A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems.
Conference Proceeding
Chen, Z., Cau, A., Zedan, H., Liu, X., & Yang, H. (1998)
A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems. In 5th Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC '98, 61. https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.1998.733588
We present a calculus which can transfer specifications
to objects for the development of real-time systems. The
object model is based on a practical OO development
technique—...
Apto: A MDD-Based Generic Framework for Context-Aware Deeply Adaptive Service-Based Processes
Conference Proceeding
Jaroucheh, Z., Liu, X., & Smith, S. (2010)
Apto: A MDD-Based Generic Framework for Context-Aware Deeply Adaptive Service-Based Processes. In Proceedings of The 8th IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS’10), 219-226. doi:10.1109/icws.2010.16
Context-awareness and adaptability are important and desirable properties of service-based processes designed to provide personalized services. Most of the existing approaches...
Mapping Features to Context Information: Supporting Context Variability for Context-Aware Pervasive Applications
Conference Proceeding
Jaroucheh, Z., Liu, X., & Smith, S. (2010)
Mapping Features to Context Information: Supporting Context Variability for Context-Aware Pervasive Applications. In Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technologies (WI-IAT 2010), 611-614. doi:10.1109/wi-iat.2010.25
Context-aware computing is widely accepted as a promising paradigm to enable seamless computing. Several middlewares and ontology-based models for describing context informati...
An aspect oriented model for software energy efficiency in decentralised servers.
Conference Proceeding
Chinenyeze, S., Liu, X., & Al-Dubai, A. (2014)
An aspect oriented model for software energy efficiency in decentralised servers. In ict4s-14https://doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.14
Green software is currently gaining interests with the increasing impact of IT in energy consumption. Green-ness in software however, can be achieved at various stages of the ...
Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation
Conference Proceeding
Wang, B., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2002)
Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation. In Proceedings Fifth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, 527-534. doi:10.1109/iri.2003.1251461
The development of database application
systems will beneft from high reusabiliiy because similar
design circumstances recur frequently in database
developments. However, rese...
Pricing Ontology for Task-Oriented Cloud Sourcing
Conference Proceeding
Greenwell, R., Liu, X., & Chalmers, K. (2016)
Pricing Ontology for Task-Oriented Cloud Sourcing. In 2016 IEEE 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud)https://doi.org/10.1109/ficloud.2016.17
Cloud computing allows access to computing resources from a number of providers, who offer multiple pricing strategies for selected product characteristics. The service offeri...
ESBSC: Energy-Aware Service Brokering Strategy in Clouds
Conference Proceeding
Ma, F., Liu, X., Yang, Y., Yao, W., Cai, J., & Wang, F. (2017)
ESBSC: Energy-Aware Service Brokering Strategy in Clouds. In Proceedings of the IEEE 41st Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)https://doi.org/10.1109/compsac.2017.120
One of the key features of cloud computing is on demand resource provision. Unfortunately, different cloud service providers often have different standards, which makes the jo...
A Coordination-Based Brokerage Architecture for Multi-cloud Resource Markets
Conference Proceeding
Aldawood, S., Fowley, F., Pahl, C., Taibi, D., & Liu, X. (2016)
A Coordination-Based Brokerage Architecture for Multi-cloud Resource Markets. In IEEE International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud Workshops (FiCloudW)https://doi.org/10.1109/w-ficloud.2016.19
With an increasing number of service providers in the cloud market, the competition between these is also increasing. Each provider attempts to attract customers by providing ...
Cloud migration for SMEs in a Service Oriented Approach.
Conference Proceeding
Nussbaumer, N., & Liu, X. (2013)
Cloud migration for SMEs in a Service Oriented Approach. In 2013 IEEE 37th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW),https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSACW.2013.71
Cloud computing has gained immense momentum during recent years and has ultimately become a viable solutions not only for larger firms, but also for small and medium-sized ent...
A Self-organizing LSTM-Based Approach to PM2.5 Forecast
Conference Proceeding
Liu, X., Liu, Q., Zou, Y., & Wang, G. (2018)
A Self-organizing LSTM-Based Approach to PM2.5 Forecast. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security (ICCCS 2018), (683-693). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00015-8_59
Nanjing has been listed as the one of the worst performers across China with respect to the high level of haze-fog, which impacts people's health greatly. For the severe condi...