Stuart E. Madnick

From VLDB to VMLDB (Very MANY Large Data Bases): Dealing with Large-Scale Semantic Heterogeneity (2009)

Stuart E. Madnick

The popularity of distributed computing environments and the growth of the “Information SuperHighway ” have dramatically increased the number of data bases available for use. Unfortunately, there...

Semantic Interoperability through Context Interchange: Representing and Reasoning about Data Con icts in Heterogeneous and Autonomous Systems (2009)

Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

This paper describes a strategy for the construction of large-scale heterogeneous sys-tems which combines the bene ts ofbothtight-coupling systems (insulating users from the complexity ofsemantic...

Semantic Interoperability in the Fixed Income Securities Industry: A Knowledge Representation Architecture for dynamic integration of Web-based information (2008)

Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator’s reasoning engine...

Semantic interoperability through context interchange: Representing and reasoning about data conflicts in heterogeneous and autonomous systems http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/191060.html (2008)

Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, Cheng Hian, Goht Stuart, E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel, ...

This paper describes a strategy for the construction of large-scale heterogeneous sys-tems which combines the benefits of both tight-coupling systems (insulating users from the complexity of semantic...

Multi-processor software lockout (2008)

Stuart E. Madnick

As the uses of computers increase, every facility event-ually becomes faced with the need to increase capacity. The solutions normally used are to replace the equipment with newer and faster models...

VIRTUAL INFORMATION IN DATA-BASE SYSTEMS (2008)

Jeffrey J. Folinus, Stuart E. Madnick, Howard B. Schutzman

This paper examines the concept and implications of virtual information in data base systems. Virtual information is any fact which does not physically exist in the data base, but is nonetheless...

Context Interchange Mediation for Semantic Interoperability and Dynamic Integration of Autonomous Information Sources in the Fixed Income Securities Industry (2008)

Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

We examine semantic interoperability problems in the fixed income securities industry and propose a knowledge representation architecture for context interchange mediation to support dynamic...

Towards Ontological Context Mediation for Semantic Web Database Integration: Translating COIN Ontologies Into OWL (2008)

Sumit Bhansali, Benjamin N. Grosof, Stuart E. Madnick

{bhansali, bgrosof, smadnick} @ mit.edu www.mit.edu/~bhansali, ebusiness.mit.edu/bgrosof, web.mit.edu/smadnick/www/home.html The COntext INterchange (COIN) approach to information integration [Goh et...

Semantic Interoperability in the Fixed Income Securities Industry: A Knowledge Representation Architecture for dynamic integration of Web-based information (2008)

Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator’s reasoning engine...

Evaluating and Aggregating Data Believability across Quality Sub-Dimensions and Data Lineage (2008)

Prat, Nicolas, Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of data quality. The issue of believability is particularly relevant...

Measuring Data Believability: A Provenance Approach (2008)

Prat, Nicolas, Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of quality, measured along three dimensions: trustworthiness,...

Semantic Integration Approach to Efficient Business Data Supply Chain: Integration Approach to Interoperable XBRL (2008)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

As an open standard for electronic communication of business and financial data, XBRL has the potential of improving the efficiency of the business data supply chain. A number of jurisdictions have...

Semantic Integration Approach to Efficient Business Data Supply Chain: Integration Approach to Interoperable XBRL (2008)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

As an open standard for electronic communication of business and financial data, XBRL has the potential of improving the efficiency of the business data supply chain. A number of jurisdictions have...

Measuring Data Believability: A Provenance Approach (2008)

Prat, Nicolas, Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of quality, measured along three dimensions: trustworthiness,...

Evaluating and Aggregating Data Believability across Quality Sub-Dimensions and Data Lineage (2008)

Prat, Nicolas, Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of data quality. The issue of believability is particularly relevant...

Enabling Global Price Comparison through Semantic Integration of Web Data (2008)

Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel, Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

Abstract: “Sell Globally ” and “Shop Globally ” have been seen as a potential benefit of web-enabled electronic business. One important step toward realizing this benefit is to know how...

Evaluating and Aggregating Data Believability across Quality Sub-Dimensions and Data Lineage (2008)

Nicolas Pratt, Stuart E. Madnick, Nicolas Prat

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of data quality. The issue of believability is particularly relevant...

Measuring Data Believability: a Provenance Approach (2008)

Nicolas Prat, Stuart E. Madnick, Nicolas Prat, Stuart E. Madnick, Nicolas Prat

explicit permission, provided that full credit including © notice is given to the source. This paper also can be downloaded without charge from the

Abstract (2008)

Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick, Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick

As an open standard for electronic communication of business and financial data, XBRL has the potential of improving the efficiency of the business data supply chain. A number of jurisdictions have...

Measuring Data Believability: a Provenance Approach (2008)

Nicolas Pratt, Stuart E. Madnick, Nicolas Prat

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of quality, measured along three dimensions: trustworthiness,...

Using System Dynamics to Model and Better Understand State Stability (2007)

Choucri, Nazli, Goldsmith, Daniel, Madnick, Stuart E., Mistree, Dinsha, Morrison, J. Bradley, Siegel, Michael

The world can be complex and dangerous - the loss of state stability of countries is of increasing concern. Although every case is unique, there are important common processes. We have developed a...

Using System Dynamics to Model and Better Understand State Stability (2007)

Choucri, Nazli, Goldsmith, Daniel, Madnick, Stuart E., Mistree, Dinsha, Morrison, J. Bradley, Siegel, Michael

The world can be complex and dangerous - the loss of state stability of countries is of increasing concern. Although every case is unique, there are important common processes. We have developed a...

y (2007)

Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

This paper describes a strategy for the construction of large-scale heterogeneous systems which combines the benefits of both tight-coupling systems (insulating users from the complexity of semantic...

A Lightweight Ontology Approach to Scalable Interoperability (2007)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E

There are many different kinds of ontologies used for different purposes in modern computing. Lightweight ontologies are easy to create, but difficult to deploy; formal ontolgies are relatively easy...

A Lightweight Ontology Approach to Scalable Interoperability (2007)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E

There are many different kinds of ontologies used for different purposes in modern computing. Lightweight ontologies are easy to create, but difficult to deploy; formal ontolgies are relatively easy...

To Standardize Enterprise Data or Not? An Economic Analysis of Flexibility versus Control (2006)

Velu, Chander K., Madnick, Stuart E., Van Alstyne, Marshall W.

This paper addresses the tension between benefits of centralized data control against the benefits of decentralized control at the level of the business unit. Centralized data control provides the...

To Standardize Enterprise Data or Not? An Economic Analysis of Flexibility versus Control (2006)

Velu, Chander K., Madnick, Stuart E., Van Alstyne, Marshall W.

This paper addresses the tension between benefits of centralized data control against the benefits of decentralized control at the level of the business unit. Centralized data control provides the...

ABSTRACT (2006)

Nazli Choucri, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel, Nazli Choucri, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

In the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy it has became clear that the lack of effective information exchange among government agencies hindered the capability of identifying potential threats and...

Addressing the Challenges of Aggregational and Temporal Ontological Heterogeneity (2005)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

In this paper, we first identify semantic heterogeneities that, when not resolved, often cause serious data quality problems. We discuss the especially challenging problems of temporal and...

Addressing the Challenges of Aggregational and Temporal Ontological Heterogeneity (2005)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

In this paper, we first identify semantic heterogeneities that, when not resolved, often cause serious data quality problems. We discuss the especially challenging problems of temporal and...

Research Initiative to Understand & Model State Stability: Exploiting System Dynamics (2005)

Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

In its Preface, The 9/11 Commission Report states: We learned that the institutions charted with protecting ... national security did not understand how grave this threat can be, and did not adjust...

Context Mediation Demonstration of Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Integration (2005)

Madnick, Stuart E., Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael D.

In this report, we demonstrate the applicability and value of the context mediation approach in facilitating the effective and correct use of counter-terrorism intelligence information coming from...

Context Mediation Demonstration of Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Integration (2005)

Madnick, Stuart E., Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael D.

In this report, we demonstrate the applicability and value of the context mediation approach in facilitating the effective and correct use of counter-terrorism intelligence information coming from...

Research Initiative to Understand & Model State Stability: Exploiting System Dynamics (2005)

Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

In its Preface, The 9/11 Commission Report states: We learned that the institutions charted with protecting ... national security did not understand how grave this threat can be, and did not adjust...

Design Strategies for File Systems (2005)

Madnick, Stuart E.

The report describes a methodology for the analysis and synthesis of modern general purpose file systems. The two basic concepts developed are (1) establishment of a uniform representation of a...

Context Interchange as a Scalable Solution to Interoperating Amongst Heterogeneous Dynamic Services (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

Many online services access a large number of autonomous data sources and at the same time need to meet different user requirements. It is essential for these services to achieve semantic...

Context Mediation in the Semantic Web: Handling OWL Ontology and Data Disparity through Context Interchange (2004)

Tan, Philip Eik Yeow, Tan, Kian Lee, Madnick, Stuart E.

The COntext INterchange (COIN) strategy is an approach to solving the problem of interoperability of semantically heterogeneous data sources through context mediation. COIN has used its own notation...

Financial Information Mediation: A Case Study of Standards Integration for Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Using the COIN Mediation Technology (2004)

Jayasena, Sajindra Kolitha Bandara, Bressan, Stéphane, Madnick, Stuart E.

Each player in the financial industry, each bank, stock exchange, government agency, or insurance company operates its own financial information system or systems. By its very nature, financial...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As an...

Financial Information Mediation: A Case Study of Standards Integration for Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Using the COIN Mediation Technology (2004)

Jayasena, Sajindra Kolitha Bandara, Bressan, Stéphane, Madnick, Stuart E.

Each player in the financial industry, each bank, stock exchange, government agency, or insurance company operates its own financial information system or systems. By its very nature, financial...

Context Mediation in the Semantic Web: Handling OWL Ontology and Data Disparity through Context Interchange (2004)

Tan, Philip Eik Yeow, Tan, Kian Lee, Madnick, Stuart E.

The COntext INterchange (COIN) strategy is an approach to solving the problem of interoperability of semantically heterogeneous data sources through context mediation. COIN has used its own notation...

Context Interchange as a Scalable Solution to Interoperating Amongst Heterogeneous Dynamic Services (2004)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

Many online services access a large number of autonomous data sources and at the same time need to meet different user requirements. It is essential for these services to achieve semantic...

Contextual Alignment of Ontologies for Semantic Interoperability (2004)

Stuart E. Madnick, Stuart E. Madnick, Aykut Firat, Aykut Firat, Stuart Madnick, Benjamin Grosof, ...

without explicit permission, provided that full credit including © notice is given to the source. This paper also can be downloaded without charge from the

Abstract (2004)

Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick, Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick

Many online services access a large number of autonomous data sources and at the same time need to meet different user requirements. It is essential for these services to achieve semantic...

Reasoning about Temporal Context using Ontology and Abductive Constraint Logic Programming (2004)

Hongwei Zhu, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

Abstract—The underlying assumptions for interpreting the meaning of data often change over time, which further complicates the problem of semantic heterogeneities among autonomous data sources. As...

Improving Data Quality Through Effective Use of Data Semantics (2003)

Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality issues have taken on increasing importance in recent years. In our research, we have discovered that many “data quality” problems are actually “data misinterpretation” problems...

Improving Data Quality Through Effective Use of Data Semantics (2003)

Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality issues have taken on increasing importance in recent years. In our research, we have discovered that many “data quality” problems are actually “data misinterpretation” problems...

Asynchronous Backup and Initialization of a Database Server for Replicated Database Systems (2003)

Bhalla, Subhash, Madnick, Stuart E.

A possibility of a temporary disconnection of database service exists in many computing environments. It is a common need to permit a participating site to lag behind and re-initialize to full...

Asynchronous Backup and Initialization of a Database Server for Replicated Database Systems (2003)

Bhalla, Subhash, Madnick, Stuart E.

A possibility of a temporary disconnection of database service exists in many computing environments. It is a common need to permit a participating site to lag behind and re-initialize to full...

Global Comparison Aggregation Services (2003)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

Web aggregation has been available regionally for several years, but this service has not been offered globally. As an example, using multiple regional comparison aggregators, we analyze the global...

Financial Information Integration In the Presence of Equational Ontological Conflicts (2003)

Firat, Aykut, Madnick, Stuart E., Grosof, Benjamin

While there are efforts to establish a single international accounting standard, there are strong current and future needs to handle heterogeneous accounting methods and systems. We advocate a...

The Interplay of Web Aggregation and Regulation (2003)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The development of web technology has led to the emergence of web aggregation, a service that collects existing web data and turns them into more useful information. We review the development of both...

Knowledge Integration to Overcome Ontological Heterogeneity: Challenges from Financial Information Systems (2003)

Firat, Aykut, Madnick, Stuart E., Grosof, Benjamin

The shift towards global networking brings with it many opportunities and challenges. In this paper, we discuss key technologies in achieving global semantic interoperability among heterogeneous...

Knowledge Integration to Overcome Ontological Heterogeneity: Challenges from Financial Information Systems (2003)

Firat, Aykut, Madnick, Stuart E., Grosof, Benjamin

The shift towards global networking brings with it many opportunities and challenges. In this paper, we discuss key technologies in achieving global semantic interoperability among heterogeneous...

The Interplay of Web Aggregation and Regulation (2003)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

The development of web technology has led to the emergence of web aggregation, a service that collects existing web data and turns them into more useful information. We review the development of both...

Financial Information Integration In the Presence of Equational Ontological Conflicts (2003)

Firat, Aykut, Madnick, Stuart E., Grosof, Benjamin

While there are efforts to establish a single international accounting standard, there are strong current and future needs to handle heterogeneous accounting methods and systems. We advocate a...

Global Comparison Aggregation Services (2003)

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

Web aggregation has been available regionally for several years, but this service has not been offered globally. As an example, using multiple regional comparison aggregators, we analyze the global...

Information Integration Using Contextual Knowledge and Ontology Merging (2003)

Stuart E. Madnick, Birger Wernerfelt, Aykut Firat, Aykut Firat

With the advances in telecommunications, and the introduction of the Internet, information systems achieved physical connectivity, but have yet to establish logical connectivity. Lack of logical...

Facilities Orientation Report, Volume I. A Survey of Naval Tactical Computer Applications and Executives, (2002)

Punj,Dorian, Madnick,Stuart E., DeTreville,John D.

This document is the final report of a study of current Navy operating system milieu. It includes information about Naval tactical computer applications, and in particular, information on the major...

Facilities Orientation Report, Volume II. Trip Reports, (2002)

Punj,Dorian, Madnick,Stuart E., DeTreville,John D.

This document consists of the trip reports that resulted from visits to various Naval installations and facilities in an attempt to assess current and future Naval computer applications.

An Exercise in Software Architectural Design: From Requirements to Design Problem Structure. (2002)

Andreu,Rafael C., Madnick,Stuart E.

Two of the main activities required for the application of the methodology explored in this project, namely, the assessment of design interdependencies among requirements and the interpretation of...

Completing the requirements set as a means towards better design frameworks: A follow-up exercise in software architectural design. (2002)

Andreu,Rafael C., Madnick,Stuart E.

The design methodology investigated in this project is applied to the requirements set resulting from the addition of new requirements to the set used previously. This exercise permits testing the...

The IMS Data Storage Hierarchy - dsh-1. (2002)

Lam,Chat-Yu, Madnick,Stuart E.

To achieve high performance, large capacity, and high availability, the IMS data base computer takes the approach of implementing the logical information management functions by means of a pipeline...

The IMS Data Storage Hierarchy - DSH-11. (2002)

Lam,Chat-Yu, Madnick,Stuart E.

The need for efficient storage and processing of very large data bases coupled with advances in Large Scale Integration (LSI) technology have motivated various proposals to develop specialized...

The Intelligent Memory System Architecture - Research Directions. (2002)

Lam,Chat-Yu, Madnick,Stuart E.

Information storage, retrieval, communication, and processing have become increasingly important for modern command and control systems. Conventional computers are primarily designed for...

Use of Virtual Machines in the Development of Decision Support Systems. (2002)

Donovan,John J., Madnick,Stuart E., Lam,Chat-Yu, Abdel-Hamid,Tarek K.

This effort is composed of several studies that have been conducted to investigate the development of a software programming environment for decision support systems using virtual machine technology...

Simulation Studies of the DSH-11 Data Storage Hierarchy System. (2002)

Lam,Chat-Yu, Madnick,Stuart E.

This report discusses the results of a series of simulation studies of the DSH-11 Data Storage Hierarchy System. DSH-11 is a storage subsystem specially designed for the Intelligent Memory System...

A Study of the Multicache-Consistency Problem in Multi-Processor Computer Systems (2002)

Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K., Madnick, Stuart E.

This paper is a report on an ongoing research project at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management to study the multicache-consistency problem in multi- processor computer systems. The nature of the...

Time Slice Manipulation in Information Hierarchy. (2002)

Hsu,Meichun, Madnick,Stuart E.

This paper presents theoretical results on a generalized form of partial order, called hierarchical partial order, for enforcing serializability that takes advantage of transaction analysis in...

A FRAMEWORK FOR CORPORATE HOUSEHOLDING (Research-in-Progress) (2002)

Stuart E. Madnick, Richard Wang, Wei Zhang, Stuart Madnick, Richard Wang, Wei Zhang

ABSTRACT: Previous research on corporate household and corporate householding has presented examples, literature review, and working definitions. In this paper, we first improve our understanding of...

Direct: a system for mining data value conversion rules from disparate sources, Decision Support Systems (2001)

Weiguo Fan, Hongjun Lu, Stuart E. Madnick, David Cheung, Weiguo Fan, Hongjun Lu, ...

may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full credit including © notice is given to the source. This paper also can be downloaded without charge from the

The Misguided Silver Bullet: What XML will and will NOT do to help Information Integration (2001)

Stuart E. Madnick, Stuart E. Madnick

This paper is available through the Center for eBusiness@MIT web site at the following URL:

Knowledge Representation Architecture for Context Interchange Mediation: Fixed Income Securities Investment Examples (2001)

Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel

We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator’s reasoning engine...

Metadata Jones and the Tower of Babel: The Challenge of Large-Scale Semantic Heterogeneity (1999)

Stuart E. Madnick

The popularity and growth of the “Information SuperHighway ” (e.g., the Web) have dramatically increased the number of information sources available for use and the opportunity for important new...

Incorporating generalized quantifiers into (1998)

Stuart E. Madnick, S. Y Tu, S. Madnick

description logic for representing data source contents

Incorporating generalized quantifiers into (1998)

Stuart E. Madnick, S. Y Tu, S. Madnick

description logic for representing data source contents

Paper No: 109 DIRECT: Discovering and Reconciling Conflicts for Data Integration (1998)

Hongjun Lu, Weiguo Fan, Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, David W. Cheung, Hongjun Lu, ...

The successful integration of data from autonomous and heterogeneous systems calls for the prior identifi-cation and resolution of semantic conflicts that may be present. Traditionally, this is...

Discovering and Reconciling Semantic Conflicts: A Data Mining Perspective (1997)

Hongjun Lu, Weiguo Fan, Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, David W. Cheung

Current approaches to semantic interoperability require human intervention in detecting potential con#icts and in defining how those con#icts maybe resolved. This is a major impedance to achieving...

Overview of a Prolog Implementation of the COntext INterchange Mediator (1997)

Stéphane Bressan, Kofi Fynn Cheng, Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, Tito Pena, Michael D. Siegel

The Context Interchange strategy [5; 12] presents a novel solution to mediated data access in which semantic conflicts among heterogeneous systems are automatically detected and reconciled by a...

Discovering and Reconciling Semantic Conflicts: A Data Mining Perspective (1997)

Hongjun Lu, Weiguo Fan, Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, David W. Cheung

Current approaches to semantic interoperability require human intervention in detecting potential conflicts and in defining how those conflicts may be resolved. This is a major impedance to achieving...

INterchange Mediator * [In Proceedings of The Fifth International Conference and Exhibition on The Practical Applications of Prolog.] (1997)

Stephane Bressan, Kofi Fynn, Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, Tito Pena, Michael D. Siegel, ...

The Context Interchange strategy [5; 12] presents a novel solution to mediated data access in which semantic conflicts among heterogeneous systems are automatically detected and reconciled by a...

Towards a Management Framework for Data Semantic Conflicts: A Financial Applications Perspective (1997)

Raphael Yahalom, Stuart E. Madnick, Raphael Yahalom, Stuart E. Madnick

Abstract: An application-oriented analysis of data semantic challenges is presented. The analysis serves as a basis for developing a framework for effectively managing such challenges. The paper...

Discovering and Reconciling Semantic Conflicts: A Data Mining Perspective (1997)

Hongjun Lu, Hongjun Lu, Weiguo Fan, Weiguo Fan, Cheng Hian Goh, Cheng Hian Goh, ...

Current approaches to semantic interoperability require human intervention in detect-ing potential conflicts and in defining how those conflicts may be resolved. This is a major impedance to...

M.: Ontologies, Contexts, and Mediation: Representing and Reasoning about Semantic (1995)

Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, Cheng Hian, Goht Stuart, E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel, ...

The Context Interchange strategy has been proposed as an approach for achieving in-teroperability among heterogeneous and autonomous data sources and receivers [25]. We have suggested [10] that this...

Good Answers from Bad Data: a Data Management Strategy (1995)

Henry B. Kon, Henry B. Kon, Stuart E. Madnick, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael D. Siegel, Michael D. Siegel

Data error is an obstacle to effective application, integration, and sharing of data. Error reduction, although desirable, is not always necessary or feasible. Error measurement is a natural...

Integration Technology: The reinvention of the Linkage Between Information Systems and Computer Science (1995)

Stuart Madnick E, Information Systems, Computer Science, Stuart E. Madnick, Stuart E. Madnick

at the intersection of CS and IS, is uniquely positioned to address and solve important problems that are outside of the traditional domains of either CS or IS. An important development is the...

The Source Tagging Perspective (1990)

Y. Richard Wang, Stuart E. Madnick, Attn Prof, Richard Wang, Y. Richard Wang, Stuart E. Madnick

This paper studies heterogeneous database systems from the multiple (poly) source (gen) perspective. It aims at addressing issues such as "where is the data from " and...

A polygen model for Heterogeneous Database Systems: The Source Tagging Perspective (1990)

Y. Richard Wang, Stuart E. Madnick

This paper studies heterogeneous database systems from the multiple (poly) source @rrt) perspective. It aims at addressing issues such as “where is the data from ” and “which intermediate data...

A temporal and spatial locality theory for characterizing very large data bases,” presented at (1989)

Stuart E. Madnick, Allen Moulton

This paper summarizes some recent theoretical results in formally defining and measuring database locality and demonstrates the application of

Global Query Processing in Composite Information Systems (1989)

Y. Richard Wang, Stuart E. Madnick, Y. Richard Wang, Stuart E. Madnick

ABSTRACT Many important applications in the 1990's will require access to and integration of multiple disparate databases both within and across organizational boundaries because of the pushpull...

Evolution Towards Strategic Applications of Databases Through Composite Information Systems (1988)

Stuart E. Madnick, Y. Richard Wang, S. E. Madnick, Y. R. Wang, Stuart E. Madnick

*Currently on leave to MIT as a Visiting Assistant Professor ABSTRACT Many important strategic applications involve inter-corporate linkage or intra-corporate integration of information. This...

Modeling the dynamics of software project management (1988)

Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K., Madnick, Stuart E.

Also issued as CISR WP no. 163, and: Working paper (Sloan School of Management) WP 1935-87.

A framework of composite information systems for strategic advantage (1987)

Madnick, Stuart E., Wang, Y. Richard

"To appear in Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 1988."

Integrating disparate databases for composite-answers (1987)

Madnick, Stuart E., Wang, Y. Richard

"To appear in Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 1988."

INFOPLEX, research in a high-performance database computer (1986)

Madnick, Stuart E., Hsu, Meichun

"Published in IEEE database engineering, vol.9, no. 1, March 1986."

Composite information systems : a new concept in information systems (1978)

Lam, Chat-Yu., Madnick, Stuart E.

"This report is based on Technical Report #3 prepared for the Rome Air Force Development Center under contract #F30602-77-C-0205."

Institutional and ad hoc DSS and their effective use (1977)

J. Donovan, Stuart E. Madnick

The term decision support system (DSS) applies to the subset of management information systems that truly sup-port decision-making processes. This term excludes struc-tured decision systems that...

TO ENERGY POLICY AND DECISION MAKING: THE USER'S VIEW (1975)

John J. Donovan, Louis M. Gutentag, Stuart E. Madnick, Grant N. Smith

This paper presents an approach to the development and use of management information systems that is particularly applicable to systems with the following characteristics:- several classes of users,...

Using a Microprocessor Complex (1975)

Stuart E. Madnick, Professor Stuart, E. Madnick, Professor Stuart, E. Madnick

2/25/75 By using the concept of hierarchical decomposition, both of the logical functions and physical storage management, it is possible to develop a highly parallel information management system...

Operating systems (1974)

Madnick, Stuart E., Donovan, John J.

Presenta técnicas avanzadas de software, especialmente de sistemas operativos. Incluye material mediante el cual el lector podrá diseñar, usar y analizar no sólo sistemas operativos existentes,...

Operating systems / S.E. Madnick, J.J. Donovan. (1974)

Madnick, Stuart E., Donovan, John J.

Presenta técnicas avanzadas de software, especialmente de sistemas operativos. Incluye material mediante el cual el lector podrá diseñar, usar y analizar no sólo sistemas operativos existentes,...

RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY AND THEIR FUTURE IMPACT by (1973)

Stuart E. Madnick

The past two decades have brought tremendous advances in computer systems. In the next 5-10 years we can expect advances of even greater scope. These changes can be sub-divided into three categories:...

Design strategies for file systems. (1969)

Madnick, Stuart E.

Supervised by David N. Ness [and] John J. Donovan.

String processing techniques (1967)

Stuart E. Madnick

The internal organization of string processing systems is discussed. Six techniques for data structures are presented and evaluated on the basis of: (1) creation of strings; (2) examina-tion of...

Research Initiative to Understand & Model State Stability: Exploiting System Dynamics

Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart E., Siegel, Michael D.

In its Preface, The 9/11 Commission Report states: We learned that the institutions charted with protecting ... national security did not understand how grave this threat can be, and did not adjust...

To Standardize Enterprise Data or Not? An Economic Analysis of Flexibility versus Control

Velu, Chander K., Madnick, Stuart E., Van Alstyne, Marshall W.

This paper addresses the tension between benefits of centralized data control against the benefits of decentralized control at the level of the business unit. Centralized data control provides the...

Lessons learned from modeling the dynamics of software development

Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K, Madnick, Stuart E

"August 1988." "This paper is a companion piece to CISR WP No. 163, Modeling the dynamics of software project management."

Asynchronous Backup and Initialization of a Database Server for Replicated Database Systems

Bhalla, Subhash, Madnick, Stuart E.

A possibility of a temporary disconnection of database service exists in many computing environments. It is a common need to permit a participating site to lag behind and re-initialize to full...

An approach to information system isolation and security in a shared facility,

Madnick, Stuart E., Donovan, John J.

HD28 .M414 no.648-, 73, Information storage and retrieval systems Security measures,

Trends in computers and computing : the information utility

Madnick, Stuart E.

"This paper is based on an article to be published in the March 18, 1977 issue of S̲c̲i̲e̲ṉc̲e̲."

Schema integration using metadata

Siegel, Michael D., Madnick, Stuart E.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-11).

Why not one big database? : principles for data ownership

Van Alstyne, Marshall W. (Marshall Ware), Brynjolfsson, Erik., Madnick, Stuart E.

"This paper supercedes an earlier version, WP#2518-93 published in December 1992 under the title "Ownership principles for distributed database design."

Context Mediation Demonstration of Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Integration

Madnick, Stuart E., Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael D.

In this report, we demonstrate the applicability and value of the context mediation approach in facilitating the effective and correct use of counter-terrorism intelligence information coming from...

A Lightweight Ontology Approach to Scalable Interoperability

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E

There are many different kinds of ontologies used for different purposes in modern computing. Lightweight ontologies are easy to create, but difficult to deploy; formal ontolgies are relatively easy...

Using System Dynamics to Model and Better Understand State Stability

Choucri, Nazli, Goldsmith, Daniel, Madnick, Stuart E., Mistree, Dinsha, Morrison, J. Bradley, Siegel, Michael

The world can be complex and dangerous - the loss of state stability of countries is of increasing concern. Although every case is unique, there are important common processes. We have developed a...

Evaluating and Aggregating Data Believability across Quality Sub-Dimensions and Data Lineage

Prat, Nicolas, Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of data quality. The issue of believability is particularly relevant...

Measuring Data Believability: A Provenance Approach

Prat, Nicolas, Madnick, Stuart E.

Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of quality, measured along three dimensions: trustworthiness,...

Semantic Integration Approach to Efficient Business Data Supply Chain: Integration Approach to Interoperable XBRL

Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart E.

As an open standard for electronic communication of business and financial data, XBRL has the potential of improving the efficiency of the business data supply chain. A number of jurisdictions have...