We describe a system as a set of communicating concurrent programs. Quasi-static scheduling compiles the concurrent programs into a sequential one. It uses a Petri net as an inter...
Cong Liu, Alex Kondratyev, Yosinori Watanabe, Albe...
When making an engineering design decision, it is often necessary to consider its implications on both system performance and dependability. In this paper, we present a performabi...
Ann T. Tai, William H. Sanders, Leon Alkalai, Savi...
We have designed, built, and analyzed a distributed parallel storage system that will supply image streams fast enough to permit multi-user, "real-time", video-like appl...
Brian Tierney, Jason Lee, Ling Tony Chen, Hanan He...
This paper describes a hybrid methodology to study users in ongoing relationships based on three levels of user data analysis. Most user-centered design methods are ideal for the a...
There is a consistent gap between users expectations regarding Information Quality (IQ) and the perceived quality of the information they are using. An explicit approach to IQ is ...