Energy efficiency: a new concern for application software developers

Abstract

Development of energy-efficient software is hindered by a lack of knowledge and a lack of tools.

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Index Terms

• Software and its engineering

  • Software creation and management

    • Software verification and validation

      • Software defect analysis

        • Software testing and debugging

  • Software organization and properties

    • Contextual software domains

      • Operating systems

        • Process management