Adaptation of distributed software to maintain the best possible application performance in the face of changes in available resources is an increasingly important and complex pro...
David A. Karr, Craig Rodrigues, Joseph P. Loyall, ...
Today mobile computing is pervasively taking over the traditional desktop computing. Mobile devices are characterized by abrupt and unannounced changes in execution context. The ap...
Uzair Ahmad, S. Y. Lee, Mahrin Iqbal, Uzma Nasir, ...
In this paper we argue that self-modifying code can become a better strategy for realizing long-lived autonomous software systems than static code, regardless how well it was valid...
Grid applications must increasingly self-adapt dynamically to changing environments. In most cases, adaptation has been implemented in an ad hoc fashion, on a perapplication basis...
Shang-Wen Cheng, David Garlan, Bradley R. Schmerl,...
Virtual humans are more and more used in VR applications but their animation is still a challenge, especially if complex tasks must be carried-out in interaction with the user. In...