Carlos Cares, Xavier Franch, E. Mayol, Enrique Alvarez
{"title":"Goal-Driven Agent-Oriented Software Processes","authors":"Carlos Cares, Xavier Franch, E. Mayol, Enrique Alvarez","doi":"10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.39","url":null,"abstract":"The quality of software processes is acknowledged as a critical factor for delivering quality software systems. Any initiative for improving the quality of software processes requires their explicit representation and management. A current representational metaphor for systems is agent orientation, which has become one of the recently recognized engineering paradigms. In this article, we argue for the convenience of representing the software process using an agent-oriented language to model it and a goal-driven procedure to design it. Particularly we propose using the i* framework which is both an agent- and a goal-oriented modeling language. We review the possibilities of i* as a software process modeling language, and we also show how success factors can be made explicit in i* representations of the software processes. Finally, we illustrate the approach with an example based on the development of a set of ergonomic and safety software tools","PeriodicalId":213772,"journal":{"name":"32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (EUROMICRO'06)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134343740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From PRIMI to PRIMIFaces: Technical Concepts for Selective Information Disclosure","authors":"Tom Gross, Christoph Oemig","doi":"10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.38","url":null,"abstract":"Instant messaging platforms facilitate coordination in workgroups by providing users with mutual information on their presence and availability, allowing for ad-hoc conversations with little disturbance. For this purpose they typically capture, process, and present information from and to the users involved. Thereby, they have to address a fundamental trade-off: on the one hand users want and need up-to-the-minute information about each other, yet on the other hand the users whose information is captured have a legitimate right for privacy and the users whom the information is presented have a legitimate need for avoiding frequent disruptions. In this paper we present advanced technical concepts for selective information disclosure. We introduce the concept of face-based instant messaging platforms that allow end-users on one side to flexibly integrate static and dynamic data sources, and to easily specify their preferences as to the data to be shared as well as the granularity and the timing of the sharing, and on the other side to easily specify their preferences for notification","PeriodicalId":213772,"journal":{"name":"32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (EUROMICRO'06)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127192846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Melendi, M. Vilas, Roberto García, X. G. Pañeda, V. Garcia
{"title":"Characterization of a Real Internet Radio Service","authors":"David Melendi, M. Vilas, Roberto García, X. G. Pañeda, V. Garcia","doi":"10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.28","url":null,"abstract":"The increase in the number of Web-pages where links to Internet-radios are offered has made these services one of the most popular in nowadays Internet. This popularity has motivated the interest of the scientific community and a lot of research has been carried out in order to improve and study these services. This paper presents the analysis of the Internet-radio hosted by the www.asturies.com digital newspaper. The study has been performed thanks to a log database stored over a period of almost two years. The traffic between every service device has been studied and different elements about users' behaviour have been analyzed. The conclusions are essential to improve the configuration of one of these services. Service models for Internet-radio services can be developed and help managers to test different configurations or predict future situations, avoiding problems in advance","PeriodicalId":213772,"journal":{"name":"32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (EUROMICRO'06)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125841162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthias Heindl, Franz Reinisch, S. Biffl, Alexander Egyed
{"title":"Value-Based Selection of Requirements Engineering Tool Support","authors":"Matthias Heindl, Franz Reinisch, S. Biffl, Alexander Egyed","doi":"10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.64","url":null,"abstract":"In large software and systems engineering companies like Siemens PSE there are several requirements tools in use. There is no \"one tool fits all projects/departments\" solution for requirements engineering due to the variety of departments and project types. Thus, project managers and requirements engineers usually face the problem of selecting the most suitable tool sets available for their given situation. In this paper, we report on a value-based requirements tool selection approach developed at PSE that helps to find the optimal tool support. This selection is based on rating the value contribution of suitably-defined tool features for the given project context. We conducted an initial feasibility study with a number of typical requirements tools at PSE. Main results were: the approach is straight-forward and seems to be a good means for project managers to compare requirements tools and select the most valuable tool for a particular project","PeriodicalId":213772,"journal":{"name":"32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (EUROMICRO'06)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128505982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}