This paper describes the transaction support framework OPTIMA and its implementation for Ada 95. First, a transaction model that fits concurrent programming languages is presented...
Abstract. We present a framework to extend the concept of type systems in programming languages to capture the dynamic interaction in component-based design, such as the communicat...
Abstract. Advances in VLSI technology have lead to a tremendous increase in the density and number of devices that can be manufactured in a single microchip. One of the interesting...
Krishna V. Palem, Surendranath Talla, Weng-Fai Won...
Garbage collection relieves the programmer of the burden of managing dynamically allocated memory, by providing an automatic way to reclaim unneeded storage. This eliminates or les...
Semidefinite programming based approximation algorithms, such as the Goemans and Williamson approximation algorithm for the MAX CUT problem, are usually shown to have certain perf...