When comparing OpenMP to other parallel programming models, it is easier to choose between OpenMP and MPI than between OpenMP and POSIX Threads (Pthreads). With languages like C a...
Concurrent programming errors arise when threads share data incorrectly. Programmers often avoid these errors by using synchronization to enforce a simple ownership policy: data i...
Jean-Phillipe Martin, Michael Hicks, Manuel Costa,...
The main issue in e-learning is student modelling, i.e. the analysis of a student’s behaviour and prediction of his/her future behaviour and learning performance. Indeed, it is d...
Oriana Licchelli, Teresa Maria Altomare Basile, Ni...
In the business world, analyzing and dealing with risk permeates all decisions and actions. However, to date, risk identification, the first step in the risk management cycle, has...
Indexes play a vital role in decision support systems by reducing the cost of answering complex queries. A popular methodology for choosing indexes that is adopted by database adm...