The article begins with an example of simulation done by hand. Modeling concepts in
simulation are then introduced based on the example. Next, the advantages and …

The first book demonstrating how to apply the principles of social network analysis to
managing complex projects This groundbreaking book gets project managers and students …

Software systems are becoming more open, distributed, pervasive, and connected. In such
systems, the relationships between loosely-coupled application elements become non …

Software systems are becoming inexorably more open, distributed, pervasive, mobile and
connected. This thesis addresses the problem of how to build adaptive software systems …

User inputs are critical for the security, safety, and reliability of software systems. This paper
proposes a new concept called user input contracts, which is an integral part of a design-by …

In component-based software development, a composition of connected components
represents a software system's architecture. This component framework supports adaptation …

The context of this work is performance evaluation of IT systems based on load testing. It
typically consists in generating a flow of requests on a system under test, and to measure …

Dans une industrie du logiciel où la complexité des applications ne cesse de croître, un des
objectifs du génie logiciel est de conserver l'intelligibilité du processus de construction et de …

Maritime Safety and Security systems represent a novel kind of large-scale distributed
component-based systems in which the individual components are elaborate and complex …

Service orchestration techniques combine the benefits of Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) to compose and coordinate distributed …