LabelTranslator- A Tool to Automatically Localize an Ontology (2009)
Mauricio Espinoza, Asunción Gómez Pérez, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. This demo proposal briefly presents LabelTranslator, a system that suggests translations of ontology labels, with the purpose of localizing ontologies. LabelTranslator takes as input an...
A Service-Oriented Infrastructure for Early Citation Management (2009)
José H. Canós, Manuel Llavador, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. Citation analysis needs an in-depth transformation. Current systems have been long criticized due to defects such as lack of coverage and low accuracy of the citation data. Surprisingly,...
University of the Basque Country (2009)
The continuous development of wireless networks and mobile devices has motivated an intense research in mobile data services. Some of these services provide the user with context-aware information....
Dealing with Continuous Location-Dependent Queries: Just-in-Time Data Refreshment\Lambda (2009)
Sergio Ilarriy, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Abstract Among mobile computing applications, location-based services are expected to be a big business for wireless operators. These services provide value added by considering the location of the...
Using Hitchhiker Mobile Agents for Environment Monitoring (2009)
Oscar Urra, Sergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Thierry Delot
Abstract Recently, there has been a great interest in the development of protocols and data management techniques for vehicular networks (VANETs). In a VANET, the vehicles form a wireless ad hoc...
Processing of Data Streams with Prediction Functions (2008)
Sergio Ilarri, Ouri Wolfson, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi, Naphtali Rishe
Networks of sensors arise naturally in many different fields, from industrial applications (e.g., monitoring of environmental parameters in a chemical plant) to surveillance applications (e.g.,...
Abstract Discovering the Semantics of Keywords: An Ontology-based Approach ∗ (2008)
Mauricio Espinoza, Jorge Gracia, Raquel Trillo, Eduardo Mena
In the context of the emerging Semantic Web, a great effort has been done in the construction of ontologies. An increasing number of them is becoming available on the Web, in order to share the...
Joséa. Royo, Eduardo Mena, Jorge Bernad
Within the emergent Semantic Web framework, the use of traditional web search engines based on keywords provided by the users is not adequate anymore. Instead, new methods based on the semantics of...
Processing Location-Dependent Queries with Location Granules ⋆ (2008)
Sergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Carlos Bobed
Abstract. Existing approaches for the processing of location-dependent queries implicitly assume location data expressed at maximum precision (e.g., GPS). However, there exist applications where...
Solving Semantic Ambiguity to Improve Semantic Web based Ontology Matching (2008)
Jorge Gracia, Vanessa López, Marta Sabou, Enrico Motta, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. A new paradigm in Semantic Web research focuses on the development of a new generation of knowledge-based problem solvers, which can exploit the massive amounts of formally specified...
ABSTRACT Querying the Web: A Multiontology Disambiguation Method ∗ (2008)
Jorge Gracia, Raquel Trillo, Mauricio Espinoza, Eduardo Mena
The lack of explicit semantics in the current Web can lead to ambiguity problems: for example, current search engines return unwanted information since they do not take into account the exact meaning...
Processing of Data Streams with Prediction Functions (2008)
Sergio Ilarri, Ouri Wolfson, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi, Naphtali Rishe
Networks of sensors arise naturally in many different fields, from industrial applications (e.g., monitoring of environmental parameters in a chemical plant) to surveillance applications (e.g.,...
Discovering the Semantics of User Keywords (2008)
Mauricio Espinoza, Jorge Gracia, Raquel Trillo, Eduardo Mena
• Although keyword-based search is a widely used technique for information retrieval, traditional techniques do not consider the specific semantics assigned by the user to keywords. •...
3D MONITORING OF DISTRIBUTED MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS (2008)
Sergio Ilarri, Juan L. Serrano, Eduardo Mena, Raquel Trillo
Abstract: In the last years, multiagent systems have been proposed to solve a wide range of applications in distributed contexts, as they provide many advantages, such as parallelism, robustness, and...
Ontology matching with CIDER: Evaluation report for the OAEI 2008 (2008)
Abstract. Ontology matching, the task of determining relations that hold among terms of two different ontologies, is a key issue in the Semantic Web and other related fields. In order to compare the...
Semantic discovery of the user intended query in a selectable target query language (2008)
Carlos Bobed, Raquel Trillo, Eduardo Mena, Jordi Bernad
The syntactic approach of most of web search engines still has the drawback of not considering the semantics of the keywords entered by the user. So, users usually have to browse many hits looking...
Enriching an ontology with multilingual information (2008)
Mauricio Espinoza, Asunción Gómez Pérez, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. Organizations working in a multilingual environment demand multilingual ontologies. To solve this problem we propose LabelTranslator, a system that automatically localizes ontologies....
Web-based Measure of Semantic Relatedness (2008)
Abstract. Semantic relatedness measures quantify the degree in which some words or concepts are related, considering not only similarity but any possible semantic relationship among them. Relatedness...
Monitoring the Evolution of Databases in Federated Relational Database Systems (2007)
Alfredo Goñi, Arantza Illarramendi, Eduardo Mena, José Miguel Blanco
Federated Database Systems allow users to work with data stored in multiple databases by formulating queries over an integrated view. This kind of systems are of special interest for the emerging...
Self-synchronization of Cooperative Agents in a Distributed Environment (2007)
Sergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Abstract. Multiagent systems have been widely used in applications that are inherently distributed such as information retrieval, network diagnosis, and distributed vehicle monitoring. The use of...
Monitoring the Evolution of Databases in Federated Relational Database Systems (2007)
Arantza Illarramendiz, Eduardo Mena
Federated Database Systems allow users to work with data stored in multiple databases by formulating queries over an integrated view. This kind of systems are of special interest for the emerging...
Evaluating Performance on Mobile Agents Software Design (2007)
Abstract. Software design and implementation using mobile agents are nowadays involved in a scepticism halo. There exist researchers who question its utility because it could be a new technology...
Discovering the semantics of user keywords (2007)
Raquel Trillo, Jorge Gracia, Mauricio Espinoza, Eduardo Mena
Abstract: The technology in the field of digital media generates huge amounts of textual information every day, so mechanisms to retrieve relevant information are needed. Under these circumstances,...
Chapter 19: Adaptive Interfaces in Mobile Environments - An Approach Based on Mobile Agents (2007)
Nikola Mitrovic, Eduardo Mena, Jose Alberto Royo
Mobility for graphical user interfaces (GUIs) is a challenging problem, as different GUIs need to be constructed for different device capabilities and changing context, preferences and users'...
Discovering the semantics of user keywords (2007)
Raquel Trillo, Jorge Gracia, Mauricio Espinoza, Eduardo Mena
Abstract: The technology in the field of digital media generates huge amounts of textual information every day, so mechanisms to retrieve relevant information are needed. Under these circumstances,...
Performance Analysis of an Adaptive User Interface System Based on Mobile Agents (2007)
Nikola Mitrovic, Jose A. Royo, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. Adapting graphical user interfaces for various user devices is one of the most interesting topics in today's mobile computation. In this paper we present a system based on mobile...
Scalable PlatfoRm for movINg Software (SPRINGS) (2006)
Ilarri, Sergio, Trillo, Raquel, Mena, Eduardo
In the recent years, mobile agents (MAs) have arised as a promising paradigm to build distributed applications. They provide a range of advantages, specially in pervasive and mobile environments....
A.: Location-dependent queries in mobile contexts: Distributed processing using mobile agents (2006)
Sergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Abstract—With the current advances of mobile computing technology, we are witnessing an explosion in the development of applications that provide mobile users with a wide range of services. In this...
Discovering and merging keyword senses using ontology matching (2006)
Mauricio Espinoza, Raquel Trillo, Jorge Gracia, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. During the last years we are witnessing how the use of keywords has become the standard input when searching the Web. As opposite to the syntactic searches performed by traditional web...
Discovering the semantics of keywords: An ontology-based approach (2006)
Mauricio Espinoza, Jorge Gracia, Raquel Trillo, Eduardo Mena
In the context of the emerging Semantic Web, a great effort has been done in the construction of ontologies. An increasing number of them is becoming available on the Web, in order to share the...
Discovering and merging keyword senses using ontology matching (2006)
Mauricio Espinoza, Raquel Trillo, Jorge Gracia, Eduardo Mena
• Although keyword-based search is a widely used technique for information retrieval, traditional techniques do not consider the specific semantics assigned by the user to keywords. •...
The ability to retrieve software in an easy and efficient way confers competitive advantage on computer users in general and, even more especially, on users of wireless devices (like some laptops,...
Applications of Moving Objects Databases (2005)
Miniaturization of computing devices and advances in wireless communication and sensor technology are some of the forces propagating computing from the stationary desktop to the mobile outdoors. Some...
Emergent Semantics Principles and Issues (2004)
Aberer, Karl, Cudré-Mauroux, Philippe, Ouksel, Aris M., Catarci, Tiziana, Hacid, Mohand-Said, Illarramendi, Arantxa, ...
Emergent Semantics Systems (2004)
Aberer, Karl, Catarci, Tiziana, Cudré-Mauroux, Philippe, Dillon, Tharam S., Grimm, Stephan, Hacid, Mohand-Said, ...
ADUS: Indirect Generation of User Interfaces on Wireless Devices (2004)
Nikola Mitrovic, J. A. Royo, Eduardo Mena
Nowadays, there exists a great interest in wireless and mobile devices. However, the development of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for applications in these environments must consider new problems:...
Emergent semantics principles and issues (2004)
Karl Aberer, Tiziana Catarci, Said Hacid, Arantza Illarramendi, Massimo Mecella, ...
Abstract. Information and communication infrastructures underwent a rapid and extreme decentralization process over the past decade: From a world of statically and partially connected central servers...
Emergent Semantics Systems (2004)
Karl Aberer, Tiziana Catarci, Tharam Dillon, Stephan Grimm, Said Hacid, Arantza Illarramendi, ...
Abstract. With new standards like RDF or OWL paving the way for the much anticipated Semantic Web, a new breed of very large scale semantic systems is about to appear. Traditional semantic...
Emergent Semantics Systems (2004)
Karl Aberer, Tiziana Catarci, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Tharam Dillon, Stephan Grimm, Mohand-Said Hacid, ...
With new standards like RDF or OWL paving the way for the much anticipated Semantic Web, a new breed of very large scale semantic systems is about to appear. Traditional semantic reconciliation...
Emergent Semantics Systems (2004)
Karl Aberer, Tiziana Catarci, Tharam Dillon, Stephan Grimm, Said Hacid, Arantza Illarramendi, ...
Abstract. With “peer production ” becoming commonplace and new standards like RDF or OWL paving the way for the much anticipated semantic web, a new breed of very large scale semantic systems is...
Emergent Semantics Principles and Issues (2004)
Karl Aberer, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Aris M. Ouksel, Tiziana Catarci, Mohand-Said Hacid, ...
Information and communication infrastructures underwent a rapid and extreme decentralization process over the past decade: From a world of statically and partially connected central servers rose an...
IV jornadas de bibliotecas digitales / editores Eduardo Mena, Jesús Tramullas (2003)
Mena, Eduardo, Tramullas, Jesús
Incluye bibliografía e índice
Jose M. Puyal, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Abstract. The actual great demand of wireless devices is generating a special interest on developing new services that provide users of those devices with new software facilities. In this context we...
Improving user interface usability using mobile agents (2003)
Abstract. Adapting graphical user interface (GUI) to meet higher level of usability for users is one of the most interesting questions of today's mobile computation. Users should have GUI...
Improving user interface usability using mobile agents (2003)
Abstract. Adapting graphical user interfaces (GUI) to meet higher level of usability for users is one of the most interesting questions of today 's mobile computation. Users should have GUI...
Dealing with Continuous Location-Dependent Queries: Just-in-Time Data Refreshment (2003)
Sergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Among mobile computing applications, location-based services are expected to be a big business for wireless operators. These services provide value added by considering the location of the user in...
José Merseguer, Javier Campos, Eduardo Mena
Abstract. Nowadays, there exist web sites that allow users to retrieve and install software in an easy way. The performance of these sites may be poor if they are used in wireless networks; the...
BibShare: An Interoperable System to Access and Maintain Bibliographic References (2002)
Abstract. The management of bibliographic data that can be cited from scientic documents is a very important issue for authors of publications. Unfortunately, the storage, update and bibliography...
Adaptive User Interface for Mobile Devices (2002)
Abstract. Adapting a graphical user interface (GUI) to a variety of resources with different capabilities is one of the most interesting questions of today's mobile computation. The GUI...
Adaptive user interface for mobile devices (2002)
Abstract. Adapting a graphical user interface (GUI) to a variety of resources with different capabilities is one of the most interesting questions of today’s mobile computation. The GUI constructed...
Sergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Nowadays the number of mobile devices is increasing rapidly. However there is a lack of data services that can be efficiently performed in mobile computing environments. The main reason is that many...
Performance analysis of Internet based software retrieval systems using Petri Nets (2001)
Jos E Merseguer, Javier Campos, Eduardo Mena, Ingeniera De Sistemas, Ingeniera De Sistemas, Ingeniera De Sistemas
Nowadays, there exist web sites that allow users to retrieve and install software in an easy way. The performance of these sites may be poor if they are used in wireless networks; the reason is the...
A performance engineering case study: Software retrieval system (2001)
Abstract. This chapter presents a case study in performance engineering. The case study consists of a Software Retrieval System based on agents. The system is modelled in a pragmatic way using the...
Analysing Internet Software Retrieval Systems: Modeling and Performance Comparison (2001)
Jose Merseguer, Javier Campos, Eduardo Mena
Nowadays, there exist web sites that allow users to retrieve and install software in an easy way. The performance of these sites may be poor if they are used in wireless networks; the reason is the...
Performance evaluation for the design of agent-based systems: A Petri net approach (2000)
Abstract. Software design and implementation using mobile agents are nowadays involved in a scepticism halo. There are researchers who question its utility because it could be a new technology that...
A pattern-based approach to model software performance (2000)
Jos E Merseguer, Javier Campos, Eduardo Mena, Ingeniera De Sistemas, Ingeniera De Sistemas, Ingeniera De Sistemas
The use of the object-oriented paradigm in the software industry is nowadays a reality. Approximations like frameworks, components, workflows or patterns are gaining place, sometimes to complement...
Customizable software retrieval facility for mobile computers using agents (2000)
Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi, Alfredo Goni
Two tasks that entail a certain degree of difficulty when dealing with computers are retrieving and installing new software. So, the need arises to provide users with tools that help them retrieve...
Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi, Vipul Kashyap, Amit Sheth, Athman Bouguettaya
. There has been an explosion in the types, availability and volume of data accessible in an information system, thanks to the World Wide Web (the Web) and related inter-networking technologies. In...
A Pattern-Based Approach to Model Software Performance (2000)
Jose Merseguer, Javier Campos, Eduardo Mena
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An ontology connected to several data repositories (1998)
Arantza Illarramendi, Eduardo Mena, Depto Lsi, Depto Lsi, Depto Lsi
The great expansion of communication networks has made available to users a huge number of heterogeneous and autonomous data repositories that present different structures/organizations, query...
Querying Heterogeneous and Distributed Data Repositories using Ontologies (1997)
Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi
Abstract. The facility that allows users to query heterogeneous and distributed data repositories the majority of users. Moreover, that facility should hide all the intrinsic problems related to the...
Eduardo Mena, Facultad De Inform'atica, Vipul Kashyap, Arantza Illarramendi, Amit Sheth
Abstract. The ability to deal with a huge number of independent and heterogeneous repositories is the most critical problem in Global Information Systems. One approach to enable efficient query...
Eduardo Mena, Facultad De Inform'atica, Vipul Kashyap, Arantza Illarramendi, Amit Sheth
. The ability to deal with a huge number of independent and heterogeneous repositories is the most critical problem in Global Information Systems. One approach to enable efficient query processing is...