Middleware simplifies the construction of distributed applications. These applications typically require continuous uptime. The maintenance of distributed applications, though, im...
Long-running applications such as network services require continuous uptime but also frequent changes to the software. To avoid downtime for software maintenance, applications mu...
Changing demands, software evolution, and bug fixes require the possibility to update applications as well as system software of embedded devices. Systems that perform updates of ...
The continuous requirements of evolving a delivered software system and the rising cost of shutting down a running software system are forcing researchers and practitioners to fin...
Junrong Shen, Xi Sun, Gang Huang, Wenpin Jiao, Yan...
Dynamic software update is a technique by which a running program can be updated with new code and data without interrupting its execution. Often we will want to preserve properti...