The performance of file systems and related software depends on characteristics of the underlying file-system image (i.e., file-system metadata and file contents). Unfortunately, ...
Nitin Agrawal, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. ...
Abstract--S4 is a general-purpose, distributed, scalable, partially fault-tolerant, pluggable platform that allows programmers to easily develop applications for processing continu...
Leonardo Neumeyer, Bruce Robbins, Anish Nair, Anan...
Multiagent systems for mobile and pervasive computing should extensively exploit contextual information both to adapt to user needs and to enable autonomic behavior. This raises th...
Gabriella Castelli, Marco Mamei, Franco Zambonelli
—A wide variety of DSP design tools have been developed that incorporate dataflow graph representations into their GUI-based design environments. However, as the complexity of ap...
Ivan Corretjer, Chia-Jui Hsu, Shuvra S. Bhattachar...
Providing technology support for older people offers distinct challenges for social and IT systems delivery. The definition and integration of services, the diversity of supply, va...
Ken Lunn, Andrew Sixsmith, Ann Lindsay, Marja Vaar...