Software-intensive systems often exhibit dimensions in size and complexity that exceed the scope of comprehension of even talented, experienced system designers and analysts. With ...
We consider typical manipulation tasks in terms of a service robot framework. Given a task at hand, such as ”Pick up the cup from the dinner table”, we present a number of diff...
Internet services like the world-wide web and multimedia applications like News- and Video-on-Demand have become very popular over the last years. Due to the large number of users ...
Attainment of software performance assurances in open, largely unpredictable environments has recently become an important focus for real-time research. Unlike closed embedded sys...
Ronghua Zhang, Chenyang Lu, Tarek F. Abdelzaher, J...
Mobile environments are highly dynamic, characterised by frequent and sudden changes in resource availability. As a consequence, adaptive mobile applications need to be capable of...
Christos Efstratiou, Adrian Friday, Nigel Davies, ...