This book examines critical issues involved with telematics such as vehicular network infrastructure, vehicular network communication protocols, and vehicular services and applications. The collection provides useful techniques, tools, and assessments for those involved with computer science,...

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1. Visual support for use case modeling / Andrew Gemino, Drew Parker -- 2. Applying learner-centered design principles to UML sequence diagrams / Debra VanderMeer, kaushik Dutta -- 3. Ontology based object-oriented domain modeling / Joerg Evermann, Yair Wand -- 4. General strategy for querying...