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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...