Parameters of a program’s runtime environment such as the machine architecture and operating system largely determine whether a vulnerability can be exploited. For example, the m...
The increasing use of the web for serving http content, for database transactions, etc. can place heavy stress on servers. Flash crowds can occur at a server when there is a burst ...
Abstract: Optimization of nested queries, in particular finding equivalent “flattened” queries for queries that employ the SQL sub-query construct, has been researched extensiv...
Scheduling decisions in time-critical systems are very difficult, due to the vast number of systems' parameters and tasks' attributes involved in such decisions. Due to ...
The IBM Supply Chain Simulator (SCS) is a software tool that can help a company or a group of companies make strategic business decisions about the design and operation of its sup...
Sugato Bagchi, Stephen J. Buckley, Markus Ettl, Gr...