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HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Migrating Protocols in Multi-Threaded Message-Passing Systems
Dynamic software update is a technique by which a running program can be updated with new code and data without interrupting its execution. Often we will want to preserve properti...
Austin Anderson, Julian Rathke
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Efficient Systematic Testing for Dynamically Updatable Software
Recent years have seen significant advances in dynamic software updating (DSU) systems, which allow programs to be patched on the fly. However, a significant challenge remains: Ho...
Christopher M. Hayden, Eric A. Hardisty, Michael W...
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
On Performance of Delegation in Java
Delegation is an important design concept in object-oriented languages. In contrast to inheritance, which relates classes to each other, delegation operates on the level of object...
Sebastian Götz, Mario Pukall
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Automating Database Schema Evolution in Information System Upgrades
The complexity, cost, and down-time currently created by the database schema evolution process is the source of incessant problems in the life of information systems and a major s...
Carlo Curino, Hyun Jin Moon, Carlo Zaniolo
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Dynamic Software Updates: The State Mapping Problem
We consider the state mapping problem for dynamic software updates and propose a number of approaches that have the potential of automating the state mapping in practical setting....
Rida A. Bazzi, Kristis Makris, Peyman Nayeri, Jun ...
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Online Application Upgrade Using Edition-Based Redefinition
This paper describes Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR) in the Oracle database — a novel technology and methodology to build database application patches so that installation of t...
Alan Choi
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
An Implementation of the Linux Software Repository Model for Other Operating Systems
Year after year, the frequency of updated releases of software continues to increase. Without an automated install process, the result is either that a system installs software wi...
Neil McNab, Anthony Bryan
HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Cooperative Update: A New Model for Dependable Live Update
Cristiano Giuffrida, Andrew S. Tanenbaum