Application software development for High-Performance Parallel Computing (HPC) is a non-trivial process; its complexity can be primarily attributed to the increased degrees of freedom that have to be resolved and tuned in such an environment. Performance prediction tools enable a developer to evaluate available design alternatives and can assist in HPC application software development. In this ...

Current simulation tools for reconngurable systems are based on low level simulation of application designs developed in a High-level Description Language(HDL) on HDL models of architectures. This necessitates expertise on behalf of the user to generate the low level design before performance analysis can be accomplished. Most of the current simulation tools also are based on static designs and...

This article is a slightly summarised version of an invited plenary at the 3rd Aegean Seminar which took place at the Greek island of Samos in July 1992. The original title was “An Interpretive Systemological View of the Issue: ‘Environmental Fluctuations and Cultural Change in Island Societies`.” It is an hermeneutical inquiry into the interpretive context that provides full meaning to the iss...

Field work is needed to bridge the gap which currently exists between information systems (IS) research and theory, and the practice of IS professionals in organisations. Examining how systems are developed and used, and the problems and concerns of IS professionals, provides the foundations for building understanding of IS practice. This paper examines some methodological issues raised by inte...

BACKGROUND Individuals of many vertebrate species show different stress coping styles and these have a striking influence on how gene expression shifts in response to a variety of challenges. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This is clearly illustrated by a study in which common carp displaying behavioural predictors of different coping styles (characterised by a proactive, adrenaline-based or a reactive, ...