Real life applications involve entities and algorithms that are complex to model and implement. Logic programming, the most practical approach of logic, facilitates the development procedure for these applications. However, its declarativeness does not seem sufficient to provide the means

to communicate between themselves and with other systems, only then will the true potential of the Internet of Things concept have been accomplished. In this paper we describe a number of real-life applications that have been implemented using the Intelligent Product and Internet of Things concepts

is of crucial importance because it allows businesses to provide the right products and services to suit the changing market needs. If undesirable changes are detected, remedial measures need to be implemented to stop or to delay such changes. In many applications, mining for changes can be more important

algorithms, each with the best parameter setting according to the evaluation, with the state-of-the-art algorithm on a set of 30 real-life and randomly generated instances that are publicly available. One of our algorithms returns improved results on 28 out of the 30 benchmark instances. To the best of our

chitecture for Software Engineering). We present how we used ODASE to build a 250 person month e-insurance project for a multi-national insurance firm, where only 35 % of the requirements were known at kick-off. We required one third of the time of the next closest quote for the project, and a similar project built classically at another insurance firm required also around three times the resources. 1

In this paper, we propose a new face detection and tracking algorithm for real-life telecommunication applications, such as video conferencing, cellular phone and PDA. We combine template-based face detection and tracking method with color information to track a face regardless of various lighting

's strategies, since they both share a common goal ofimproving returns. It is also true that no real life system can operate in isolation; all systems experience interactions with other systems, and consequently changes in such systems are inevitable. These changing systems have been defined as protean systems

Fuzzy Decision Tree is becoming increasingly significant as it is applied to areas of different platforms in real life. This paper gives an overview of the applications of fuzzy decision tree in heterogeneous fields. It is being actively used in fields as varied as intrusion detection, flexible

This paper tries to define Augmented Reality from a Human Media Interaction perspective and gives an exploration of different uses of Augmented Reality in contemporary applications. Finally it presents a simple Augmented Reality display that I developed for virtual meetings. I conclude that my

They say that once in your lifetime there comes a person who opens the doors of your mind and makes you more aware of yourself. For me such a person has been Prof. M.Narasimha Murty. More than being my thesis adviser, he has been a friend, philosopher and guide in the truest sense. Every time I had a problem, personal or professional, I rushed to him for advise, and he never ever let me down. His immense confidence in me allowed me to achieve goals much beyond my capabilities. I attribute whatever technical sophistication that can be found in this thesis to his inspiration, motivation and guidance. Whatever I thought were the qualities of a world class researcher and a good human being, I found much more than that in Dr. Alexander Smola. His energy and snthusiasm for research and his ability to listen to my endless ramblings and most importantly his belief in me have contributed immensely to this thesis. I must thank Miki for patiently bearing with me when I kept Alex at his office for long hours or discussed kernel methods with him on the way to Mysore.