Abstract— Current computing systems employ different mechanisms to deal with overload conditions. Of those widely deployed are content adaptation mechanisms whereby the quality l...
Mina Guirguis, Joshua Tharp, Azer Bestavros, Ibrah...
— In autonomic provisioning, a resource manager allocates resources to an application, on-demand, e.g., during load spikes. Modelling-based approaches have proved very successful...
Most of today’s course generation does not allow an in-depth, generic representation of pedagogical knowledge. However, supporting individual learners with different goals requi...
Traditionally, cellular wide area networks like UMTS are used as Internet access networks for particular users but, in some cases, they can be employed to provide Internet access ...
Xavier Sanchez-Loro, Victoria Beltran, Jordi Casad...
Modelling architectural information is particularly important because of the acknowledged crucial role of software architecture in raising the level of abstraction during developme...