We propose new techniques to simplify the computation of the cycle times and the absorption times for a large class of PEPA models. These techniques allow us to simplify the model ...
We propose a novel method for modular verification of web service compositions. We first use symbolic fixpoint computations to derive conditions on the incoming messages and relat...
To understand the evolution of software researchers have developed a plethora of tools to parse, model, and analyze the history of systems. Despite their usefulness, a common down...
The concept of multimedia metacomputing involves the formation of a large scale loosely coupled multiprocessing environment capable of performing complex transformations on media ...
Achieving the best possible cost performance for a system is often the goal of the manager of that system. This is true for large systems (such as an entire railroad system) as we...