Software frequently needs to adapt its behavior at run time to respond to changes in its execution environment. Different software components may use different approaches to adap...
Zhenxiao Yang, Zhinan Zhou, Betty H. C. Cheng, Phi...
The dataflow interchange format (DIF) is a textual language that is geared towards capturing the semantics of graphical design tools for DSP system design. A key objective of DIF i...
Security is a major, frequent concern in extensible software systems such as Java Virtual Machines and the Common Language Runtime. These systems aim to enable simple, classic app...
This paper presents a policy-based framework for managing access control in distributed heterogeneous systems. This framework is based on the PDP/PEP approach. The PDP (Policy Deci...
System and processor architectures depend on changes in technology. Looking ahead as die density and speed increase, power consumption and on chip interconnection delay become incr...