We introduce the Symphony framework, a software ion layer that can sit on top of grid systems. Symphony provides a unified API for grid application developers and offers a graphic...
Maintaining software is very difficult, not only because of the number of software artifacts, but also because of the large variety of artifacts. Software includes programs, but a...
This paper describes a program of research designed to understand how knowledge-sharing and learning can be supported in virtual communities. To conduct this research, we propose ...
Michael Bieber, Il Im, Ronald E. Rice, Ricki Goldm...
Ideally, software is derived from requirements whose properties have been established as good. However, it is difficult to define and analyze requirements. Moreover, derivation of...
This paper describes a generic mechanism to migrate threads in heterogeneous distributed environments. To maintain high portability and flexibility, thread migration is implement...