Query processing in database systems may be improved by applying parallel processing techniques. One reason for improving query response time is to support the increased number que...
Web processes must often operate in volatile environments where the quality of service parameters of the participating service providers change during the life time of the process...
Abstract. A materialized view is a certain synopsis structure precomputed from one or more data sets (called base tables) in order to facilitate various queries on the data. When t...
Changes to software systems often entail a loss of quality, especially if they have to be accomplished under pressure of time. Long-term software projects must counter this phenome...
There is large uncertainty with the software cost in the early stages of software development due to requirement volatility, incomplete understanding of product domain, reuse oppor...
Da Yang, Barry W. Boehm, Ye Yang, Qing Wang, Mings...