concerns, abstraction (particularly hierarchical abstraction), simplicity, and restricted visibility (locality of information). The overall goal behind these principles was stated ...
Automatic physical database design tools rely on "what-if" interfaces to the query optimizer to estimate the execution time of the training query workload under differen...
This paper presents a case study that explores the advantages that can be derived from the use of a design support system during the design of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). ...
Designers, in the process of satisfying design requirements, generally encounter difficulties in, firstly, understanding the problem and secondly, finding a solution [Cross 1998]....
Resolution enhancement techniques (RET) such as optical proximity correction (OPC) and phase-shift mask (PSM) technology are deployed in modern processes to increase the fidelity ...
Luigi Capodieci, Puneet Gupta, Andrew B. Kahng, De...