Abstract. In the service-oriented computing paradigm and the Web service architecture, the broker role is a key facilitator to leverage technical capabilities of loose coupling to ...
Although there has been significant research into gender regarding educational and workplace practices, there has been little investigation of gender differences pertaining to pro...
Margaret M. Burnett, Scott D. Fleming, Shamsi Iqba...
In this paper, we discuss recent work on buffer sizing in the context of an ISP's need to offer and guarantee competitive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to its customers. Si...
Joel Sommers, Paul Barford, Albert G. Greenberg, W...
In agile software development, planning meetings play a pivotal role in establishing a concrete understanding of customers’ requirements. Using tools to enhance the effectivenes...
In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative study of producers in a specific creative domain—online digital photography. We used social psychology and linguistic conce...