Adaptation of system parameters is acknowledged as a requirement to scalable and dependable distributed systems. Unfortunately, adaptation cannot be effective when provided solely...
NANDFS is a flash file system that exposes a memory-performance tradeoff to system integrators. The file system can be configured to use a large amount of RAM, in which case i...
XFI is a comprehensive protection system that offers both flexible access control and fundamental integrity guarantees, at any privilege level and even for legacy code in commodit...
—We have defined a software component model which specifies components and composition operators. These operators coordinate and encapsulate concurrency between components. In ...
Abstract—In this paper, a software architecture and knowledge representation scheme that enables the combination and reconfiguration of modular sensor and actuator components is...