— Current computing systems depend on adaptation mechanisms to ensure that they remain in quiescent operating regions. These regions are often defined using efficiency, fairnes...
Mina Guirguis, Azer Bestavros, Ibrahim Matta, Yuti...
In a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), a system is viewed as a collection of independent units (services) that interact with one another through message exchanges. Established ...
Johannes Maria Zaha, Marlon Dumas, Arthur H. M. te...
This paper evaluates the performance of the parallel, main-memory DBMS, PRISMA/DB. First, an architecture for parallel query execution is presented. A performance model for the ex...
Annita N. Wilschut, Jan Flokstra, Peter M. G. Aper...
This paper presents a new carrier sensing mechanism called DVCS (Directional Virtual Carrier Sensing) for wireless communication using directional antennas. DVCS does not require ...
Mineo Takai, Jay Martin, Rajive Bagrodia, Aifeng R...
Besides ordinary applications, also infrastructure software such as operating systems or database management systems is being developed as a software product line. With proper too...