Hierarchical software components offer interesting characteristics for the development of complex applications. However, supporting the deployment of such applications is difficult...
A key challenge faced by large-scale, distributed applications in Grid environments is efficient, seamless data management. In particular, for applications that can benefit from a...
Jithendar Paladugula, Ming Zhao 0002, Renato J. O....
Hybrid architectures have been developed to preserve the responsiveness of reactive layers while also providing the benefits of higher level deliberative capabilities. The challen...
Outsourcing has become common practice in the software industry. Organizations routinely subcontract the maintenance of their software assets to specialized companies. A great cha...
The overall goal of this research is to improve the `environment awareness' aspect of personal autonomic computing. Personal Computing offers unique challenges for self-manag...