Object-oriented databases are a recent and important development and many studies of them have been performed. These consider aspects such as data modeling, query languages, perfo...
Abstract. The performance of multi-tier systems is known to be significantly degraded by workloads that place bursty service demands on system resources. Burstiness can cause queu...
Giuliano Casale, Amir Kalbasi, Diwakar Krishnamurt...
Protecting users in the ubiquitous online world is becoming more and more important, as shown by web application security – or the lack thereof – making the mainstream news. On...
Philippe De Ryck, Lieven Desmet, Thomas Heyman, Fr...
Maintaining an asset with life-limited parts, e.g., a jet engine or an electric generator, may be costly. Certain costs, e.g., setup cost, can be shared if some parts of the asset ...
Tao Sun, Qianchuan Zhao, Peter B. Luh, Robert N. T...
Since the inception of service-oriented computing paradigm, we have witnessed a plethora of services deployed across a broad spectrum of applications, ranging from conventional RP...