Non-functional specifications of software components are considered an important asset in constructing dependable systems, since they enable early Quality of Service (QoS) evaluati...
The general-purpose precise interrupt mechanism, which has long been used to handle exceptional conditions that occur infrequently, is now being used increasingly often to handle ...
Building an adaptive software system that can cope with changing requirements and changing environments presents four major challenges. These are (1) to receive, represent and rea...
Developing scalable and adaptable architectures that can accommodate evolving changes is crucial for reducing software development cost. To achieve scalability and adaptability, d...
It is difficult to apply existing software development methods to security concerns. Using software for security testing purposes, in particular, is hard to do. The fact that ther...