Abstract—Parallel file systems are designed to mask the everincreasing gap between CPU and disk speeds via parallel I/O processing. While they have become an indispensable compo...
To avoid unnecessary maintenance costs in large IT systems resulting from poorly planned changes, it is essential to manage and control changes to the system and to verify that all...
Use cases are useful in various stages of the software process. They are very often described using text that has to be interpreted by system designers. This could lead to implemen...
With the pressing in-time-market towards customized services, software product lines (SPL) are increasingly characterizing most of software landscape. SPL are mainly structured th...
In battery-powered embedded systems, dedicated circuitry is used to convert stored energy into a form that can be directly used by processors. These power regulation devices seek ...