This paper details the design of a new concurrent process-oriented programming language, Rain. The language borrows heavily from occam-π and C++ to create a new language based on process-oriented programming, marrying channel-based communication, a clear division between statement and expression, and elements of functional programming. An expressive yet simple type system, coupled with template...

The dissemination of information systems over computer networks has reinforced the interest on distributed database management systems (DDBMS). A review on the architecture of such systems is motivated by the wide availability of networking resources, which allows the cost of communication among the nodes to be reduced. Besides, the coming of age of syntactic interoperability standards, such as...

The current state of the art in supporting e-learning objectives is primarily based on providing a learner with learning content by using metadata standards. Due to this approach, several issues have to be taken into account – e. g. limited re-usability across different standards and learning contexts and high development costs. To overcome these issues, this paper describes an innovative seman...

Enterprise application integration and business process management are critical to most organizations today. In the context of Service Oriented Architecture, this translates into the technical challenges of discovery, reuse and composition of services. In implementing service oriented architectures, Web Services are becoming an important technological component. However, Web Service Description...

Distributed object systems are increasingly popular, and considerable effort is being expended to develop standards for interaction between objects. Some high-level requirements for secure distributed object interaction have been identified. However, there are no guidelines for developing the secure objects themselves. Some aspects of object-oriented design do not translate directly to traditio...

With the move to distributed, component based systems involving reuse of components and services, emergent, system-wide properties, including safety and security in particular, are becoming increasingly difficult to guarantee. Model based techniques constitute a promising approach to guarantee safety and security in systems built with reusable components. The key elements in this approach are c...

The article discusses potential applications of a risk-based approach to health facility management. study analyzed various management models, as well process-oriented and project-oriented systems, the use risk management, quality standards, lean technologies (lean manufacturing), scorecard interfaces (score ratings). presents results applying analysis, which was developed using balanced that d...

Taiwan is located at the collision boundary of the Philippine sea plate and the Eurasian plate. The mountain terrain is precipitous and the region, on the whole, is characterized by fragile rocks and frequent seismic activity. In addition, the concentrated torrential rainfall brought by typhoons cause extensive disasters, debris flow, the most serious disaster caused by torrential rainfall, lea...

In common with many fields, including astronomy, a vast number of software tools for computational modeling and simulation are available today in systems biology. This wealth of resources is a boon to researchers, but it also presents interoperability problems. Despite working with different software tools, researchers want to disseminate their work widely as well as reuse and extend the models...

To achieve high quality and efficiency standards, interoperability between different information systems in healthcare is strongly required. Distribution, high modularity, robustness are features of agent oriented architectures, making MultiAgent Systems (MAS) ideal for Health Information Systems (HIS), as the healthcare domain is characterized by system and data heterogeneity. This paper prese...