Abstract. Predicting the performance of component-based applications is difficult due to the complexity of the underlying component technology. This problem is exacerbated when a m...
Bio-engineered cartilage has made substantial progress over the last years. Preciously few cases, however, are known where patients were actually able to benefit from these develop...
The agent view provides maybe the right level of abstraction for dealing with complex, distribblem-solving systems. It abstracts from aspects like the hardware or software platfor...
The server side of business software systems is commonly implemented today by an ensemble of Java classes distributed over several hosts. In this scenario, it is often necessary, ...
Marco Milazzo, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Emiliano Tramo...
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