In this paper we present a parallel formulation of a multilevel k-way graph partitioning
algorithm. The multilevel k-way partitioning algorithm reduces the size of the graph by …

SUMMARY ThetextitService Component Architecture (SCA) is a technology‐independent
standard for developing distributed Service‐oriented Architectures (SOA). The SCA standard …

Cloud platforms are increasingly being used for hosting a broad diversity of services from
traditional e-commerce applications to interactive web-based Ides. How-ever, we observe …

We introduce the Aeolus component model, which is specifically designed to capture
realistic scenarios arising when configuring and deploying distributed applications in the so …

Reverse engineering the variability of an existing system is a challenging activity. The
architect knowledge is essential to identify variation points and explicit constraints between …

In 2008 the predecessor of this book, entitled “Software Evolution”[592] was published by
Springer, presenting the research results of a number of researchers working on different …

Skin detection is an important preliminary process in human motion analysis. It is commonly
performed in three steps: transforming the pixel color to a non-RGB colorspace, dropping the …

Variability management is a key issue when building and evolving software-intensive
systems, making it possible to extend, configure, customize and adapt such systems to …

More and more home devices are equipped with advanced computational capabilities to
improve the user satisfaction (eg, programmable heating system, Internet TV). Although …

Software systems are seen more and more as evolutive systems. At the design phase,
software is constantly in adaptation by the building process itself, and at runtime, it can be …