This work addresses the question of supporting web designers in considering usability in their work in order to foster user-centered design of web sites. With the MetroWeb tool th...
We consider the problem of task reweighting in fair-scheduled multiprocessor systems wherein each task’s processor share is specified as a weight. When a task is reweighted, a ...
Abstract. This paper proposes an extension of the UML 2.0 profiling mechanism. This extension facilitates a language designer to introduce composite concepts as separate conceptual...
Dick A. C. Quartel, Remco M. Dijkman, Marten van S...
We introduce a new synchronization problem in mobile ad-hoc systems: the Driving Philosophers. In this problem, an unbounded number of driving philosophers (processes) access a rou...
Software components promise easy reuse, dependability, and simplified development. Problems arise when implicit assumptions about the use of the component are encoded in the imple...