Runtime adaptation is recognized as a viable way for a serviceoriented system to meet QoS requirements in its volatile operating environment. In this paper we propose a methodolog...
The paper uses a case example to present a novel way of building enterprise information systems. The objective is to bring forth the benefits of an item centric systems design in ...
Abstract--In distributed embedded systems operated by battery, energy management is a critical issue that has to be addressed at different architecture levels. For systems that tig...
Gianluca Franchino, Giorgio C. Buttazzo, Mauro Mar...
Advancement in mobile computing technologies has prompted strong needs for database systems that can be used in small devices such as sensors, cellular phones, PDAs, car navigator...
The past decades have seen huge improvements in computer systems but these have proved difficult to translate into comparable improvements in the usability and social integration)...