Current distributed parallel platforms can provide the resources required to execute a scientific application efficiently. However, when these platforms are shared by multiple use...
Accurate performance predictions are difficult to achieve for parallel applications executing on production distributed systems. Conventional point-valued performance parameters a...
Much work is going into securing the public key infrastructure (PKI). Various models for trust exist; Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and the Progressive-Constraint Trust model are exam...
Most applications share the resources of networked workstations with other applications. Since system load can vary dramatically, allocation strategies that assume that resources ...
System migration presents a myriad of challenges in software maintenance. The user interfaces of interactive systems can undergo significant change during migration. Program unde...