SQL tuning--the attempt to improve a poorly-performing execution plan produced by the database query optimizer-is a critical aspect of database performance tuning. Ironically, as ...
The EC funded COMBINE Project has the objective of dramatically improving software development productivity by providing a holistic approach to component-based development of Ente...
Sandy Tyndale-Biscoe, Oliver Sims, Bryan Wood, Chr...
This article deals with telemedicine and in particular with telesonography. Telesonography is real-time video collaboration for remote ultrasound examinations. We present here an ...
Evaluative arguments are pervasive in natural human communication. In countless situations people attempt to advise or persuade their interlocutors that something is desirable (vs...
Usability problems predicted by evaluation techniques are useful input to systems development; it is uncertain whether redesign proposals aimed at alleviating those problems are l...