The paper presents an evaluation of four clustering algorithms: k-means, average linkage, complete linkage, and Ward’s method, with the latter three being different hierarchical...
Extract Method has been recognized as one of the most important refactorings, since it decomposes large methods and can be used in combination with other refactorings for fixing a...
We consider a set of clients collaborating through an online service provider that is subject to attacks, and hence y trusted by the clients. We introduce the abstraction of a fai...
—The performance of BPEL processes depends on the composing web services. Monitoring web service performance and adapting to changes in service performance are essential for crea...
We present a framework for audio background modeling of complex and unstructured audio environments. The determination of background audio is important for understanding and predi...