The objective of the Ph.D. work discussed in this paper is to define a methodology for the design of distributed applications, in line with the ModelDriven Architecture (MDA). An i...
Aim of the paper is to develop a concise but comprehensive analytical model for the well-known Grace Hash Join algorithm on cost effective cluster architectures. This approach is ...
By means of portals, a company can give each person the information that responds to their specific needs. Nowadays, portals tend to be constructed by means of portlets. So, if we...
Probabilistic argumentation systems are based on assumption-based reasoning for obtaining arguments supporting hypotheses and on probability theory to compute probabilities of sup...
Abstract. Failure is an ordinary characteristic of large-scale distributed environments. Resubmission is a general strategy employed to cope with failures in grids. Here, we analyt...