Component-based software structuring principles are now commonly and successfully applied at the application level; but componentisation is far less established when it comes to b...
Geoff Coulson, Gordon S. Blair, Paul Grace, Fran&c...
Software component techniques are widely used to enhance productivity and reduce the cost of software systems development. This paper proposes optimization of component connections...
In this paper, we define and study a new class of capacity planning models called MAP queueing networks. MAP queueing networks provide the first analytical methodology to describe ...
Wafers in a 300-mm semiconductor fabrication facility are transported throughout the factory in carriers called front opening unified pods (FOUPs). Two standard capacities of FOUP...
Requirements elicitation for a software system is a key stage in a successful development. At the same time, it is one of the most challenging, because requirements have to conside...