ion. riented language features, such as abstract classes, inheritance, dynamic binding, and parameterized types. Middleware, such as object-oriented frameworks for host infrastruct...
UML activity models (activities, for short) have become widely accepted for specifying the dynamic behavior of use cases. For an adequate specification of use cases in the context...
This paper describes an application framework for providing and managing personalized, interactive video on the web. The application framework enables content providers and aggreg...
In this poster we introduce ProThes, a pilot meta-search engine (MSE) for a specific application domain. ProThes combines three approaches: meta-search, graphical user interface (...
A problem with many distributed applications is their behavior in lieu of unpredictable variations in user request volumes or in available resources. This paper explores a performa...