Pervasive computing is becoming a reality, thanks to advances in wireless networking and increased popularity of portable devices. Users of these devices will need support to deci...
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Autonomic computing systems reduce software maintenance costs and management complexity by taking on the responsibility for their configuration, optimization, healing, and protect...
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Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, Ting Cao, Xi Yang, Stephen Blac...
Database administrators should be aware of resource usages to maintain database system performance. As database applications become more complex and diverse, managing database sys...