For decades, the serialization constraints imposed by true data dependences have been regarded as an absolute limit--the dataflow limit--on the parallel execution of serial progra...
According to Szyperski, “a software component is a unit of composition with contractually specified interfaces and explicit context dependencies only”. But it is well known tha...
We present a framework that will enable scalable analysis and design of graceful degradation in distributed embedded systems. We define graceful degradation in terms of utility. A...
In this paper we consider two questions related to student modeling in an intelligent tutoring system: 1) What kind of student model should we build when we design a new system; 2...
— Future mobile communications systems demand for higher data rates and service quality compared to state-of-the-art systems. One way to achieve this ambitious goal is to use rel...