Question Answering (QA) systems aim at supplying precise answers to questions, posed by
users in a natural language form. They are used in a wide range of application areas, from …

Ontology matching is an integral part for establishing semantic interoperability. One of the
main challenges within the ontology matching operation is semantic heterogeneity, ie …

With the introduction of the Web 3.0 standards on the World Wide Web, there is a need to
include semantic techniques and ontologies in the Web based Recommendation Systems …

Nowadays, companies manage a large volume of data usually organised in” silos”. Each”
data silo” contains data related to a specific Business Unit, or a project. This scattering of …

Merging operators represent a significant tool to extract a consistent and informative view
from a set of agents. The consideration of practical scenarios where some agents can be …

The integration of product data from heterogeneous sources and manufacturers into a single
catalog is often still a laborious, manual task. Especially small-and medium-sized …

Schema matching (SM) is a fundamental task of data integration and data warehousing.
Often SM is performed manually which is time consuming and error prone. Furthermore …

The schema matching task is an integral part of the data integration process. It is usually the
first step in integrating data. Schema matching is typically very complex and time …

A key characteristic of a virtual enterprise (VE) is the heterogeneity of the applications that
compose its enterprise information systems (EIS), since it builds on the EIS of the individual …

Online-Marktplätze generieren von Jahr zu Jahr einen größeren Anteil des
Einzelhandelsumsatzes. Ein wichtiger Faktor für den Erfolg von Online-Marktplätzen ist die …