DynaQoS©-RDF: A best effort for QoS-assurance of dynamic reconfiguration of dataflow systems

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-48

  Li, Wei ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dataflow systems; Dynamic reconfiguration; Qos assurance; Software maintenance and evolution

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; MAINTENANCE;

BEST EFFORTS; DATAFLOW SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION; END-USERS; QOS-ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 59349103202     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.397     Document Type: Article

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