The Wizard of Oz (WOz) technique is an experimental evaluation mechanism. It allows the observation of a user operating an apparently fully functioning system whose missing service...
Software testing can only be formalized and quanti ed when a solid basis for test generation can be de ned. Tests are commonly generated from program source code, graphical models ...
The utility of a mobile computer, such as a handheld or a laptop, is largely constrained by battery life. The display stands out as a major consumer of battery energy, so reducing...
Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Erik Geelhoed, Meera Ma...
We propose a high performance architecture for fractional motion estimation and Lagrange mode decision in H.264/AVC. Instead of time-consuming fractional-pixel interpolation and s...
State-of-the-art middleware and component technologies lack support for Quality of Service (QoS) management. Application developers, therefore, integrate QoS mechanisms into the a...