The usefulness of design patterns in forward engineering is already well-known and several tools provide support for their application in the development of software systems. Whil...
Despite the increasing maturity of model-driven development (MDD), some research challenges remain open in the field of information systems (IS). For instance, there is a need to i...
Performance analysis of computing systems, in particular distributed computing systems, is a complex process. Analysing the complex flows and interactions between a set of distribu...
Software architects have techniques to deal with many quality attributes such as performance, reliability, and maintainability. Usability, however, has traditionally been concerned...
Background: Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) provide an excellent means for structure identification and feature extraction on stochastic sequential data. An HMM-with-Duration (HMMwD) ...