Many researchers have searched for evidence of organizational improvements from the huge sums invested in ICT. Unfortunately, evidence for such a pay back is spotty at best (e.g.,...
Parallel and distributed programming is conceptually harder to undertake and to understand than sequential programming, because a programmer often has to manage the coexistence an...
— The need for self-healing software to respond with a reactive, proactive or preventative action as a result of changes in its environment has added the non-functional requireme...
Software applications often contain implicit knowledge in addition to functionality which is inherently object-oriented. Many approaches and systems exist that focus on separating...
Existing applications often contain security holes that are not patched until after the system has already been compromised. Even when software updates are available, applying the...