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SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
A Petri Net Based Software Architecture for UAV Simulation
This paper presents a Petri net-based hierarchical architecture for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) simulations in order to facilitate rapid prototyping via visual modeling...
Dianxiang Xu, Priti Borse, Ken Grigsby, Kendall E....
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
A Three Level Framework for Process Support: The MOWAHS Approach
A common assumption for many process-centred support environments is that they provide the same process support at different levels of the organization. We believe that the requir...
Alf Inge Wang, Carl-Fredrik Sørensen, Reida...
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Locating Features in Distributed Systems
In distributed systems, just as in conventional software, it is often necessary to locate the software components that implement a particular user feature. Several dynamic analysi...
Sharon Simmons, Dennis Edwards, Norman Wilde
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Measuring the Architecture Design Process
Alberto Sillitti, Andrea Janes, Giancarlo Succi, T...
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Design and Evaluation of an Automated Aspect Mining Tool
Attention to aspect oriented programming (AOP) is rapidly growing as its benefits in large software system development and maintenance are increasingly recognized. However, existin...
David Shepherd, Emily Gibson, Lori L. Pollock
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
WebMetrics: A Tool for Improving Software Development
One of the biggest problems of software development is the management of software quality, both in terms of defects and easiness of maintenance. Software production and evolution ...
Marco Scotto, Alberto Sillitti, Tullio Vernazza, G...
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Run-Time Cohesion Metrics: An Empirical Investigation
Cohesion is one of the fundamental measures of the 'goodness' of a software design. The most accepted and widely studied object-oriented cohesion metric is Chidamber and...
Áine Mitchell, James F. Power
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Analysis and Metrics of XML Schema
Despite the ubiquity of XML, research in metrics for XML documents is scarce. This paper proposes and discusses eleven metrics to measure the quality and complexity of XML Schema ...
Andrew McDowell, Chris Schmidt, Kwok-bun Yue
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Straightening Spaghetti-Code with Refactoring?
Changes to software systems often entail a loss of quality, especially if they have to be accomplished under pressure of time. Long-term software projects must counter this phenome...
Markus Pizka
SERP
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Using Clustering Technique to Restructure Programs
Program restructuring or refactoring is often required when a function becomes too large or is involved in multiple activities and therefore exhibits low cohesion. A critical fact...
Chung-Horng Lung, Marzia Zaman