On-the-fly replacement of software may require simultanous distributed updates of components. If an update changes some interfaces or protocols, the update must be performed in a...
The metaDESK is a user interface platform demonstrating new interaction techniques we call “tangible user interfaces.” We explore the physical instantiation of interface eleme...
Web services are often employed to create wide distributed evolvable applications from existing components that constitute a service-based software system. ServiceOriented Archite...
—Formal methods have yet to achieve wide industrial acceptance for several reasons. They are not well integrated into hed industrial software processes, their application require...
This paper discusses the use of simulation in a new context. Most often QUEST is viewed as a stand-alone simulation tool to analyze and understand shop floor behavior. It has rare...