A vital issue in the correct use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components is the proper understanding of their functionality, quality attributes and ways of operation. Traditi...
The interface definition of a component in a distributed system forms the contract between the component itself and its neighbouring components regarding the use of its services....
With the advent and growth of the Web, hypermedia information systems have propagated within and beyond organizations. Much concern has been expressed about the quality of hyperme...
Providing QoS (Quality of Service) in batch resources against the uncertainty of resource availability due to the space-sharing nature of scheduling policies is a critical capabil...
Yang-Suk Kee, Carl Kesselman, Daniel Nurmi, Richar...
Parametric software effort estimation models consisting on a single mathematical relationship suffer from poor adjustment and predictive characteristics in cases in which the hist...