We introduce branching process models in discrete and continuous time for the exponentially increasing phase of cascading blackouts. Cumulative line trips from real blackout data ...
Orphan requests are a significant problem for multi-tier distributed systems since they adversely impact system correctness by violating the exactly-once semantics of application...
Classical logic cannot be used to effectively reason about systems with uncertainty (lack of essential information) or inconsistency (contradictory information often occurring when...
Marsha Chechik, Steve M. Easterbrook, Victor Petro...
To measure the productivity gained from computer-based authoring systems, account must be taken of changes in the way the work is organised. An analysis of economists' author...
William M. Newman, Margery Eldridge, Richard H. R....
Software performance engineering (SPE) enables software architects to ensure high performance standards for their applications. However, applying SPE in practice is still challengi...
Jens Happe, Dennis Westermann, Kai Sachs, Lucia Ka...