The paper targets the applicability of model-driven methodologies to the validation of complex systems and presents a case study of a mobile radio network. Validation relies on the...
Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) promises to benefit engineering by providing a layer of abstraction that can modularize system-level concerns. AOP is still a very young area of ...
We propose a middleware framework for deployment and subsequent autonomic management of component-based applications. An initial deployment goal is specified using a declarative c...
Abstract. With the increasing popularity of large-scale distributed computing networks, a new aspect has to be considered for scheduling problems: machines may not be available per...
Abstract. The standard choice for mutating an individual of an evolutionary algorithm with continuous variables is the normal distribution. It is shown that there is a broad class ...