Besides the conclusion of agreements about quality of service (QoS), one of the major prerequisites for a global service market are means to monitor the fulfillment of those agreem...
The Binet formula provides a mechanism for the Fibonacci numbers to be viewed as a function of a complex variable. The Binet formula may be generalized by using other bases and mu...
Run-time management of modern Web-based services requires the integration of several algorithms and mechanisms for job dispatching, load sharing, admission control, overload detec...
A primary goal of program performance understanding tools is to focus the user's attention directly on optimization opportunities where significant cost savings may be found....
Visualization techniques have proven to be critical in helping crime analysis. By interviewing and observing Criminal Intelligence Officers (CIO) and civilian crime analysts at th...