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ICAC
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
AdaptGuard: guarding adaptive systems from instability
In this paper, we design, implement and evaluate AdaptGuard, a software service for guarding adaptive systems, such as QoS-adaptive servers, from instability caused by software an...
Jin Heo, Tarek F. Abdelzaher
RTSS
2007
IEEE
16 years 24 days ago
Integrating Adaptive Components: An Emerging Challenge in Performance-Adaptive Systems and a Server Farm Case-Study
The increased complexity of performance-sensitive software systems leads to increased use of automated adaptation policies in lieu of manual performance tuning. Composition of ada...
Jin Heo, Dan Henriksson, Xue Liu, Tarek F. Abdelza...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Getting inspired!: understanding how and why examples are used in creative design practice
The use of examples serves a critical role in creative design practice, but details of this process remain an enigma. This is problematic for both the understanding of design acti...
Scarlett R. Herring, Chia-Chen Chang, Jesse Krantz...
CGVR
2006
15 years 8 months ago
Evolutionary Design of Virtual Plants
- This paper presents a technique of evolutionary design for plants in virtual worlds, inspired from Richard Dawkins' adaptive walks within the space of biomorph structures. T...
Stefan Bornhofen, Claude Lattaud
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Ephemeral adaptation: the use of gradual onset to improve menu selection performance
We introduce ephemeral adaptation, a new adaptive GUI technique that improves performance by reducing visual search time while maintaining spatial consistency. Ephemeral adaptive ...
Leah Findlater, Karyn Moffatt, Joanna McGrenere, J...