Inheritance is a useful mechanism for factoring and reusing code. However, it has limitations for building extensible systems. We describe nested inheritance, a mechanism that add...
Many critical IT infrastructures require non-disruptive operations. However, the operating systems thereon are far from perfect that patches and upgrades are frequently applied, i...
Haibo Chen, Rong Chen, Fengzhe Zhang, Binyu Zang, ...
For many enterprises, reacting to fast changes to their business process is key to maintaining their competitive edge in the market. However, developers often must manually locate...
We present an extension of traditional "black box" fuzz testing using a genetic algorithm based upon a Dynamic Markov Model fitness heuristic. This heuristic allows us t...
Sherri Sparks, Shawn Embleton, Ryan Cunningham, Cl...
Software that covertly monitors a user’s actions, also known as spyware, has become a first-level security threat due to its ubiquity and the difficulty of detecting and remov...
Debra L. Cook, Ricardo A. Baratto, Angelos D. Kero...