This paper investigates how dynamic branch prediction in a microprocessor affects the predictability of execution time for software running on that processor. By means of experim...
The engineering of complex production automation systems involves experts from several backgrounds, such as mechanical, electrical, and software engineering. The production automa...
Thomas Moser, Stefan Biffl, Wikan Danar Sunindyo, ...
Information retrieval experimentation generally proceeds in a cycle of development, evaluation, and hypothesis testing. Ideally, the evaluation and testing phases should be short ...
Even after carefully tuning the memory characteristics to the application properties and the processor speed, during the execution of real applications there are times when the pr...
Aviral Shrivastava, Eugene Earlie, Nikil D. Dutt, ...
Question answering systems increasingly need to deal with complex information needs that require more than simple factoid answers. The evaluation of such systems is usually carrie...