In this work we present the basic concepts for a dynamic plug-in-based software architecture using concepts from the Petri net-based MAS framework Mulan. By transferring the conce...
Lawrence Cabac, Michael Duvigneau, Daniel Moldt, H...
Current methods cannot synthesize real-time embedded software applications when the global deadline of a task is shorter than the total of all local deadlines along a critical pat...
Software systems must face two challenges today: growing complexity and increasing parallelism in the underlying computational models. The problem of increased complexity is often...
Global software development is rapidly becoming the norm for technology companies. Previous qualitative research suggests that multi-site development may increase development cycl...
James D. Herbsleb, Audris Mockus, Thomas A. Finhol...
We present a model of the IEEE 1394 Root Contention Protocol with a proof of Safety. This model has real-time properties which are expressed in the language of the event B method: ...