In this paper we propose an analytical approach for estimating the reliability of a component-based software. This methodology assumes that the software components are heterogeneo...
Jung-Hua Lo, Sy-Yen Kuo, Michael R. Lyu, Chin-Yu H...
The definition of a service is key to the ability to meter it, measure it, regulate it, price it, or otherwise take it into consideration. Reserves (a form of power supply insuran...
Today, social networks systems have become more and more important. People have change their way to relate and communicate. Therefore, how to enhance contents and organization of a...
We consider the problem of indexing general database workloads (combinations of data sets and sets of potential queries). We dene a framework for measuring the eciency of an ind...
Joseph M. Hellerstein, Elias Koutsoupias, Christos...
In the running of a genetic algorithm, the population is liable to be con ned in the local optimum, that is the metastable state, making an equilibrium. It is known that, after a l...