Traditional auctions such as the English and first-price sealed-bid auctions have been adopted as another tool for procurement negotiations. Throughout the past decade many new auc...
Software has jumped "out of the box" ? it controls critical systems, pervades business and commerce, and infuses entertainment, communication, and other everyday activiti...
Abstract. It has been widely recognized that the relative priority of requirements can help developers to resolve inconsistencies and make some necessary trade-off decisions. Howe...
The developers of high-performance scientific applications often work in complex computing environments that place heavy demands on program analysis tools. The developers need to...
Kathleen A. Lindlan, Janice E. Cuny, Allen D. Malo...
The perceived advantages of distributed systems, such as increased reliability and availability, are o set by the increased complexity of developing such applications. The develop...