evaluation framework for software test processes

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2009

Framework of quality measurement in CASE tool based software development

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2010

Reusability evaluation of component-based embedded automative software systems

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2012

Analysis and removal of code clones in software product lines

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2013

Hypermodelling : next level software engineering with data warehouses

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2013

Software for Explicitly Parallel Memory-Centric Processor Architecture

Advances in computer memory technology justify research towards new and different views on computer organization. This paper proposes a novel memory-centric computing architecture with the goal to merge memory and processing elements in order to provide better conditions for parallelization and performance. The paper introduces the architectural concepts and afterwards shows the design and implementation of a corresponding assembler and simulator.

Software phantoms in medical image analysis

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2015

Entwicklung einer benutzerfreundlichen Software zur Berechnung von Rundfunk-Sendeantennen

Die Abteilung Sendertechnik des Norddeutschen Rundfunks betreibt die Sender zur Versorgung der Rundfunknutzer und befasst sich unter anderem mit der Planung und Optimierung von Sendeantennen. Das Ziel dieser Bachelorarbeit war die Entwicklung einer Software, mit der Horizontaldiagramme von Antennen erstellt, angepasst und dokumentiert werden können. Dafür wurde eine vorhandene LabVIEW-Software in ihren Grundzügen übernommen, in eine neue, in Java entwickelte Programmumgebung übertragen und dort erweitert und optimiert. Die Arbeit dokumentiert die Grundlagen der Sendeantennenplanung und die programmiertechnischen Entwicklungsschritte bis hin zur fertiggestellten und funktionsfähigen Software. Im Speziellen geht sie dabei auf die Berechnung von Antennensystemen, die Erstellung von Horizontaldiagrammen sowie die objektorientierte Programmierung und die Erstellung von grafischen Benutzeroberflächen ein. Dabei werden die einzelnen Entwicklungsschritte dokumentiert und erläutert sowie die Validierung der Software beschrieben.

Software de monitorització de dades rebudes en un GPS

"Aquest document conté originàriament altre material i/o programari només consultable a la Biblioteca de Ciències i d'Enginyeries".

Software per al càlcul de la taxa de ventilació d'hivernacles multitúnel

La ventilació és un procés fonamental, que influeix en el clima interior de l'hivernacle. La ventilació contribueix al control de la temperatura, la humitat i la concentració de gasos (com el CO2) de l'aire interior i, en conseqüència, influeix en el creixement i desenvolupament dels conreus. Malgrat la seva importància, el seu càlcul resulta una mica complex. Amb l'objectiu de facilitar una aproximació a aquest valor, es presenta aquest full de càlcul. Introduint les dades del vostre hivernacle multitúnel i les condicions de vent, direcció i velocitat, s'obtindrà un valor d'aquestes renovacions. Instruccions per al Càlcul de la Taxa de Ventilació de l'Hivernacle Multitúnel 1. Introduir les dimensions de l'hivernacle (cel.les en vermell) 2. Característiques de les finestres 3. Introduir la velocitat del vent 4. Introduir la direcció en què es troben orientades les finestres en relació al vent

Mobilitat inter-plataforma d'agents software: protocol de migració fragmentada

En aquest projecte s'ha realitzat l'anàlisi, disseny i implementació d'un protocol de migració d'agents software basat en l'enviament del codi dels agents fragmentat en múltiples missatges. Aquest protocol es troba dins d'una arquitectura de migració multi-protocol per a la mobilitat d'agents entre plataformes JADE. Finalment, s'ha realitzat un estudi que compara el rendiment assolit pel protocol i les prestacions que aporta.

Los depósitos cooperativos de la Biblioteca Digital de Cataluña : tipología, procesos y software

Desde 1999 el Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Cataluña (CBUC) ha creado una nueva línea de trabajo, junto con el Centro de Supercomputación de Cataluña (CESCA), para promocionar la investigación que se lleva a cabo en Cataluña y al mismo tiempo contribuir al movimiento mundial de depositar la producción académica y de investigación en la red de forma abierta. Este movimiento mundial, que recibe el nombre de Open Access, ha sido puesto en marcha con la finalidad de crear alternativas al paradigma de pagar por tener acceso a la información que se ha elaborado, muy a menudo, con financiación y recursos públicos. Esta nueva línea de trabajo son los depósitos institucionales. En esta comunicación presentamos brevemente el estado actual de los depósitos cooperativos implementados, su contenido (estándares usados, derechos de autor, preservación, etc.) y su continente (programas y tecnología utilizada, protocolos, etc.).

Benchmarking therapeutic drug monitoring software: A review of available computer tools

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) aims to optimize treatments by individualizing dosage regimens based on the measurement of blood concentrations. Dosage individualization to maintain concentrations within a target range requires pharmacokinetic and clinical capabilities. Bayesian calculations currently represent the gold standard TDM approach but require computation assistance. In recent decades computer programs have been developed to assist clinicians in this assignment. The aim of this survey was to assess and compare computer tools designed to support TDM clinical activities. The literature and the Internet were searched to identify software. All programs were tested on personal computers. Each program was scored against a standardized grid covering pharmacokinetic relevance, user friendliness, computing aspects, interfacing and storage. A weighting factor was applied to each criterion of the grid to account for its relative importance. To assess the robustness of the software, six representative clinical vignettes were processed through each of them. Altogether, 12 software tools were identified, tested and ranked, representing a comprehensive review of the available software. Numbers of drugs handled by the software vary widely (from two to 180), and eight programs offer users the possibility of adding new drug models based on population pharmacokinetic analyses. Bayesian computation to predict dosage adaptation from blood concentration (a posteriori adjustment) is performed by ten tools, while nine are also able to propose a priori dosage regimens, based only on individual patient covariates such as age, sex and bodyweight. Among those applying Bayesian calculation, MM-USC*PACK© uses the non-parametric approach. The top two programs emerging from this benchmark were MwPharm© and TCIWorks. Most other programs evaluated had good potential while being less sophisticated or less user friendly. Programs vary in complexity and might not fit all healthcare settings. Each software tool must therefore be regarded with respect to the individual needs of hospitals or clinicians. Programs should be easy and fast for routine activities, including for non-experienced users. Computer-assisted TDM is gaining growing interest and should further improve, especially in terms of information system interfacing, user friendliness, data storage capability and report generation.

Firms in Scottish High Technology Clusters: software, life sciences, microelectronics, optoelectronics and digital media – preliminary evidence and analysis on firm size, growth and optimality

This paper reports on: (a) new primary source evidence on; and (b) statistical and econometric analysis of high technology clusters in Scotland. It focuses on the following sectors: software, life sciences, microelectronics, optoelectronics, and digital media. Evidence on a postal and e-mailed questionnaire is presented and discussed under the headings of: performance, resources, collaboration & cooperation, embeddedness, and innovation. The sampled firms are characterised as being small (viz. micro-firms and SMEs), knowledge intensive (largely graduate staff), research intensive (mean spend on R&D GBP 842k), and internationalised (mainly selling to markets beyond Europe). Preliminary statistical evidence is presented on Gibrat’s Law (independence of growth and size) and the Schumpeterian Hypothesis (scale economies in R&D). Estimates suggest a short-run equilibrium size of just 100 employees, but a long-run equilibrium size of 1000 employees. Further, to achieve the Schumpeterian effect (of marked scale economies in R&D), estimates suggest that firms have to grow to very much larger sizes of beyond 3,000 employees. We argue that the principal way of achieving the latter scale may need to be by takeovers and mergers, rather than by internally driven growth.