@inproceedings {INPROC-2004-44, author = {Carmen Constantinescu and Sergey Kornienko and Olga Kornienko and Uwe Heinkel}, title = {{An agent-based approach to support the scalability of change propagation}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ISCA 17th International Conference on PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS}, editor = {D.A. Bader and A. A. Khokhar}, publisher = {ISCA}, institution = {University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, Germany}, pages = {157--164}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {September}, year = {2004}, isbn = {1-880843-52-8}, language = {German}, cr-category = {I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence, H.3.4 Information Storage and Retrieval Systems and Software}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems; University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Image Understanding}, abstract = {In this paper, we address aspects of the challenge facing the Data Integration solutions in the problem of increasing the scalability. We first overview our results in data integration and present our prototype. Searching for a motivation to employ the agent-based technology and envision how this technology can be applied to improve the system scalability represent the next step of our research. For that, we examine some formal definitions and metrics of scalability which fit the purpose of system description. The analysis of our data integration solution, a change propagation system called Champagne, identifies the system components having the most influence on the scalability problem. We propose to employ the agent-based technology to improve the scalability and perform some experiments which reveal our work.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-44&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-42, author = {Thomas Schwarz and Markus Iofcea and Matthias Grossmann and Nicola H{\"o}nle and Daniela Nicklas and Bernhard Mitschang}, title = {{On Efficiently Processing Nearest Neighbor Queries in a Loosely Coupled Set of Data Sources}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information System (ACM GIS 004), Washington D.C., November 12-13, 2004}, editor = {ACM}, publisher = {?}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {November}, year = {2004}, keywords = {Data integration, distributed query processing, federated database system, kNN, nearest neighbors, parallel query processing}, language = {English}, cr-category = {H.2.4 Database Management Systems, H.2.8 Database Applications, H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-2004-42/INPROC-2004-42.pdf}, contact = {thomas.schwarz@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {We propose a family of algorithms for processing nearest neighbor (NN) queries in an integration middleware that provides federated access to numerous loosely coupled, autonomous data sources connected through the internet. Previous approaches for parallel and distributed NN queries considered all data sources as relevant, or determined the relevant ones in a single step by exploiting additional knowledge on object counts per data source. We propose a different approach that does not require such detailed statistics about the distribution of the data. It iteratively enlarges and shrinks the set of relevant data sources. Our experiments show that this yields considerable performance benefits with regard to both response time and effort. Additionally, we propose to use only moderate parallelism instead of querying all relevant data sources at the same time. This allows us to trade a slightly increased response time for a lot less effort, hence maximizing the cost profit ratio, as we show in our experiments. Thus, the proposed algorithms clearly extend the set of NN algorithms known so far.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-42&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-41, author = {Daniela Nicklas and Nicola H{\"o}nle and Michael Moltenbrey and Bernhard Mitschang}, title = {{Design and Implementation Issues for Explorative Location-based Applications: the NexusRallye}}, booktitle = {Proceedings for the VI Brazilian Symposium on GeoInformatics: GeoInfo 2004; November 22-24, 2004}, editor = {Gilberto Camara Cirano Iochpe}, address = {Sao Jose dos Campos}, publisher = {INPE}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, pages = {167--181}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {November}, year = {2004}, isbn = {3-901882-20-0}, keywords = {location-based services, context-awareness, mobile applications}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.2.8 Database Applications, H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-2004-41/INPROC-2004-41.pdf, http://www.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de}, contact = {danickla@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Explorative Location-based Applications (eLBA) define a new class of applications that rely on both positioning (i.e. location information) and georeferenced information in addition to a flexible and efficient system infrastructure that supports a mobile and ubiquitous usage. In this paper we define first a modeling framework to design eLBAs that builds on the concept of tasks as a very valuable system/user interaction and application structuring concept. In addition, we report on a system framework, the Nexus platform, that efficiently provides access to georeferenced information and positioning information. Our sample application, the NexusRallye, is used to exemplify important aspects of our solution platform and to show its advantages as compared to other approaches.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-41&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-40, author = {Thomas Schwarz and Nicola H{\"o}nle and Matthias Grossmann and Daniela Nicklas and Bernhard Mitschang}, title = {{Efficient Domain-Specific Information Integration in Nexus}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2004 VLDB Workshop on Information Integration on the Web : IIWeb-2004 ; Toronto, Canada, August 30, 2004}, editor = {Hasan Davulcu and Nick Kushmerick}, publisher = {online}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, pages = {122--127}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {August}, year = {2004}, keywords = {Nexus; information integration; domain-specific}, language = {English}, cr-category = {H.3.4 Information Storage and Retrieval Systems and Software, H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-2004-40/INPROC-2004-40.pdf, http://cips.eas.asu.edu/iiwebfinalproceedings/52.pdf, http://cips.eas.asu.edu/iiweb-proceedings.html}, contact = {thomas.schwarz@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {In this paper, we present the Nexus approach to efficient domain-specific integration of many loosely coupled data sources. A so called information maximizing mediation middleware (IMMM) has to cope with large data volumes and many queries, and at the same time achieve a tight semantic integration for the data instances. For efficiency and practicability reasons, we propose to use an extensible global schema and a limited domain-specific query language. This facilitates employing domain-specific semantic knowledge in the middleware: detect duplicates, merge multiple representations, aggregate and generalize information. Finally, we present a working prototype tailored to the domain of context-aware applications.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-40&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-38, author = {Christian Becker and Daniela Nicklas}, title = {{Where do spatial context-models end and where do ontologies start? A proposal of a combined approach}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Advanced Context Modelling, Reasoning and Management in conjunction with UbiComp 2004}, editor = {Jadwiga Indulska and David De Roure}, address = {Nottingham, England}, publisher = {University of Southhampton}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, pages = {48--53}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {September}, year = {2004}, isbn = {854328130}, keywords = {Context-Models, Adaptation, Infrastructures for Context-Aware Computing, Ubiquitous Computing}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.2.1 Database Management Logical Design}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-2004-38/INPROC-2004-38.pdf}, contact = {christian.becker@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de, daniela.nicklas@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems; University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Context-aware applications adapt their behavior depending on the state of the physical world along with other information representing context. This requires context management, i.e., the efficient management of context information and feasible context representations in order to allow reasoning. This paper discusses two common approaches, spatial context models and contextual ontologies, and argues for a combined approach providing the efficiency of context management through context models combined with the semantic expressiveness of ontologies.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-38&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-30, author = {Tobias Kraft and Holger Schwarz}, title = {{CHICAGO: A Test and Evaluation Environment for Coarse-Grained Optimization}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Very Large Databases, Toronto, Canada, August 29th - September 3rd, 2004}, publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann}, institution = {University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, Germany}, pages = {1345--1348}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {August}, year = {2004}, isbn = {0-12-088469-0}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.2.4 Database Management Systems}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Relational OLAP tools and other database applications generate sequences of SQL statements that are sent to the database server as result of a single information request issued by a user. Coarse-Grained Optimization is a practical approach for the optimization of such statement sequences based on rewrite rules. In this demonstration we present the CHICAGO test and evaluation environment that allows to assess the effectiveness of rewrite rules and control strategies. It includes a lightweight heuristic optimizer that modifies a given statement sequence using a small and variable set of rewrite rules.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-30&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-29, author = {Frank D{\"u}rr and Nicola H{\"o}nle and Daniela Nicklas and Christian Becker and Kurt Rothermel}, title = {{Nexus--A Platform for Context-Aware Applications}}, booktitle = {1. GI/ITG Fachgespr{\"a}ch Ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste.}, editor = {J{\"o}rg Roth}, address = {Hagen}, publisher = {FernUniversit{\"a}t in Hagen}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, series = {Informatik-Berichte der FernUniversit{\"a}t in Hagen}, volume = {317}, pages = {15--18}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {June}, year = {2004}, keywords = {Location-based Service; Context-aware System; Platform; Geocast}, language = {English}, cr-category = {C.2.4 Distributed Systems, H.2.4 Database Management Systems, H.2.8 Database Applications, H.3.4 Information Storage and Retrieval Systems and Software, C.2.2 Network Protocols}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-2004-29/INPROC-2004-29.pdf}, contact = {Senden Sie eine E-Mail an frank.duerr@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems; University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {In this paper we present the Nexus Platform for context-aware applications. This platform allows to share the effort of setting up a global and detailed context model between different providers by federating their partial models. Applications can query data directly, use push-based communication through an event service, or use value-added services like a navigation or map service for special tasks. Additional context-aware services like hoarding or geocast can be implemented on basis of the platform. For the latter we present different approaches for addressing and efficient message forwarding based on the Nexus Platform.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-29&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-24, author = {Tobias Drosdol and Thomas Schwarz and Martin Bauer and Matthias Gro{\ss}mann and Nicola H{\"o}nle and Daniela Nicklas}, title = {{Keeping Track of ``Flying Elephants'': Challenges in Large-Scale Management of Complex Mobile Objects}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of INFORMATIK 2004 - the Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Informatik e.V.(GI); Ulm, Germany, September 20-24, 2004. Vol. 1}, editor = {Peter Dadam and Manfred Reichert}, address = {Bonn}, publisher = {K{\"o}llen Druck+Verlag GmbH}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, series = {Lecture Notes in Informatics}, volume = {P-50}, pages = {288--292}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {September}, year = {2004}, isbn = {3-88579-379-2}, language = {English}, cr-category = {C.2.4 Distributed Systems, H.2.4 Database Management Systems, H.2.8 Database Applications, H.3.4 Information Storage and Retrieval Systems and Software}, contact = {Tobias Drosdol Tobias.Drosdol@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems; University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems}, abstract = {The management of mobile objects like cars, persons, or workpieces in a factory is an important task in many context-aware environments. So far, most solutions can either cope with many small objects (few properties) or with a limited number of complex objects in a centralized way. In this paper, we face the challenge of managing a large number of bulky mobile objects (flying elephants). We state requirements, propose basic components, and discuss alternative architectures based on the main influencing factors like mobility and update rate.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-24&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-19, author = {Thomas Schwarz and Nicola H{\"o}nle and Matthias Gro{\ss}mann and Daniela Nicklas}, title = {{A Library for Managing Spatial Context Using Arbitrary Coordinate Systems}}, booktitle = {Workshop on Context Modeling and Reasoning : CoMoRea'04 ; In: Workshops-Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Conference on Pervasice Computing and Communications : PerCom2004 ; Orlando, Florida, March 14-17, 2004}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, pages = {48--52}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {March}, year = {2004}, keywords = {coordinate transformation, basic geometry types, spatial reference system, data integration, library for context-aware applications}, language = {English}, cr-category = {I.3.5 Computational Geometry and Object Modeling, H.2.8 Database Applications, J.2 Physical Sciences and Engineering}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/INPROC-2004-19/INPROC-2004-19.pdf, http://nexus.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/COMOREA/, http://www.percom.org/percom_2004/index.htm, http://www.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de/}, contact = {thomas.schwarz@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Since location is an important part of context, the management of spatial information is important for many context-aware applications, e.g. the position or the extent of users, sensors, rooms or buildings. Coordinates always have a coordinate system (CS) associated to them. Numerous CSs exist and a lot of them are commonly used, thus conversion becomes a necessity. We introduce a library that implements the OGC Simple Feature Specification and can dynamically cope with different CSs, enabling interoperability between applications, middleware components and data providers. We illustrate functions and features, describe a common CS determination algorithm and point out our lessons learned: avoid transformations, use existing standards but dare to extend them when needed.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-19&engl=1} } @inproceedings {INPROC-2004-02, author = {Othmar Lehmann and Martin Bauer and Christian Becker and Daniela Nicklas}, title = {{From Home to World - Supporting Context-aware Applications through World Models}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, institution = {University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Germany}, pages = {297--306}, type = {Conference Paper}, month = {March}, year = {2004}, keywords = {context; context-awareness; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing; world model; Nexus}, language = {English}, cr-category = {C.2.4 Distributed Systems, H.2.1 Database Management Logical Design, H.3.4 Information Storage and Retrieval Systems and Software}, ee = {http://www.percom.org/, http://www.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems; University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {In the vision of pervasive computing smart everyday objects communicate and cooperate to provide services and information to users. Interoperability between devices and applications not only requires common protocols but also common context management. In this paper we discuss requirements on the context management based on the Georgia Tech's Aware Home environment and the global context management perspective of the Nexus project. Our experiences with integrating the Aware Home Spatial Service into the Nexus platform show how federation concepts and a common context model can provide applications with uniform context information in different administrative and application domains.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2004-02&engl=1} } @article {ART-2004-20, author = {Bernhard Mitschang and Stefan Jablonski}, title = {{Middleware-Technologien zur Systemintegration}}, journal = {Middleware-Technologien zur Systemintegration}, editor = {Oldenbourg}, publisher = {Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag}, volume = {46}, number = {4}, pages = {173--174}, type = {Article in Journal}, month = {April}, year = {2004}, issn = {1611-2776}, language = {English}, cr-category = {H.2.2 Database Management Physical Design}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Middleware-Technologien zur Systemintegration}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2004-20&engl=1} } @article {ART-2004-14, author = {Bernhard Mitschang and Engelbert Westk{\"a}mper and Carmen Constantinescu and Uwe Heinkel and Benno L{\"o}ffler and Ralf Rantzau and Raplh Winkler}, title = {{Divide et Impera: A Flexible Integration of Layout Planning and Logistics Simulation through Data Change Propagation.}}, journal = {The CIRP - Journal of Manufacturing Systems}, editor = {J. Peklenik}, publisher = {CIRP}, volume = {33}, number = {6}, pages = {509--518}, type = {Article in Journal}, month = {November}, year = {2004}, language = {English}, cr-category = {J.6 Computer-Aided Engineering, C.2.4 Distributed Systems}, contact = {Uwe.Heinkel@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {The turbulent markets lead to new challenges for today’s enterprises, they have to be transformable to stay competitive. Therefore, we developed a new approach that integrates Logistic Simulation and Layout Planning to fulfil the goal of improving the production system. Our approach is based on propagation and transformation of data changes concerning the continuous adaptation tasks among the Layout Planning and Logistics Simulation systems. Instead of relying on a tightly integrated global data schema, we connect systems only as far as required by building “bridges” between them. The systems that participate in the integration are kept autonomous. We use several state-of-the-art XML technologies in our integration system.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2004-14&engl=1} } @article {ART-2004-07, author = {Stefan Berger and Christoph Mangold and Sebastian Meyer}, title = {{Wissensmanagement f{\"u}r die wandlungsf{\"a}hige Montage}}, journal = {wt Werkstattstechnik}, publisher = {Springer VDI Verlag}, volume = {94}, pages = {80--85}, type = {Article in Journal}, month = {March}, year = {2004}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Turbulente Aufgabenumfelder verlangen von Unternehmen schnelle Antworten und Adaptionen. Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit und Responsef{\"a}higkeit als entscheidende Erfolgsfaktoren basieren auf Wissen, das kontinuierlich zu verbessern und aufgabenspezifisch zu erneuern ist. Gezeigt wird, wie sich mit Hilfe von Wissensmanagement gezielt die Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit in und von Unternehmen – speziell in der Montage – erh{\"o}hen l{\"a}sst.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2004-07&engl=1} } @article {ART-2004-06, author = {Clemens Dorda and Hans-Peter Steiert and J{\"u}rgen Sellentin}, title = {{Modellbasierter Ansatz zur Anwendungsintegration}}, journal = {it - information technology}, publisher = {Oldenbourg}, volume = {46}, number = {4}, pages = {200--210}, type = {Article in Journal}, month = {August}, year = {2004}, keywords = {EAI; MDA; Model Driven Architecture; Enterprise Application Integration; UML; Unified Modeling Language}, language = {German}, cr-category = {D.1.2 Automatic Programming, D.2.2 Software Engineering Design Tools and Techniques, D.2.12 Software Engineering Interoperability, D.2.13 Software Engineering Reusable Software, H.2.5 Heterogeneous Databases, I.6.5 Model Development}, ee = {ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/library/ncstrl.ustuttgart_fi/ART-2004-06/ART-2004-06.pdf, http://www.it-inftech.de}, contact = {Clemens.Dorda@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de, Hans-Peter.Steiert@daimlerchrysler.com, Juergen.Sellentin@daimlerchrysler.com}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Moderne Produkte zur Anwendungsintegration in Unternehmen (EAI) bieten Werkzeuge, um Integrati-onsszenarien zu modellieren. Allerdings lassen sich damit heterogene IT-Umgebungen bisher immer nur ausschnittsweise darstellen, da die Modelle unter-schiedlicher EAI-Produkte nicht ausgetauscht oder integriert werden k{\"o}nnen. Unser Ziel ist es, die Bil-dung solcher ‚Integrationsinseln' zu vermeiden. Dazu pr{\"a}sentieren wir einen Ansatz, der durch technologie- und herstellerunabh{\"a}ngige Modellierung eine integ-rierte Sicht erlaubt. Unser Vorgehensmodell schl{\"a}gt vor, diese integrierte Sicht werkzeuggest{\"u}tzt auf der Basis von Repositories zu verfeinern, um die Reali-sierung mit konkreten Produkten und das Deploy-ment auf konkreten Plattformen zu automatisieren.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2004-06&engl=1} } @article {ART-2004-03, author = {Daniela Nicklas and Mitschang Bernhard}, title = {{On building location aware applications using an open platform based on the NEXUS Augmented World Model}}, journal = {Software and Systems Modeling}, editor = {Bernhard Rumpe and Robert France}, address = {Berlin Heidelberg}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, volume = {3}, number = {4}, type = {Article in Journal}, month = {December}, year = {2004}, keywords = {Augmented World Model; Context-aware applications; Nexus; location-aware; infrastructure; open platform}, language = {English}, cr-category = {H.2.1 Database Management Logical Design, H.2.8 Database Applications}, contact = {Daniela Nicklas danickla@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {How should the World Wide Web look like if it were for location-based information? And how would mobile, spatially aware applications deal with such a platform? In this paper we present the NEXUS Augmented World Model, an object oriented data model which plays a major role in an open framework for both providers of location-based information and new kinds of applications: the NEXUS platform. We illustrate the usability of the model with several sample applications and show the extensibility of this framework. At last we present a stepwise approach for building spatially aware applications in this environment.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2004-03&engl=1} } @article {ART-2004-01, author = {Holger Schwarz}, title = {{Konzeptueller und logischer Data-Warehouse-Entwurf: Datenmodelle und Schematypen f{\"u}r Data Mining und OLAP}}, journal = {Informatik Forschung und Entwicklung}, publisher = {Springer}, volume = {18}, number = {2}, pages = {53--67}, type = {Article in Journal}, month = {January}, year = {2004}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.2.1 Database Management Logical Design, H.2.7 Database Administration, H.2.8 Database Applications}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Im Data-Warehouse-Bereich gibt es sowohl auf der konzeptuellen als auch auf der logischen Ebene unterschiedliche Modellierungsans{\"a}tze, deren Entwicklung sich in der Regel an typischen Fragestellungen aus dem Bereich des Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) orientierte. Daneben spielen aber auch andere Ans{\"a}tze zur Analyse der Daten in einem Data Warehouse eine bedeutende Rolle. Ein wichtiger Vertreter ist Data Mining, mit dessen Hilfe bislang unbekannte Muster und Zusammenh{\"a}nge in Daten identifiziert werden k{\"o}nnen. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird untersucht, in wieweit sich die in der Literatur vorgeschlagenen konzeptuellen Datenmodelle f{\"u}r ein Data Warehouse eignen, das OLAP- und Data-Mining-Analysen gleicherma{\ss}en unterst{\"u}tzt. Hierzu wird das COCOM-Modell, das auf den Modellierungsm{\"o}glichkeiten verschiedener publizierter Modelle aufbaut, vorgestellt und bewertet. F{\"u}r das logische Schema eines Data Warehouse wird h{\"a}ufig ein sogenanntes Star-Schema oder ein Snowflake-Schema erstellt. F{\"u}r diese und weitere Schematypen wird analysiert, welchen Einflu{\ss} die Wahl des logischen Schemas auf Anwendungen aus den Bereichen OLAP und Data Mining hat. Wichtige Kriterien sind hier unter anderem der Informationsgehalt und die Performanz. Insgesamt zeigt dieser Beitrag, dass das COCOM-Modell und das Star-Schema eine gute Grundlage f{\"u}r den integrierten Einsatz von OLAP und Data-Mining bilden.}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2004-01&engl=1} } @inbook {INBOOK-2004-08, author = {Peter Breitling and Holger Schwarz and Mirka Zimmermann}, title = {{Verwaltung der Lehr- und Lerninhalte in der Metadatenbank MITO}}, series = {Information Technology Online: Online-gest{\"u}tztes Lehren und Lernen in informationstechnischen Studieng{\"a}ngen}, address = {M{\"u}nster, New York, M{\"u}nchen, Berlin}, publisher = {Waxmann}, pages = {187--199}, type = {Article in Book}, month = {June}, year = {2004}, isbn = {3-8309-1358-3}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.0 Information Systems General}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Verwaltung der Lehr- und Lerninhalte in der Metadatenbank MITO}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INBOOK-2004-08&engl=1} } @book {BOOK-2004-01, author = {Marco Litto and Izabela Korajda and Christoph Mangold and Ronald Angerbauer and Winfried Hils and Michael Lerche}, title = {{Baukastenbasiertes Engineering mit F{\"o}deral - Ein Leitfaden f{\"u}r Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer}}, address = {Frankfurt a.M}, publisher = {VDMA Verlag}, type = {Book}, month = {March}, year = {2004}, isbn = {3-8163-0478-8}, language = {German}, cr-category = {H.m Information Systems Miscellaneous}, department = {University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems}, abstract = {Maschinen- und Anlagenhersteller haben das Ziel, die Standardisierung und den Wiederholgrad im Engineering und der Produktion zu erh{\"o}hen. Dazu ist es erforderlich, disziplin{\"u}bergreifend Baukastensysteme abzustimmen und zu entwickeln. M{\"o}glich wird dies durch ein Projektierungswerkzeug, das {\"u}bergeordnete Aufgaben des baukastenbasierten Engineerings zentral und durchg{\"a}ngig unterst{\"u}tzt, es gleichzeitig aber auch erm{\"o}glicht, die Spezifika und St{\"a}rken vorhandener Werkzeuge weiterhin zu nutzen. Das F{\"o}deral-Projekt machte sich zum Ziel, den Maschinen- und Anlagenbauern ein solches Projektierungswerkzeug zur Verf{\"u}gung zu stellen. Das vorliegende Dokument soll die Ergebnisse des F{\"o}deral-Projekts weiteren Firmen als Leitfaden f{\"u}r den Aufbau eigener Baukastensystematiken und Baukastensysteme dienen. Dazu enth{\"a}lt er folgende Themenschwerpunkte: - Darstellung der Grundlagen (F{\"o}deral-Methode, F{\"o}derale Informations-Architektur etc.) - Anwendung von Methode und Werkzeug am Beispiel einer Demonstrationsfr{\"a}sanlage - Anwendung von Methode und Werkzeug bei den Firmen Homag und Nagel - Erfahrungen der F{\"o}deral-Partner}, url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=BOOK-2004-01&engl=1} }