There are a whole range of program analysis techniques that characterize different aspects of an application’s performance: hot-spots, distinct phases of behavior, code segments that could potentially run in parallel, etc. For a growing class of applications, there is a need to add another analysis technique to the repertoire that can characterize the locations and underlying causes of executio...

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Dominant designs have been shown to affect the ground rules upon which competitive forces behave within an industry (Suarez & Utterback, 1995). The effects of a dominant design can be so profound as to cause the demise of firms that do not detect the dominant design early and, as a consequence, do not adopt it for their products (Christensen et al., 1998). Therefore it is in the best interests ...

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