Java performance is far from being trivial to benchmark because it is affected by various factors such as the Java application, its input, the virtual machine, the garbage collect...
Automatic physical database design tools rely on "what-if" interfaces to the query optimizer to estimate the execution time of the training query workload under differen...
The possibility of operating in remote environments by means of telecontrolled systems has always been considered of relevant interest in robotics. For this reason, in the literat...
It is believed that graphical passwords are more memorable than traditional textual passwords, but usually seen as complex and time-consuming for users. Furthermore, most of the e...
This paper deals with the modelling and evaluation of mission-phased systems devoted to space applications. We propose a two level hierarchical method that allows to model such sy...