Abstract The Internet-of-Things (IoT) paradigm envisions the full integration of several
technologies in order to enable a new class of applications relying on an unprecedented …

In the sensing as a service paradigm, Internet of Things (IoT) Middleware platforms allow
data consumers to retrieve the data they want without knowing the underlying technical …

Objectives: Medical decision support and other intelligent applications in the life sciences
depend on increasing amounts of digital information. Knowledge bases as well as formal …

We are currently observing emerging solutions to enable the Internet of Things (IoT).
Efficient and feature rich IoT middeware platforms are key enablers for IoT. However, due to …

With the advent of Component-based software engineering (CBSE), large software systems
are being built by integrating pre-built software components. The Semantic Web in …

We propose a Context Aware Sensor Configuration Model (CASCoM) to address the
challenge of automated context-aware configuration of filtering, fusion, and reasoning …

The knowledge-intensive nature of software production and its growing demand suggest the
need to define appropriate means to capitalize on the knowledge involved in software …

The Figure 1 shows a conceptual model of the Know-Cap method. The faces of the prism
represent the source for obtain knowledge (people) and the steps of the method (Identify …

The thesis addresses next generation Internet of Things scenarios as integral part of the
forthcoming 5G networks. It pinpoints and analyses the enabling technologies of such …

The aim of the software industry is to develop quality software in the short term, at a low cost
and also to diminish their time of release to the market. To achieve this goal, they seek to …