Most modern RDBMS depend on the query processing optimizer’s cost model to choose the best execution plan for a given query. Since the physical IO (PIO) is a costly operation to...
An important aspect of developing models relating the number and type of faults in a software system to a set of structural measurement is defining what constitutes a fault. By de...
In many applications, modelling techniques are necessary which take into account the inherent variability of given data. In this paper, we present an approach to model class speciï...
Abstract. A general principle of cortical architecture is the bidirectional flow of information along feedforward and feedback connections. In the feedforward path, converging con...
, are to address what we perceive as the most pressing shortcomings of current reflective middleware platforms. First, performance: in the worst case, this needs to be on a par wit...
Gordon S. Blair, Geoff Coulson, Michael Clarke, Ni...