We consider an active information system, which aims to notify a traveler timely about a likely delay. Besides providing the right content, it should also wait for the best time for notification. This is especially true for mobile information services, where every notification may irritate the recipient. We formulate and solve such a problem involving best choices both for content and time of n...

Today, planning and control of logistic processes on automobile terminals are generally executed by centralised logistics systems, which in many cases cannot cope with the high requirements for flexible order processing due to increasing dynamics and complexity. The main business processes on automobile terminals – notification of vehicles by automobile manufacturer, transport to automobile ter...

This paper describes how knowledge-based techniques can be used to overcome problems of workflow management in engineering applications. Using explicit process and product models as a basis for a workflow interpreter allows to alternate planning and execution steps, resulting in an increased flexibility of project coordination and enactment. To gain the full advantages of this flexibility, chan...

Failed management in emergency response effort due to inefficient and ineffective operation influences the adoption of information and communication technology specifically the Internet technology and World Wide Web. Timeliness, rapid response and efficient information dissemination are crucial in emergency management. This paper proposes a software design architecture taking advantage of the i...

Body area network (BAN) applications have stringent timing requirements. The timing behavior of a BAN application is determined not only by the software complexity, inputs, and architecture, but also by the timing behavior of the peripherals.This paper presents systematic timing analysis of such applications, deployed for health-care monitoring of patients staying at home. This monitoring is us...