An important aspect of research on software objects, components, and component-based applications concerns their interoperation. Is their interoperation technically possible? Which elements are responsible for the software objects’ incompatibility? Is compatibility a responsibility of the objects or of their underlying architectures? In this article we discuss the object compatibility problems,...

The .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) offers a new opportunity to experiment with multi-language interoperation, and provides a relatively rare chance to explore deep interoperation of a wide range of programming language paradigms. This article describes how the logic/functional programming language Mercury is compiled to the CLR. We describe the problems we have encountered with generating c...

I intend to pursue research on the principles of database systems. I have worked on the problems in information integration and interoperation especially from autonomous, heterogenous data sources over the Internet. In the future, I plan to extend my research in the areas of information processing, databases and the Internet where problems of interoperation occur. I expect that my research will...

by KUSHEL RAI BELLIPADY (Under the Direction of John A. Miller) ABSTRACT The need for interoperability arises in the discipline of simulation and modeling, particularly when the components of a simulation environment need to communicate with each other or communicate with outside entities including other simulation environments. Ontologies can be used to facilitate this interoperability between...

The software realization of today’s distributed systems often require combining of heterogeneous software components, each offering a specialized service. This heterogeneity necessitates a paradigm for the interoperation of different components. Various models and approaches have been proposed to facilitate a smooth interoperation. Web Services and UniFrame are two such paradigms. This paper pr...

MPI and Charm++ embody two distinct perspectives for writing parallel programs. While MPI provides a processor-centric, user-driven model for developing parallel codes, Charm++ supports work-centric, overdecompositionbased, system-driven parallel programming. One or the other can be the best or most natural fit for distinct modules that constitute a parallel application. In this paper, we prese...

This paper analyzes and categorizes limitations and weaknesses of current Web-based educational technology, suggests the steps to overcome them, and presents a framework for developing next-generation Web-based educational systems. It suggests developing Web-based educational applications with more theoryand content-oriented intelligence, more semantic interoperation between two or more educati...

We present an approach to database interoperation that exploits the semantic information provided by integrity constraints defined on the component databases. We identify two roles of integrity constraints in database interoperation. First, a set of integrity constraints describing valid states of the integrated view can be derived from the constraints defined on the underlying databases. Moreo...

Successful e-commerce presupposes techniques by which autonomous trading entities can interoperate. Although progress has been made on data exchange and payment protocols, interoperation in the face of autonomy is still inadequately understood. Current techniques, designed for closed environments, support only the simplest interactions. We develop a multiagent approach for interoperation of bus...