We study a wide generalization of two classical problems, the Huffman Tree and Alphabetic Tree Problem. We assume that the cost caused by the ith leaf is fi(di), where di is its d...
A video compression standard incorporates many tools and technologies which must be licensed by systems that deploy the standard. The licensing determines the royalty costs that m...
With the advent of nanometer technologies, the design size of integrated circuits is getting larger and the operation speed is getting faster. As a consequence, test cost is becom...
Given the major advantages of productivity and safety, the use of garbage collection (GC) in real-time systems has gained increasing attention. Guaranteeing garbage collection act...
i The use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products creates a software integration problem, whether a single COTS software component is being integrated into a software system, o...
Daniil Yakimovich, James M. Bieman, Victor R. Basi...