Global public computing platforms, such as PlanetLab, grid computing systems, and XenoServers, require facilities for managing trust to allow their participants to interact effect...
This paper applies Lehman's theory of software evolution to analyse the characteristics of web-based applications and identifies the essences and incidents that cause difficu...
Tw o parallel programming models represented b y OpenMP and MPI are compared for PDE solvers based on regular sparse numerical operators. As a typical representative of such an app...
Abstract—Program performance optimisations, feedbackdirected iterative compilation and auto-tuning systems [1] all assume a fixed estimation of execution time given a fixed inp...
Abdelhafid Mazouz, Sid Ahmed Ali Touati, Denis Bar...
The Internet today can be seen as a global market for electronic services. Each provider can offer its services, and customers can choose between several providers offering simila...