I present a new estimation-of-distribution approach to program evolution where distributions are not estimated over the entire space of programs. Rather, a novel representationbui...
Whole program paths (WPP) are a new approach to capturing and representing a program’s dynamic—actually executed—control flow. Unlike other path profiling techniques, which ...
Abstract In this paper we present a framework defining the architecture of systems providing software components with means to contractualise their resource access conditions with...
We study the impact on observational semantics for SOC of priority mechanisms which combine dynamic priority with local pre-emption. We define manageable notions of strong and wea...
Rosario Pugliese, Francesco Tiezzi, Nobuko Yoshida
We develop a multicriteria approach to the problem of space heating under a time varying price of electricity. In our dynamic goal programming model the goals are ideal temperatur...