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EUROSYS
2006
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Solving the starting problem: device drivers as self-describing artifacts
Run-time conflicts can affect even the most rigorously tested software systems. A reliance on execution-based testing makes it prohibitively costly to test every possible interac...
Michael F. Spear, Tom Roeder, Orion Hodson, Galen ...
CODES
2007
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Compile-time decided instruction cache locking using worst-case execution paths
Caches are notorious for their unpredictability. It is difficult or even impossible to predict if a memory access results in a definite cache hit or miss. This unpredictability i...
Heiko Falk, Sascha Plazar, Henrik Theiling
SCAM
2007
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Improved Static Resolution of Dynamic Class Loading in Java
Modern applications are becoming increasingly more dynamic and flexible. In Java software, one important flexibility mechanism is dynamic class loading. Unfortunately, the vast ...
Jason Sawin, Atanas Rountev
EMSOFT
2004
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
A metrics system for quantifying operational coupling in embedded computer control systems
One central issue in system structuring and quality prediction is the interdependencies of system modules. This paper proposes a novel technique for determining the operational co...
De-Jiu Chen, Martin Törngren
EWSA
2004
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An Architecture Description Language for Mobile Distributed Systems
Mobile software applications have to meet new requirements directly arising from mobility issues. To address these requirements at an early stage in development, an architecture d...
Volker Gruhn, Clemens Schäfer