Abstract. Global computing applications co-ordinate distributed computations across widely-dispersed hosts. Such systems present formidable design and implementation challenges to ...
Linda Brodo, Pierpaolo Degano, Stephen Gilmore, Ja...
This paper explores a novel application of queuing theory to the corrective software maintenance problem to support quantitative balancing between resources and responsiveness. In...
Adoption of advanced automated SE (ASE) tools would be favored if a business case could be made that these tools are more valuable than alternate methods. In theory, software pred...
Tim Menzies, Oussama El-Rawas, Jairus Hihn, Martin...
Given the rapid rise of model-driven software development methodologies, it is highly desirable that tools be developed to support the use of design patterns in this context. This...
Hong Zhu, Ian Bayley, Lijun Shan, Richard Amphlett
: This paper presents a systematic approach based on the axiomatic design theory to assess the inherent flexibility of the product family to generate the product variants for custo...