Priority monism is the doctrine that there only one basic object. monists often take this to be a metaphysically necessary thesis. I explore consequences of modalizing priority monist argue that, modulo some assumptions, modalized thesis entails existence actual cosmos. further if true, and cosmos necessarily exists, then possible concrete objects are actually existing ones.

operation requires some continual adaptations based on the observation of this context. The design and implementation of these observation policies is thus the cornerstone of any ubiquitous application. COSMOS (Context Entities Composition and Sharing) is a component-based framework for managing context information in ubiquitous context-aware applications. It supports the design and development...

Heute bietet das Internet nicht nur für Großunternehmen sondern auch für kleine Unternehmen Möglichkeiten zur automatisierten Kooperation. Im Bereich des Business-to-Business-Commerce wurden jedoch bisher kleine Unternehmen aufgrund relativ hoher Transaktionskosten eher davon abgehalten, Handelstransaktionen über das Internet durchzuführen. Für solche Anwendungsbereiche wird in diesem Beitrag d...

First multi-touch tables like the Microsoft Surface are commercially available. Their use allows to enhance the user experience in a large number of collaborative domains. In this paper, we examine how early phases in software development like requirements engineering can be supported by this new technology. We present a novel approach for supporting collaborative work between systems designers...

An emerging theme in modern astrophysics is the connection between astronomical observations and the underlying physical phenomena that drive our cosmos. Both the mechanisms responsible for the observed astrophysical phenomena and the tools used to probe such phenomena-the radiation and particle spectra we observe-have their roots in atomic, molecular, condensed matter, plasma, nuclear and part...

Team working is the basic way of working in the control rooms of hazardous technologies and therefore its quality is a safety-relevant issue. In addition to the technological competence it is also crucial for the crews to have the necessary communicational skills. During simulator training these skills can only be improved if the simulator use is embedded in an appropriate setting. To support t...

A characterization is given of those bicategories which are biequivalent to bicategories of modules for some suitable base. These bicategories are the correct (non elementary) notion of cosmos, which is shown to be closed under several basic constructions.