pplication metrics, such as performance metrics, are key to understanding and improving application efficiency. Profiling and monitoring tools yield valuable information on CPU and resource usage, including OS and network
he IT industry is synonymous with change. Every day sees some new software version or specification released, which necessitates constant upgrades. Programming professionals often must upgrade business applications to the
was always taught to leave a place cleaner than when I got there, and I hold my applications to the same standard. However, a recent Java project I worked on
ne of the fundamental data structures in computer science is the queue. You will recall that a queue is a data structure in which elements are removed in the same
he Java virtual machine (JVM) specification dictates that any JVM implementation must include a garbage collector (GC) to reclaim unused memory (i.e., unreachable objects) [JVMS2 1999]. However, the behavior and
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ver May 17-20, 2004, I had the pleasure of attending the 17th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE 2004) in Ottawa, Ontario,