This paper explores and quantifies garbage collection behavior for three whole heap collectors and generational counterparts: copying semi-space, mark-sweep, and reference counti...
Stephen M. Blackburn, Perry Cheng, Kathryn S. McKi...
The graphical user interface (GUI) is an important component of many software systems. Past surveys indicate that the development of a GUI is a significant undertaking and that t...
Christopher J. Howell, Gregory M. Kapfhammer, Robe...
Abstract. The goal of mobile agent systems is to provide a distributed computing infrastructure supporting applications whose components can move between different execution enviro...
Sebastian Fischmeister, Giovanni Vigna, Richard A....
Task scheduling is an integrated component of computing. With the emergence of grid and ubiquitous computing, newer challenges have arisen in task scheduling. Unlike traditional p...
It is becoming more important to design systems capable of performing high-level management and control tasks in interactive dynamic environments. At the same time, it is difficul...