The primary goal of exception mechanisms is to help ensure that when an operation fails, code that depends on the operation's successful completion is not executed (a property...
We introduce scalability for computer games as the next frontier for techniques from data management. A very important aspect of computer games is the artificial intelligence (AI)...
Walker M. White, Alan J. Demers, Christoph Koch, J...
Research into embedded sensor networks has placed increased focus on the problem of developing reliable and flexible software for microcontroller-class devices. Languages such as ...
Real-time garbage collection has been shown to be feasible, but for programs with high allocation rates, the utilization achievable is not sufficient for some systems. Since a hi...
David F. Bacon, Perry Cheng, David Grove, Martin T...
Many modern software systems are often large, distributed, written in more than one programming language, and developed using pre-built components. This paper presents the results...