Currently there is a diversity of tools for agent-based simulation, which can be applied to the understanding of social phenomena. Describing this kind of phenomena with a visual l...
One of the challenges present to a Java compiler is Java’s frequent use of runtime exceptions. These exceptions affect performance directly by requiring explicit checks, as wel...
Matthew Arnold, Michael S. Hsiao, Ulrich Kremer, B...
We present an auto-tuning approach to optimize application performance on emerging multicore architectures. The methodology extends the idea of searchbased performance optimizatio...
Samuel Williams, Jonathan Carter, Leonid Oliker, J...
In the last decades several tools and environments defined and introduced languages for querying, navigating sforming abstract syntax trees. These environments were meant to supp...
Giuliano Antoniol, Massimiliano Di Penta, Ettore M...
This paper describes the application of the Test Automation Framework on the Mars Polar Lander (MPL) software. The premature shutdown of the descent engine on the MPL spacecraft i...
Mark R. Blackburn, Robert Busser, Aaron Nauman, Ro...