Software agents "living" and acting in a real world software environment, such as an operating system, a network, or a database system, can carry out many tasks for huma...
We present the design and implementation of PLACE, a gray-box library for controlling file layout on top of FFSlike file systems. PLACE exploits its knowledge of FFS layout poli...
James A. Nugent, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H...
Responsiveness and scalability are important quality-of-service attributes for Web applications. Web sites that are slow, either because of poor responsiveness or lack of scalabil...
A considerable amount of research has already been conducted in the IT/IS evaluation arena, yet rewards remain elusive. This has been variously explained and in this paper we aim ...
This paper motivates a comprehensive methodological framework for dealing with some aspects of real-world complexity in information system analysis and design. By complex applicat...