Data association problems are an important component of many computer vision
applications, with multi-object tracking being one of the most prominent examples. A typical …

In the scope of the applications developed under the service-based paradigm, Service Level
Agreements (SLAs) are a standard mechanism used to flexibly specify the Quality of Service …

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are used to specify the negotiated conditions between the
provider and the consumer of services. In this paper we present a stepwise method to …

Summary The Stream X‐Machine (SXM) testing method provides strong and repeatable
guarantees of functional correctness, up to a specification. These qualities make the method …

Market analysts have foreseen the emergence of cloud brokers in the mediation of cloud
services. But rather than focus on current kinds of intermediary role, it is more constructive to …

Cloud service brokerage represents a novel operational model in the scope of cloud
computing. A cloud broker acts as an intermediary between a service provider and a service …

Distributed operating systems simplify building and executing applications on large-scale
infrastructures, such as clusters, grids and clouds. These systems operate in a constantly …

Cloud service brokerage is an emerging operational model in the context of cloud
computing. A cloud service broker acts as an intermediary between a service provider and a …

In the scope of Service Based Applications (SBAs), a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a
contract or document that contains the conditions that must be fulfilled during the provision …