Method engineering proposes the construction of methodologies by selecting method fragments from a repository and assembling then in an appropriate way. However, the rules by which the “optimal” method fragments are chosen are not clear, and such chores are usually done manually by an expert. This paper presents a goal analysis technique for the selection of the optimal method fragments from a ...

Speculative pre-execution is a promising prefetching technique which uses an auxiliary assisting thread in addition to the main program flow. A prefetching thread (p-thread), which contains the future probable cache miss instructions and backward slice, can run on the spare hardware context for data prefetching. Recently, various forms of speculative pre-execution have been developed, including...

Fuzzy set theory allows for the inclusion of vague human assessments in computing problems. Also, it provides an effective means for conflict resolution of multiple criteria and better assessment of options. Fuzzy rule interpolation offers a useful means for enhancing the robustness of fuzzy models by making inference possible in sparse rule-based systems. However, in real-world applications of...

We propose a method for numerical approximation of Backward Stochastic Differential Equations. Our method allows the final condition of the equation to be quite general and simple to implement. It relies on an approximation of Brownian Motion by simple random walk.