An Origamic Architecture (OA) is a folded sheet of perforated paper from which a three-dimensional structure "pops up" when it is opened. It is similar to a "pop-up...
Ubiquitous applications are characterised by variations of their execution context. Their correct operation requires some continual adaptations based on the observation of their e...
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) are computer based games in which players interact with one another in the virtual world. Worldwide revenues for MMORPGs h...
Abstract Asynchronous invocations are an important functionality in the context of distributed object frameworks, because in many situations clients should not block during remote ...
Crosscutting concerns can hinder maintainability of a design because they do not adhere to a system's underlying modular structure. Developers, therefore, may wish to refacto...
Eduardo Figueiredo, Jon Whittle, Alessandro F. Gar...