The term scalability appears frequently in computing literature, but it is a term that is poorly defined and poorly understood. The lack of a clear, consistent and systematic trea...
Abstract. The intention of this paper is to present HEAVEN, a solution of intelligent management of large-scale datasets held on tertiary storage systems. We introduce the common s...
IPCHINOOK is a design tool for distributed embedded systems. It gains leverage from the use of a carefully chosen set of design ions that raise the level of designer interaction d...
Pai H. Chou, Ross B. Ortega, Ken Hines, Kurt Partr...
The Wizard of Oz (WOz) technique is an experimental evaluation mechanism. It allows the observation of a user operating an apparently fully functioning system whose missing service...
Research in the concurrency control of real-time data access over mobile networks is receiving growing attention. With possibly lengthy transmission delay and frequent disconnecti...