We propose a formal model of trust informed by the Global Computing scenario and focusing on the aspects of trust formation, evolution, and propagation. The model is based on a no...
In order to attend the industry needs, it is necessary to provide more practical issues of real software development in the academic curricula. This paper describes an educational...
Abstract. In this note a general approach to designing distributed systems based on coupling existing software tools is presented and illustrated by two examples. Utilization of th...
When software systems incorporate existing software components, there is a need to evaluate these components. Component evaluation is of two kinds according to literature: compone...
—For software, the costs of failures are not clearly understood. Often, these costs disappear in the costs of testing, the general developments costs, or the operating expenses. ...