Although Virtual Learning Environments have become popular educational tools, they remain a very active research topic. Two important aspects being discussed for next-generation V...
MapReduce provides a parallel and scalable programming model for data-intensive business and scientific applications. MapReduce and its de facto open source project, called Hadoop...
Abstract—A variational approach is proposed for the unsupervised assessment of attribute variability of high-dimensional data given a differentiable similarity measure. The key q...
Shunting Inhibitory Artificial Neural Networks (SIANNs) are biologically inspired networks in which the synaptic interactions are mediated via a nonlinear mechanism called shuntin...
This paper elaborates on the coordination and management of evolving software product-lines, where development teams work around a shared and reusable domain infrastructure. The tr...