Reactivity, the ability to detect and react to events, is an essential functionality in many information systems. In particular, Web systems such as online marketplaces, adaptive (...
For operating system intensive applications, the ability of designers to understand system call performance behavior is essential to achieving high performance. Conventional perfo...
— The telecom and the internet world is converging towards all-IP network architecture and the operators are keen to provide innovative multimedia services coupled with advanced ...
The server side of business software systems is commonly implemented today by an ensemble of Java classes distributed over several hosts. In this scenario, it is often necessary, ...
Marco Milazzo, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Emiliano Tramo...
A staggering number of multimedia applications are being introduced every day. Yet, the inordinate delays encountered in retrieving multimedia documents make it difficult to use t...