Abstract—We study the problem of dynamic resource allocation to clustered Web applications. We extend application server middleware with the ability to automatically decide the s...
David Carrera, Malgorzata Steinder, Ian Whalley, J...
Abstract. Conventional web search engines retrieve too many documents for the majority of the submitted queries; therefore, they possess a good recall, since there are far more pag...
M. Barouni-Ebrahimi, Ebrahim Bagheri, Ali A. Ghorb...
—Grid computing aims to realize a high-performance computing environment, while increasing the usage efficiency of installed resources. This puts considerable constraints on the...
Marc De Leenheer, Chris Develder, Tim Stevens, Bar...
— Environments with varying reward contingencies constitute a challenge to many living creatures. In such conditions, animals capable of adaptation and learning derive an advanta...
—Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a popular design paradigm for distributed systems today. Its dynamics and loose coupling are predestined for self-adaptive systems. This a...