The traditional query languages used in database management systems require precise and unambiguous queries only. Fuzzy querying were introduced to relax this rigidity and allow t...
—This paper proposes a general scheduling model that extends job-shop scheduling models to incorporate important features of real manufacturing systems. More precisely, each oper...
VieDAME is a tool for monitoring and dynamic service adaptation of BPEL processes. The tool monitors partner service interaction to compute Quality of Service (QoS) data and perfo...
A simple and low-cost approach to supporting snoopy cache coherence is to logically embed a unidirectional ring in the network of a multiprocessor, and use it to transfer snoop me...
This paper presents a CORBA-compliant middleware architecture that is more flexible and extensible compared to standard CORBA. The portable design of this architecture is easily in...