Database caching supports declarative query processing close to the application. Using a full-fledged DBMS as cache manager, it enables the evaluation of specific project-select-...
Emerging Cloud computing infrastructures provide computing resources on demand based on postpaid principles. For example, the RESERVOIR project develops an infrastructure capable o...
A Service-Level Agreement (SLA) provides surety for specific quality attributes to the consumers of services. However, current SLAs offered by cloud infrastructure providers do ...
Waheed Iqbal, Matthew N. Dailey, David Carrera, Pa...
In this thesis, we describe a decentralized supply chain formation problem where the
supply chain planner or a central design authority (CDA) is faced with the decision
of choosi...
This paper studies the use of statistical induction techniques as a basis for automated performance diagnosis and performance management. The goal of the work is to develop and ev...
Ira Cohen, Jeffrey S. Chase, Julie Symons, Mois&ea...