International Journal On Advances in Software, volume 5, numbers 3 and 4, 2012

Type: journal

Notes: A free access journal featuring works submitted on an invitation basis only.

ISSN: 1942-2628

Articles: there are 21 articles

A Bioinspired Coordination Strategy for Controlling of Multiple Robots in Surveillance Tasks
Rodrigo Calvo, Janderson Rodrigo de Oliveira, Mauricio Figueiredo, and Roseli Aparecida Francelin Romero
keywords: multiple robot system; surveillance task; coordination strategy; ant colony system; swarm systems.

Quality Attributes for Web Services: A Model-based Approach for Policy Creation
Alexander Wahl, Bernhard Hollunder, Varun Sud, and Ahmed Al-Moayed
keywords: Service-oriented architecture; Web services; QoS meta-model; model-to-model transformation; model-to-code transformation; WS-Policy.

Testing Object-Oriented Code Through a Specifications-Based Mutation Engine
Pantelis Stylianos Yiasemis and Andreas Andreou
keywords: mutation testing; mutation engine; specifications;

Benchmarking Data as a basis for Choosing a Business Software Systems Development and Enhancement Project Variant – Case Study
Beata Czarnacka-Chrobot
keywords: software engineering economics; business software systems development and enhancement projects variants; rational investment decision; effectiveness; efficiency; benchmarking data; case study

Mining Test Cases: Optimization Possibilities
Edith Werner and Jens Grabowski
keywords: Machine Learning, Reverse Engineering, Testing

Synthesizing Control Software from Boolean Relations
Federico Mari, Igor Melatti, Ivano Salvo, and Enrico Tronci
keywords: Control Software Synthesis; Embedded Systems; Model Checking

Dynamic Reverse Engineering of Graphical User Interfaces
Inês Coimbra Morgado, Ana C. R. Paiva, and João Pascoal Faria
keywords: ReGUI; Dynamic Reverse Engineering; GUI Testing; Properties Verification; CTL; Model Checking; SMV

Event-Sequence Testing using Answer-Set Programming
Martin Brain, Esra Erdem, Katsumi Inoue, Johannes Oetsch, Jörg Pührer, Hans Tompits, and Cemal Yilmaz
keywords: event-sequence testing; complexity analysis; combinatorial interaction testing; answer-set programming

Soft Constraints in Feature Models: An Experimental Assessment
Jorge Barreiros and Ana Moreira
keywords: Feature Models; Software Product Lines; Soft Constraints; Feature Consistency; Feature Interaction; Semantic Validation

Using Functional Complexity Measures in Software Development Effort Estimation
Luigi Lavazza and Gabriela Robiolo
keywords: Functional size measurement; Function Points; COSMIC function points; effort estimation; functional complexity measurement

Metrics and Measurements in Global Software Development
Maarit Tihinen, Päivi Parviainen, Rob Kommeren, and Jim Rotherham
keywords: metrics; measurements; global software development; distributed product development

Quality-Oriented Design of Software Services in Geographical Information Systems
Michael Gebhart and Suad Sejdovic
keywords: service; design; quality; geographical information system; case study

An Agile Driven Architecture Modernization to a Model-Driven Development Solution - An industrial experience report
Mina Boström Nakićenović
keywords: agile; lean; MDD; TDD; reengineering; finance

Factors Leading to the Success and Sustainability of Software Process Improvement Efforts
Natalja Nikitina and Mira Kajko-Mattsson
keywords: SPI; success factors; sustainability factors; attributes; SPI status; lasting results

Evaluating Performance of Android Systems as a Platform for Augmented Reality Applications
Andrés L. Sarmiento, Margarita Amor, Emilio J. Padrón, Carlos V. Regueiro, Raquel Concheiro, and Pablo Quintía
keywords: Augmented reality; Android; Positioning sensors; Image processing; Realistic image synthesis

Debugging Ubiquitous Computing Applications With the Interaction Analyzer
Nam Nguyen, Leonard Kleinrock, and Peter Reiher
keywords: ubiquitous computing; distributed debugging; ubiquitous applications

Restoration of Blurred Images Using Revised Bayesian-Based Iterative Method
Sigeru Omatu, Hideo Araki, and Yuka Nagashima
keywords: point spread function;Bayesian rule

Energy-aware MPSoC for Real-time Applications with Space-Sharing, Adaptive and Selective Clocking and Software-first Design
Stefan Aust and Harald Richter
keywords: real-time system; low power; multiprocessor system on chip (MPSoC); worst-case execution time (WCET); space-sharing; adaptive and selective clocking; software-first design

Footprint-Based Generalization of 3D Building Groups at Medium Level of Detail for Multi-Scale Urban Visualization
Shuang He, Guillaume Moreau, and Jean-Yves Martin
keywords: 3D generalization; building group; footprint; level of detail; multi-scale urban visualization

Subjective Assessment of Data Quality considering their Interdependencies and Relevance according to the Type of Information Systems
Maria del Pilar Angeles and Francisco Javier García-Ugalde
keywords: quality; subjective assessment; user stereotypes; quality framework; data cleansing.

Analyzing 3D Complex Urban Environments Using a Unified Visibility Algorithm
Oren Gal and Yerach Doytsher
keywords: Visibility; 3D; Urban environment; Spatial analysis; Mass modeling