An increase in the performance of deteriorating systems can be achieved through the adoption of suitable maintenance policies. One of the most popular maintenance policies is the ...
We consider a class of queueing networks referred to as “generalized constrained queueing networks” which form the basis of several different communication networks and inform...
During design exploration, many implementations of the same system specification may need to be evaluated. In this paper, we present an approach to construct sufficient and nece...
The integration of telecommunications and data networks enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to develop increasingly services to attract customers. Designing rational pricing ...
Setting up runtime security policies as required for firewalls or as envisioned by policy languages for the Semantic Web is a difficult task, especially for lay users who have l...