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SIGCSE
2006
ACM
130views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
15 years 5 months ago
Can graduating students design software systems?
This paper examines software designs produced by students nearing completion of their Computer Science degrees. The results of this multi-national, multi-institutional experiment ...
Anna Eckerdal, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Mostr&ou...
ICSE
2003
IEEE-ACM
15 years 12 months ago
Quantifying the Value of Architecture Design Decisions: Lessons from the Field
This paper outlines experiences with using economic criteria to make architecture design decisions. It briefly describes the CBAM (Cost Benefit Analysis Method) framework applied ...
Mike Moore, Rick Kazman, Mark Klein, Jai Asundi
IVA
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Should Agents Speak Like, um, Humans? The Use of Conversational Fillers by Virtual Agents
We describe the design and evaluation of an agent that uses the fillers um and uh in its speech. We describe an empirical study of human-human dialogue, analyzing gaze behavior dur...
Laura M. Pfeifer, Timothy W. Bickmore
GECCO
2007
Springer
163views Optimization» more  GECCO 2007»
15 years 6 months ago
Supporting free-form design using a component based representation: an overview
This paper reviews the development of an interactive evolutionary design system (IEDS) for conceptual design, which integrates an agent based ‘build and evolve’ approach with ...
Azahar T. Machwe, Ian C. Parmee
EWCBR
2004
Springer
15 years 5 months ago
Software Design Retrieval Using Bayesian Networks and WordNet
The complexity of software systems makes design reuse a necessary task in the software development process. CASE tools can provide cognitive assistance in this task, helping the so...
Paulo Gomes