In order to reduce the cost, the time-to-market and to make the most pertinent choices, it becomes essential to allow designers to evaluate, very soon in the design phase, a given...
In this paper, we propose an implementation method for specifications of distributed systems described in a subclass of LOTOS where operators such as choice and disabling can be ...
Networked UNIX workstations as well as workstations running Windows 98 and Windows NT are fast becoming the standard computing environments at many universities and research sites....
Although the potential impacts of virtual communities have been widely recognized in business and academia, little research has been done to provide guidelines for design of such ...
Selecting an optimum maintenance policy independent of other parameters of the production system does not always yield the overall optimum operating conditions. For instance, high...