Nick J. Fiddian

According to our database, Nick J. Fiddian authored at least 74 papers between 1976 and 2008.

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2008

Interschema correspondence establishment in a cooperative OWL-based multi-information server grid environment.

Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Matthew Montebello, Rami Bahsoon, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Inf. Sci., 2008

2007

Using quality criteria to assist in information searching.

Mikhaila Burgess, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Int. J. Inf. Qual., 2007

2006

Supporting the construction of workflows for biodiversity problem-solving accessing secure, distributed resources.

Jaspreet Singh Pahwa, Andrew C. Jones, Richard J. White, Mikhaila Burgess, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, R. O. Smith, Alex R. Hardisty, Tim Sutton, Peter Brewer, Chris Yesson, Neil Caithness, Alastair Culham, Frank A. Bisby, Malcolm Scoble, Paul Williams, Shonil Bhagwat

Sci. Program., 2006

Expectation-based quality of service assessment.

Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Int. J. Digit. Libr., 2006

Personalizing web information for patients: linking patient medical data with the web via a patient personal knowledge base.

Asma Al-Busaidi, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Health Informatics J., 2006

Modelling Quality of Service in Service Oriented Computing.

Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the 2006 International Workshop on Service Oriented Software Engineering (IW-SOSE '06), 2006

Supporting QoS Monitoring in Virtual Organisations.

Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Service-Oriented Computing, 2006

QoS Assessment of Providers with Complex Behaviours: An Expectation-Based Approach with Confidence.

Gareth Shercliff, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Service-Oriented Computing, 2006

Biodiversity World: A Problem-Solving Environment for Analysing Biodiversity Patterns.

Jaspreet Singh Pahwa, Peter Brewer, Tim Sutton, Chris Yesson, Mikhaila Burgess, Xuebiao Xu, Andrew C. Jones, Richard J. White, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Frank A. Bisby, Alastair Culham, Neil Caithness, Malcolm Scoble, Paul Williams, Shonil Bhagwat

Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2006), 2006

Query Translation for Distributed Heterogeneous Structured and Semi-structured Databases.

Fahad M. Al-Wasil, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Flexible and Efficient Information Handling, 2006

CONOISE-G: agent-based virtual organisations.

Jigar Patel, W. T. Luke Teacy, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Peter M. D. Gray, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Simon G. Thompson

Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), 2006

Establishing an XML metadata klnowledge base to assist integration of structured and semi-structured databases.

Fahad M. Al-Wasil, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Database Technologies 2006, 2006

A Multiple Quality-Space Mapping Approach to QoS Assessment.

Gareth Shercliff, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2006), 2006

2005

Agent-based virtual organisations for the Grid.

Jigar Patel, W. T. Luke Teacy, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Peter M. D. Gray, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Simon G. Thompson

Multiagent Grid Syst., 2005

Managing Quality of Service in Virtual Organisations.

Patrick J. Stockreisser, Gareth Shercliff, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the iiWAS'2005, 2005

Semantically Rich Materialisation Rules for Integrating Heterogeneous Databases.

Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Database: Enterprise, 2005

Supporting QoS Assessment and Monitoring in Virtual Organisations.

Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2005), 2005

2004

Agent-based formation of virtual organisations.

Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Viet Dung Dang, Thuc Duong Nguyen, Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Knowl. Based Syst., 2004

Incorporating QoS Specifications in Service Discovery.

Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Web Information Systems, 2004

Building a Biodiversity GRID.

Andrew C. Jones, Richard J. White, W. A. Gray, Frank A. Bisby, Neil Caithness, Nick Pittas, Xuebiao Xu, Tim Sutton, Nick J. Fiddian, Alastair Culham, Malcolm Scoble, Paul Williams, Oliver Bromley, Peter Brewer, Chris Yesson, Shonil Bhagwat

Proceedings of the Grid Computing in Life Science, 2004

Quality Measures and The Information Consumer.

Mikhaila Burgess, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ 2004), 2004

2003

CONOISE: Agent-Based Formation of Virtual Organisations.

Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Viet Dung Dang, Thuc Duong Nguyen, Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XX, 2003

A Flexible Quality Framework for Use within Information Retrieval.

Mikhaila Burgess, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ 2003), 2003

A Quality of Service Management Framework Based on User Expectations.

Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Service-Oriented Computing, 2003

Multiple Views with Multiple Behaviours for Interoperable Object-Oriented Database Systems.

Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Database and Expert Systems Applications, 14th International Conference, 2003

MVMBS: A Multiple Views Supporting Multiple Behaviours System for Interoperable Object-Oriented Database Systems.

Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the New Horizons in Information Management, 2003

2002

Rich Semantic-Based Schema Integration in a Federated Multiple Information Server Environment.

Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Int. J. Comput. Their Appl., 2002

Linking Heterogeneous Biodiversity Information Systems on the GRID: the GRAB Prototype.

Andrew C. Jones, W. A. Gray, Jonathan Giddy, Nick J. Fiddian

Comput. Artif. Intell., 2002

Design and performance evaluation of a web-based multi-tier federated system for a catalogue of life.

Xuebiao Xu, Andrew C. Jones, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Richard J. White, Frank A. Bisby

Proceedings of the Fourth ACM CIKM International Workshop on Web Information and Data Management (WIDM 2002), 2002

Using the GRID for Biodiversity Research: The GRAB Demonstrator.

Andrew C. Jones, John S. Robinson, W. A. Gray, Jonathan Giddy, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 2002

Establishing a Taxonomy of Quality for Use in Information Filtering.

Mikhaila Burgess, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 19th British National Conference on Databases, 2002

2001

Optimizing fragment constraints - A performance evaluation.

Hamidah Ibrahim, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Int. J. Intell. Syst., 2001

Experiences with a Hybrid Implementation of a Globally Distributed Federated Database System.

Xuebiao Xu, Andrew C. Jones, Nick Pittas, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Richard J. White, John S. Robinson, Frank A. Bisby, Sue M. Brandt

Proceedings of the Advances in Web-Age Information Management, 2001

Semantic Requirements for Sharing Behaviors in federated OODB Systems.

Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Information Systems Technology and its Applications, 2001

Domain-Specific Metadata a Key for Building Semantically-Rich Schema Models.

Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Conceptual Modeling, 2001

Using Market Mechanisms to Control Agent Allocation in Global Information Systems.

I. N. Wang, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Database and Expert Systems Applications, 12th International Conference, 2001

Market-based agent allocation in global information systems.

I. N. Wang, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents, 2001

2000

Discovering and Representing InterSchema Semantic Knowledge in a Cooperative Multi-Information Server Environment.

Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Database and Expert Systems Applications, 11th International Conference, 2000

SPICE: A Flexible Architecture for Integrating Autonomous Databases to Comprise a Distributed Catalogue of Life.

Andrew C. Jones, Xuebiao Xu, Nick Pittas, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Richard J. White, John S. Robinson, Frank A. Bisby, Sue M. Brandt

Proceedings of the Database and Expert Systems Applications, 11th International Conference, 2000

1999

Report on the 1st International Workshop on Validation, Verification and Integrity Issues of Expert and Database Systems.

Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Donatella Castelli, Frans Coenen, Laura Devendeville-Brisoux, Barry Eaglestone, Nick J. Fiddian, W. Alex Gray, Antoni Ligeza, Anca I. Vermesan

Inf. Res., 1999

Interoperation of Heterogeneous Data Sources - Are All the Problems Solved?

W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Wernher Behrendt

Proceedings of the Database Systems 99, 1999

1998

Organising Knowledge of a Federated Database System to Support Multiple View Generation.

D. D. Karunaratna, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Knowledge Represenation Meets Databases (KRDB '98): Innovative Application Programming and Query Interfaces, 1998

Rule-Based Integrity Enforcement Strategy for a Distributed Database.

Hamidah Ibrahim, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology, IDPT, 1998

Optimising Fragment Constraints.

Hamidah Ibrahim, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1998

Ontological Commitments for Multiple View Cooperation in a Distributed Heterogeneous Environment.

Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 16th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1998

Establishing a Knowledge Base to Assist Integration of Heterogeneous Databases.

D. D. Karunaratna, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 16th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1998

A Toolkit to Facilitate the Querying and Integration of Tabular Data from Semistructured Documents.

Leigh E. Hodge, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 16th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1998

ITSE Database Interoperation Toolkit.

Wernher Behrendt, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray, Ajith P. Madurapperuma

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 16th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1998

1997

Extending OMT to Support Bottom-Up Design Modelling in a Heterogeneous Distributed Database Environment.

M. A. Qutaishat, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Data Knowl. Eng., 1997

A Visual Query Interface for a Customisable Schema Visualisation System.

Ajith P. Madurapperuma, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, 1997

Tools to Enable Interoperation of Heterogeneous Databases.

Wernher Behrendt, Nick J. Fiddian, Ajith P. Madurapperuma

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Data Engineering, 1997

Customisable Graphical Interfaces to Database Systems: A Metaprogramming Based Approach.

Ajith P. Madurapperuma, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1997

KRAFT: Knowledge Fusion from Distributed Databases and Knowledge Bases.

Peter M. D. Gray, Alun D. Preece, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Michael J. R. Shave, Nader Azarmi, M. Wiegand, M. Ashwell, Martin D. Beer, Zhan Cui, B. M. Diaz, Suzanne M. Embury, Kit-Ying Hui, Andrew C. Jones, Dean M. Jones, Graham J. L. Kemp, E. W. Lawson, K. Lunn, Philippe Marti, Jianhua Shao, Pepijn R. S. Visser

Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1997

SICSDD: Techniques and Implementation.

Hamidah Ibrahim, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Constraint Databases and Their Applications, 1997

Customisable Visual Query Interface to a Heterogeneous Database Environment: A Meta-Programming Based Approach (Abstract).

Ajith P. Madurapperuma, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 15th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1997

1996

A Flexible Integration Framework for Supporting User Requirement Changes in a Multidatabase Environment.

Rehab M. Duwairi, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cooperative Database Systems for Advanced Applications, 1996

The Development of a Semantic Integrity Constraint Subsystem for a Distributed Database.

Hamidah Ibrahim, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 14th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1996

Schema Integration Meta-Knowledge Classification and Reuse.

Rehab M. Duwairi, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 14th British National Conferenc on Databases, 1996

1995

A Rule-Based Query Processor for a Heterogeneous Object-Oriented Database Environment - Overview.

R. M. Alzahrani, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Proceedings RIDE-DOM '95, Fifth International Workshop on Research Issues in Data Engineering, 1995

Object-Oriented Knowledge Based Imputation

A. M. J. Miller, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1995

Integrity Management in an Object-Oriented Federated Database Environment.

R. M. Alzahrani, M. A. Qutaishat, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Advances in Databases, 13th British National Conference on Databases, 1995

1993

A Highly-Customisable Schema Meta-Visualisation System for Object-Oriented (O-O) Database Schemas - Overview.

M. A. Qutaishat, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the Database and Expert Systems Applications, 4th International Conference, 1993

1992

Association Merging in a Schema Meta-Integration System for a Heterogeneous Object-Oriented Database Environment.

M. A. Qutaishat, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Advanced Database Systems, 1992

1991

The Development of a Knowledge-Based Database Transaction Design Assistant.

X. Y. Wang, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1991

A Meta-Translation System for Object-Oriented to Relational Schema Translations.

Antonis Ramfos, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Aspects of Databases, 1991

1990

Semantic Transaction Optimization in Relational Databases.

X. Y. Wang, W. A. Gray, Nick J. Fiddian

Proceedings of the 8th Bristish National Conference on Databases (BNCOD-8), 1990

1988

A Source-to-Source Meta-Translation System for Database Query Languages - Implementation in Prolog.

D. I. Howells, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Prolog and Databases, Implementations and New Directions. , 1988

1987

A Source-to-Source Meta-Translation System for Relational Query Languages.

D. I. Howells, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the VLDB'87, 1987

1986

A Comparison of Old and New Technologies for Translating Between Relational Query Languages.

D. I. Howells, Nick J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray

Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Statistical and Scientific Database Management, 1986

1984

The Proteus Distributed Database System.

Malcolm P. Atkinson, Jorge B. Bocca, T. J. Elsey, Nick J. Fiddian, M. Flower, Peter M. D. Gray, W. A. Gray, P. Hepp, R. G. Johnson, W. Milne, Moira C. Norrie, A. O. Omololu, Elizabeth A. Oxborrow, Michael J. R. Shave, A. M. Smith, Peter M. Stocker, J. Walker

Proceedings of the Third British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 3), 1984

1982

Meta-Assembly: A Fresh Assessment.

Nick J. Fiddian

Softw. Pract. Exp., 1982

1981

Designing SENSE (a software environment for social science rEsearch): The role of software tools.

Nick J. Fiddian, W. Alex Gray, M. W. Read

Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Easier and More Productive Use of Computer Systems, 1981

Adaptable user interfaces for portable, interactive computing software systems.

R. Evans, Nick J. Fiddian, W. Alex Gray

Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Easier and More Productive Use of Computer Systems, 1981

1976

The Construction and use of a Meta-Assembler.

Nick J. Fiddian

PhD thesis, 1976