A challenging task in security engineering concerns the specification and integration of security with other requirements at the top level of requirements engineering. Empirical ...
Query optimizers in current database management systems (DBMS) often face problems such as intolerably long optimization time and/or poor optimization results when optimizing compl...
In the past, many attempts have been made to improve the interoperability between different Web-based information systems. In most approaches the remaining problems are still twof...
The overall goal of this research is to improve the `environment awareness' aspect of personal autonomic computing. Personal Computing offers unique challenges for self-manag...
Though new technological trends and paradigms arise for developing complex software systems, systematic reuse continues to be an elusive goal. In this context, the adoption of Comm...