ThinkMind // International Journal On Advances in Software, volume 7, numbers 1 and 2, 2014

Type: journal

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

Event editions: - there are 30 editions.

ISSN: 1942-2628

Articles: there are 32 articles

Multiagent genetic optimisation to solve the project scheduling problem under uncertainty
Konstantin Aksyonov and Anna Antonova
keywords: project scheduling; genetic algorithms; simulation; subcontract work optimisation; problem under uncertainty.

Review and Performance Analysis of Shortest Path Problem Solving Algorithms
Mariusz Głąbowski, Bartosz Musznicki, Przemysław Nowak, and Piotr Zwierzykowski
keywords: shortest path, algorithms, review, performance, analysis

Rapid Design of Meta Models
Bastian Roth, Matthias Jahn, and Stefan Jablonski
keywords: meta model derivation; meta model inference; derivation of meta model changes; refinement of meta models; language patterns

Detecting Software Usability Deficiencies Through Pinpoint Analysis
Dan Tamir, Divya Dasari, Oleg Komogortsev, Gregory LaKomski, and Carl Mueller
keywords: Software Development; Software Usability; Human Computer Interaction; Pinpoint Analysis; Pattern Recognition; Clustering

A Detailed Description of the EC2M Project: Exploiting Ontologies for the Automatic and Manual Documents Classification in Industrial Enterprise Content Management Systems
Daniela Briola and Alessandro Amicone
keywords: Ontologies, Semantic Classification, Knowledge Representation, Industrial Application, Automatic Documents Classification

Supporting Ambient Assisting Living by using Executable Context-Adaptive Task Models
Estefanía Serral, Pedro Valderas, and Vicente Pelechano
keywords: Ambient Assisting Living, smart environments, models at runtime, context adaptation;

Testing Self-adaptive Software: Requirement Analysis and Solution Scheme
Georg Püschel, Sebastian Götz, Claas Wilke, Christian Piechnick, and Uwe Aßmann
keywords: Self-adaptive Software; Model-based Testing; Simulation; Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

{Runtime Variability in Online Software Products: A Comparison of Four Patterns
Jaap Kabbedijk, Slinger Jansen, and Tomas Salfischberger
keywords: architectural patterns, quality attributes, software architecture, variability

Advanced Preprocessing of Binary Executable Files and its Usage in Retargetable Decompilation
Jakub Kroustek, Peter Matula, Dusan Kolar, and Milan Zavoral
keywords: reverse engineering, decompilation, packer detection, unpacking, executable file, Lissom

Towards High Quality Mobile Applications: Android Passive MVC Architecture
Karina Sokolova, Marc Lemercier, and Ludovic Garcia
keywords: Smart mobile devices (smartphones, tablets); design patterns; Model-View-Controller; Android architecture model; Fragments; Android passive MVC.

Time-based Visualization of Large Data-Sets An Example in the Context of Automotive Engineering
Werner Sturm, René Berndt, Andreas Halm, Torsten Ullrich, Eva Eggeling, and Dieter W. Fellner
keywords: scientific visualization; spatio-temporal multivariate; glyph based; trend analysis; web-based

Towards Secure Mobile Computing: Employing Power-Consumption Information to Detect Malware on Mobile Devices
Thomas Zefferer, Peter Teufl, David Derler, Klaus Potzmader, Alexander Oprisnik, Hubert Gasparitz, and Andrea Höller
keywords: Android; power consumption; application classification; malware detection; machine learning

VizMIR: A Cross-media Music Retrieval System Supporting Bidirectional Transformation between Mood-based Color Changes and Tonal Changes in Music
Shuichi Kurabayashi and Yoshiyuki Kato
keywords: Cross-Media Retrieval, Emotion-Aware Search, User Interface

The Data Checking Engine: Complex Rules for Data Quality Monitoring
Felix Heine, Carsten Kleiner, Arne Koschel, and Jörg Westermayer
keywords: Data Quality, Quality Rules, Data Analysis, Data Quality Monitoring, Data Warehouses

Conceptual Modelling in UML and OWL-2
Jesper Zedlitz and Norbert Luttenberger
keywords: UML; OWL; conceptual modelling; model transformation; meta modelling

A Technique to Avoid Atomic Operations on Large Shared Memory Parallel Systems
Rudolf Berrendorf
keywords: atomic operation, CAS, scalability, shared memory, redundant work, parallel work queue, parallel Breadth-First Search

Development Framework for Distributed Agile Software Development
Abdullah Alqahtani, John David Moore, David Harrison, and Bruce Wood
keywords: distributed Agile; development framework; Scrum; Lean and Kanban methods

CREATE: A Co-Modeling Approach for Scenario-based Requirements and Component-based Architectures - A Detailed View
Björn Schindler, Marcel Ibe, Martin Vogel, and Andreas Rausch
keywords: requirements; architecture; evolution; consistency.

When May the Accuracy of Expert Estimation Be Improved by Using Historical Data?
Gabriela Robiolo, Silvana Santos, and Bibiana Rossi
keywords: Expert, Expert Estimation, Effort Estimation, Empirical Study, Historical Data.

An Ontology-Driven Personalization Approach for Data Warehouse Exploitation
Lama El Sarraj, Bernard Espinasse, and Thérèse Libourel
keywords: data warehouse, ontology, personalization, decision support systems, decision making, healthcare institution management.

Formal Models in Software Development and Deployment: A Case Study
Radek Koci and Vladimir Janousek
keywords: Object Oriented Petri Nets, Discrete Event System Specification, multi-paradigm modeling, model deployment

Localizing Software Bugs using the Edit Distance of Call Traces
Themistoklis Diamantopoulos and Andreas Symeonidis
keywords: automated debugging, dynamic bug detection, frequent subgraph mining, tree edit distance, Stable Marriage problem

On Exploiting Passing and Failing Test Cases in Debugging Hardware Description Languages
Bernhard Peischl, Naveed Riaz, and Franz Wotawa
keywords: software debugging, debugging of hardware desciption languages, fault isolation

Long-term Sustainable Knowledge Classification with Scientific Computing: The Multi-disciplinary View on Natural Sciences and Humanities
Claus-Peter Rückemann
keywords: Scientific Computing; Sustainability; Knowledge Resources; Multi-disciplinarity; Integrated Systems; Information Systems; Classification; UDC; Natural Sciences; Humanities.

A Text Retrieval Approach to Recover Links among E-Mails and Source Code Classes
Giuseppe Scanniello and Licio Mazzeo
keywords: Information retrieval, software maintenance; traceabil- ity recovery, BM25F

Using Function Point Analysis and COSMIC for Measuring the Functional Size of Real-Time and Embedded Software: a Comparison
Luigi Lavazza, Sandro Morasca, and Davide Tosi
keywords: Functional Size Measurement, Function Point Analysis, COSMIC Function Points, Real-time software, Embedded software

Confirming Design Guidelines for Evolvable Business Processes Based on the Concept of Entropy
Peter De Bruyn, Dieter Van Nuffel, Philip Huysmans, and Herwig Mannaert
keywords: Business Processes; Observability; Entropy; Stability; Normalized Systems

A Framework for Autonomic Software Deployment of Multiscale Systems
Raja Boujbel, Sébastien Leriche, and Jean-Paul Arcangeli
keywords: Software deployment, multiscale distributed systems, domain-specific language, autonomic computing, constraint satisfaction problem.

An Overall Framework for Reasoning About UML/OCL Models Based on Constraint Logic Programming and MDA
Beatriz Pérez and Ivan Porres
keywords: UML, OCL, Constraint Logic Programming, reasoning, model verification, MDA

Simulation-Based Optimization for Software Dynamic Testing Processes
Mercedes Ruiz, Javier Tuya, and Daniel Crespo
keywords: software testing; multiparadigm simulation; test management; test process optimization

Implementation Variants for Position Lists
Andreas Schmidt, Daniel Kimmig, and Steffen Scholz
keywords: Column stores; PositionList implementation variants; bitvector; compression; run length encoding; performance measure

Instance-Based Integration of Multidimensional Data Models
Michael Mireku Kwakye, Iluju Kiringa, and Herna L. Viktor
keywords: Schema Merging, Data Integration, Model Management, Mapping Modelling Constraints, Multidimensional Merge Algorithm, Data Warehousing