Programmable logic is widely used, for applications ranging from eld-upgradable subsystems to advanced uses such as recon gurable computing platforms which are modi able at run-tim...
The heterogeneous parallel processing community has long been struggling to bring its approach to computation into the mainstream. One major impediment is that no popular programm...
In evolutionary software development, knowing how design evolves with features can be valuable in guiding future projects. It helps answer questions like "How much upfront de...
A recent industry survey (Townhidnejad and Hilburn, 2002) has reported that more than fifty percent of a software project's budget is spent on activities related to improving...
: Performance is an extra-functional property of software systems which is often critical for achieving sufficient scalability or efficient resource utilisation. As many applicatio...