Alain Pirotte. 580-586
• Updating Data in GIS: How to Maintain Database Consistency?H. Kadri-Dahmani, A. Osmani. 587-593
• A Proposal for the Incorporation of the Features Model into the UML LanguageIvan Mathias Filho, Toacy Cavalcante de Oliveira, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena. 594-601
• Ontologies Supporting Business Process Re-EngineeringAlexandra Galatescu, Taisia Greceanu. 602-609
• Conceptual Architecture for the Assessme NT and Improvement of Software MaintenanceFélix García, Francisco Ruiz, Mario Piattini, Macario Polo. 610-617
• Reusable Component Extraction from Intellingent Network Management ApplicationsDániel Hoványi. 618-626
• Semantic Augmentation through Ontology for XML Integration ServerZaijun Hu. 627-634
• Designing Business Processes and Communication Structures for E-Business Using Ontology-Based Enterprise Models with Mathematical ModelsHenry M. Kim, K. Donald Tham. 635-641
• Using AToM:::3::: as a Meta-Case ToolJuan de Lara, Hans Vangheluwe. 642-649
• Frameworks - A High Level Instantiation ApproachToacy Cavalcante de Oliveira, Ivan Mathias Filho, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena. 650-657
• Automating the Code Generation of Role Classes in OO Conceptual SchemasVicente Pelechano, Manoli Albert, Eva Campos, Oscar Pastor. 658-666
• A Functional Size Measurement Method for Event-Based Objectoriented Enterprise ModelsGeert Poels. 667-675
• The Context Engineering ApproachLicinio Roque, Ana Almeida. 676-682
• Sequence Constraints in Business Modelling and Business Process ModellingMonique Snoeck. 683-690
• A Tool for Assessing the Consistency of WebsitesSibylle Steinau, Oscar Díaz, Juan J. Rodríguez, Felipe Ibáñez. 691-698
• The Gold Model Case Tool: An Environment for Designing OLAP ApplicationsJuan Trujillo, Sergio Luján-Mora, Enrique Medina. 699-707
• An International Study of Benchmarking Spread and MaturityMohamed Zairi, Majed Al-Mashari. 708-715
• Taming Process Deviations by Logic Based MonitoringIlham Alloui, Sorana Cîmpan, Flávio Oquendo. 716-724
• Applying Domain Modeling and SECI Theory in Knowledge Management for Information Systems AnalysisAkihiro Abe. 725-731
• If You Wish to Change the World, Start with YourselfIlia Bider, Maxim Khomyakov. 732-742
• On the Use of Jackson Structured Programming (JSP) for the Structured Design of XSL TransformationsGuido Dedene. 743-751
• A Framework for the Dynamic Alignment of StrategiesS. Hanlon, L. Sun. 752-757
• Inferring Aspects of the Organizational Structure through Workflow Process AnalysisCirano Iochpe, Lucinéia Heloisa Thom. 758-763
• A Knowledge Object Oriented System for High Throughput Collection and Analysis of DataHuiqing Liu, Tecksin Lim. 764-769
• Managing Enterprise Communication Networks to Improve the Requirements Elicitation ProcessJuan M. Luzuriaga, Rodolfo Martínez, Alejandra Cechich. 770-775
• Introducing Business Process Automation in Dynamic Banking ActivitiesMara Nikolaidou, Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos. 776-781
• Incorporating Knowledge Engineering Techniques to Requirements Capture in the MIDAS Web Applications Development ProcessAlmudena Sierra-Alonso, Paloma Cáceres, Esperanza Marcos, Jorge Enrique Pérez-Martínez. 782-787
• HyperclassesSlim Turki, Michel Léonard. 788-794
• Linking Mobile Network Services to Internet MailHans Weghorn, Carolin Gaum, Daniel Wloczka. 795-798
• Inter-Organizational Workflow Management in Virtual Healthcare EnterprisesTauqir Amin, Hung Keng Pung. 799-802
• Survey, Analysis and Validation of Information for Business Process ModelingNuno Castela, José M. Tribolet, Arminda Guerra, Eurico R. Lopes. 803-806
• FD3: A Functional Dependencies Data DictionaryManuel Enciso, Angel Mora. 807-810
• Beyond Object Oriented Design PatternsJavier Garzás, Mario Piattini. 811-814
• Mediated Communication in Groupware SystemsLuis A. Guerrero, Sergio F. Ochoa, Oriel A. Herrera, David A. Fuller. 815-818
• An Execution Model for Preserving Cardinality Constraints in the Relational ModelHarith T. Al-Jumaily, Dolores Cuadra, Paloma Martínez. 819-822
• Towards a New Business Process ArchitectureTakaaki Kamogawa, Masao J. Matsumoto. 823-829
• Requirements Specification Model in a Software Development Process inside a Physically Distributed EnvironmentRafael Prikladnicki, Fernando Peres, Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy, Michael da Costa Móra, Antônio Perdigoto. 830-834
• Modelling and Performance Analysis of Workflow Management Systems Using Timed Hierarchical Coloured Petri NetsKhodakaram Salimifard, Mike Wright. 843-846
• Using Semantic Analysis and Norm Analysis to Model OrganisationsAndy Salter, Kecheng Liu. 847-850
• Using Hot-Spot-Driven Approach in the Development of a Framework for Multimedia Presentation on the WebKhalid Suliman Al-Tahat, Sufian Bin Idris, Tengku M. T. Sembok, Mohamed Yousof. 855-860
• Managing XML-Link Integrity for Structured Technical DocumentsAbraham Alvarez, Youssef Amghar, Richard Chbeir. 863-870
• Usability and Accessibility in the Specification of Web SitesMarta Fernández de Arriba, José Antonio López Brugos. 871-876
• Staged Implementation of E-Business Networks through ERPColin G. Ash, Janice M. Burn. 877-884
• An Enterprise IT Security Data ModelMeletis A. Belsis, Anthony N. Godwin, Leonid Smalov. 885-891
• Internet Technology as a Business ToolSebastián Bruque Cámara. 892-899
• ITHAKI: Fair N-Transferable Anonymous CashMagdalena Payeras-Capellà, Josep Lluís Ferrer-Gomila, Llorenç Huguet i Rotger. 900-907
• Virtual Mall of E-Commerce Web SitesM. F. Chen, M. K. Shan. 908-914
• The Design of an XML E-Business Applications FrameworkI. Hoyle, L. Sun, Stephen J. Rees. 922-928
• E-Commerce Business Practices in the EUHamid Jahankhani, Solomon A. Alexis. 929-936
• Hierarchical Visualization in a Simulation-Based Educational Multimedia Web SystemJuan de Lara, Manuel Alfonseca. 946-953
• Normative Services for Self-Adaptive Software to Support Dependable Enterprise Information SystemsAndy Laws, M. Allen, A. Taleb-Bendiab. 954-961
• Digital Timestamps for Dispute Settlement in Electronic Commerce: Generation, Verification, and RenewalKanta Matsuura, Hideki Imai. 962-967
• Automatic Verification of Security in Payment Protocols for Electronic CommerceMaurizio Panti, Luca Spalazzi, Simone Tacconi, Salvatore Valenti. 968-974
• A Semi-Universal E-Commerce AgentAleksander Pivk, Matjaz Gams. 981-988
• ::::Quotes::::: A Negotiation Tool for Industrial E-ProcurementAntonio Reyes-Moro, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, Maite López-Sánchez, Jesús Cerquides, D. Gutierrez-Magallanes. 989-994
• An Automated Approach to Quality-Aware Web ApplicationsAntonio Ruiz Cortés, Rafael Corchuelo, Amador Durán. 995-1000
• IM@GIX: An Electronic Commerce Digital Image BankCarlos Serrão, Joaquim Marques. 1001-1008
• Profile Negotiation Requirements in a Mobile Middleware Service EnvironmentMarkus Sihvonen. 1009-1015
• Intelligent Agent-Based Framework for Mining Customer Buying Habits in E-CommerceQiubang Li, Rajiv Khosla. 1016-1022
• The Shared Data Approach to the Integration of Dynamic Business EnterprisesTrevor Burbridge, Jonathan Mitchener, Ben Strulo. 1023-1028
• An E-Service Infrastructure for Innovation Exploitation and Technology Transfer: The DILEMMA ProjectAnastasia Constantinou, Vassilios Tsakalos, Philippos Koutsakas, Dimitrios Tektonidis, Adamantios Koumpis. 1029-1034
• An E-Commerce Model for Small and Medium EnterprisesFrancisco José García Peñalvo, I. Borrego, M. J. Hernández, Ana Belén Gil, Miguel A. Laguna. 1035-1041
• Distributed Online Doctor SurgeryHamid Jahankhani, Pari Jahankhani. 1042-1047
• Accessing and Using Internet Services from Java-Enabled Handheld Wireless DevicesQusay H. Mahmoud, Luminita Vasiu. 1048-1053
• E-Procurement in a Rural AreaMike Rogers, Thomas Chesney, Scott Raeburn. 1054-1057
• A System Based on Preferences for Aid to the Purchase DecisionIrene Luque Ruiz, Enrique López Espinosa, Gonzalo Cerruela García, Miguel Ángel Gómez-Nieto. 1058-1063
• Design and Implementation of a Message Service Handler for EBXMLEun-Jung Song, Ho-Song Lee, Taeck-Geun Kwon. 1064-1069
• Design Requirements for Mobile Agent SystemsLuminita Vasiu, Alan Murphy. 1070-1079
• Thin Servers - An Architecture to Support Arbitrary Placement of Computation in the InternetJuan Carlos Diaz y Carballo, Alan Dearle, Richard C. H. Connor. 1080-1085
• A Global Model of Electronic CommerceClaudine Toffolon, Salem Dakhli. 1092-1098
• SRIUI Model: A Design Centric Approach to User Interfaces for Shopping Carts with Emphasis on IntelligenceC. Chandramouli. 1099-1102
• The Concepts of Gratitude, Delegation and Agreement in EcenvironmentsPaulo Novais, Luís Brito, José Neves. 1103-1106
• Integrating Mobile Agent Infrastructures in Operational ERP SystemsApostolos Vontas, Philippos Koutsakas, Christina Athanasopoulou, Adamantios Koumpis, Panos Hatzaras, Yannis Manolopoulos, Michael Vassilakopoulos. 1107-1110
• XEON - An Architecture for an XML Enabled FirewallAndrew Blyth, Daniel Cunliffe, Iain Sutherland. 1111-1116
• The Webocracy ProjectPeter Burden. 1117-1121
• Introduction to Information Technology and its Effects on Organisational ControlRahim Ghasemiyeh, Feng Li. 1122-1125
• Logic and Probabilistic Based Approach for Document Data ModelingMourad Ouziri, Christine Verdier. 1126-1129