Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMPs), combined with modern interconnection technologies are commonly used to build cost-effective compute clusters. However, contention among processor...
We present a performance analysis of an agent-based middleware system we have developed based on "reAgents," remotely executing agents that enhance the performance of cl...
Contemporary long-term storage devices feature powerful embedded processors and sizeable memory buffers. Active Storage Devices (ASD) is the hard disk technology that makes use of ...
Modern multiuser software systems have adopted RoleBased Access Control (RBAC) for authorization management. This paper presents a formal model for RBAC policy validation and a st...
Marco Pistoia, Stephen J. Fink, Robert J. Flynn, E...
Interrupt-driven embedded software is hard to thoroughly test since it usually contains a very large number of executable paths. Developers can test more of these paths using rand...