Model-driven performance prediction methods require detailed design models to evaluate the performance of software systems during early development stages. However, the complexity...
Understanding performance and related issues in a complex system requires analyzing where and why the program spends its resources. In a reactive system such as a interactive appl...
This paper attempts to address the issue of hardening the internal security of an organisation's network by easing its patch management. Traditionally security has been model...
The adoption of the Internet technologies favors the diffusion of Web and Grid-based applications. However, the development of new applications exploiting the modern interfaces an...
Creating a Service-Oriented Architecture requires the identification of services to be composed together in order to solve a given need. Currently, software engineers perform thi...