{"title":"Comparing Between Web Application Effort Estimation Methods","authors":"M. Moayed, A. Ghani, M. Seyedzadegan","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.33","url":null,"abstract":"Effort estimation consist in predict how many hours of work and how many workers are needed to develop a project. This is important in the process of project management. As far as estimation and prediction are concerned there are still a number of unsolved problems and errors. To obtain good results it is essential to take into consideration any previous projects. Estimation the project manager has not yet been solved and even the project manager has to deal with it since the beginning. Measurement can play a significant role in the effective management and development of Web applications. It provides the scientific basis for Web engineering to become true engineering discipline effective Web project estimation is one of the most important activities in Web development. Proper project planning and control is not possible without a sound and reliable estimate. Although estimating the effort required in developing Web applications is a difficult task, accurate estimates of development effort have an important role to play in the successful management of Web development projects. This paper is a review about Web effort estimation entities, attributes, and methods from the other earlier researches and at last compare these methods to each other.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128545713","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}
Aboamama Atahar Ahmed, M. S. Latiff, K. A. Bakar, Z. Rajion
{"title":"Visualization Pipeline for Medical Datasets on Grid Computing Environment","authors":"Aboamama Atahar Ahmed, M. S. Latiff, K. A. Bakar, Z. Rajion","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.92","url":null,"abstract":"Distance visualization of large datasets often takes the direction of remote viewing and zooming techniques of stored static images. However, the continuous increase in the size of datasets and visualization operation causes insufficient performance with traditional desktop computers. Additionally, the visualization techniques such as isosurface depend on the available resources of the running machine and the size of datasets. Moreover, the continuous demand for powerful computing powers and continuous increase in the size of datasets results an urgent need for a grid computing infrastructure. However, some issues arise in current grid such as resources availability at the client machines which are not sufficient enough to process large datasets. On top of that, different output devices and different network bandwidth between the visualization pipeline components often result output suitable for one machine and not suitable for another. In this paper we investigate how the grid services could be used to support remote visualization of large datasets and to break the constraint of physical co-location of the resources by applying the grid computing technologies. We show our grid enabled architecture to visualize large medical datasets (circa 5 million polygons) for remote interactive visualization on modest resources clients.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128838067","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":"Development of Aircraft Conceptual Design Optimization Software","authors":"D. Neufeld, Joon Chung","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.18","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of computer software designed to assist in the process of conceptual air- crap design. A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) optimizer and an aircraft performance simulation package was developed and integrated with an aircraft component database to produce useful suggestions to aircraft designers during the conceptual design phase. The results include the conceptual design of two types of aircraft; a Very Light Jet (VU) and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125830068","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}
Alistair P. Rendell, Bill Clarke, Pete P. Janes, Josh Milthorpe, Rui Yang
{"title":"Software Project Management Maturity Assessment Model to Assess Software Project Management Practices","authors":"Alistair P. Rendell, Bill Clarke, Pete P. Janes, Josh Milthorpe, Rui Yang","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.81","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a model to assess Software Project Management (SPM) practices using our Software Project Management Maturity Assessment (SPMMA) model. We discuss the model procedure, assessment inputs and outputs, the assessment questionnaires, team selection associated with the SPMMA. We have tested our model in a mid-size IT company. One pilot project conferred with ISO 9001 certification has been selected in order to perform the assessment. For this version of assessment, it only focuses on the Project Management practices which comprise Project Planning, Project Monitoring and Control and Risk Management process areas. The paper also discuss about strength and weaknesses of the current process in the pilot project.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122005173","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":"Mesh optimizatin : Anisotropic or Uniform Meshes for Reaction Diffusion Problems?","authors":"S. Khattri, S. Encheva","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.63","url":null,"abstract":"We present a method for generating anisotropic meshes for reaction diffusion problems. A conservative finite difference method is used for discretizing reaction diffusion problems on these meshes. We compare our approach with the traditional uniform refinement technique, and show that for problems with anisotropic solution, anisotropic meshes are ideal.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126785700","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":"An Agent-Based Prototype of Asynchronous Distance e-Learning System for Facilities Planning Courses","authors":"Kung-Jeng Wang","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.13","url":null,"abstract":"This study addresses issues pertaining to asynchronous distance e-leaming of facilities planning course for industrial engineering and management undergraduates. A prototype is developed on the basis of the specification for asynchronous distance learning by the ministry of education of Taiwan. The learning space system is employed as a platform to develop the context of the course. The whole system is constructed using agent-based concept and consists of three modules-learning space application, Internet-based course content, and a bidding game system. The system includes course material, evaluation mechanism, homework setting, bulletin board, and student profiles and is successfully practiced in a sophomore level course for more than 190 undergraduates. The system is the first trial among industrial engineering departments in Taiwan for distance learning, which allows students to access course material distantly as well as involve in a virtual course circumstance harmoniously. A questionnaire investigation reveals that via the use of the system the students participated in this course have exhibited their enthusiasm in learning process.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127953239","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":"A Formal Model for Data Storage Security Evaluation","authors":"T. Bilski","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.17","url":null,"abstract":"Backup systems use LAN or WAN. The networks and remote systems are not managed by data owner. It is necessary to integrate network storage systems with security mechanisms. There are many solutions to the backup confidentiality problem. In a given application one has to select the solution according to many factors such as: security level, performance, key management issues and overall cost. The optimization problem may be solved with a use of simulation tools. Diverse, general and specific models have been proposed. Most of them deal only with parts of the problem. The model presented in the paper is more general. It deals simultaneously with all 3 security attributes. It deals with data lifecycle and utilizes storage and transmission convergence.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123722557","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":"3D Visibility and Partial Visibility Complex","authors":"Mojtaba Nouri Bygi, M. Ghodsi","doi":"10.1109/iccsa.2007.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iccsa.2007.1","url":null,"abstract":"Visibility is an important topic in computer graphics, motion planning, and computational geometry. To deal with the increasing complexity of the scenes considered, some research has been performed in visibility processing in order to accelerate the visibility determination. Two of the most studied such structures are visibility graph and visibility complex. Visibility graph is a fundamental geometric structure which is used in many applications, including illumination and rendering, motion planning, pattern recognition, and sensor networks. While the concept of visibility graph is widely studied for 2D scenes, there is no acceptable equivalence of visibility graph for 3D space. Similarly, 3D visibility complex, proposed as an extension of visibility complex to 3D, is very complicated and cannot be used for visibility computations. In this paper, we propose a new model for defining the visibility relations in 3D. The main idea is to replace the role of lines and segments in 2D with planes and planar polygons in 3D. Moreover, we define two new structures, namely 3D visibility graph and partial visibility complex, which we believe is the natural way to extend the earlier models. We show how to compute these structures in acceptable times. We also use partial visibility complex to compute the view around a point in 3D in 0((|V(q)|+n2) log n) time, where |V(q)| is the size of the view.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125130373","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}
Rosma Mohd. Dom, S. A. Kareem, Rosnah Zain, Basir Abidin
{"title":"An Adaptive Fuzzy Regression Model for the Prediction of Dichotomous Response Variables","authors":"Rosma Mohd. Dom, S. A. Kareem, Rosnah Zain, Basir Abidin","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.37","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an adaptive technique in the prediction of dichotomous response variable by combining fuzzy concept with statistical logistic regression. The model was tested on an oral cancer dataset in predicting oral cancer susceptibility. In this paper we will present the development, evaluation and validation of the proposed model based on the experiment carried out. Explanatory power of the adaptive model was calculated and compared with fuzzy neural network and statistical logistic regression models using calibration and discrimination techniques. Area under ROC values calculated indicates that the proposed model has compatible predictive ability to both fuzzy neural network and statistical logistic regression models.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"243 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114707668","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}
Dongmahn Seo, Hanmin Bang, Nansook Heo, Inbum Jung, Yoon Kim
{"title":"Experimental Evaluation for Scalability and QoS in a VOD System","authors":"Dongmahn Seo, Hanmin Bang, Nansook Heo, Inbum Jung, Yoon Kim","doi":"10.1109/ICCSA.2007.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSA.2007.20","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the performance scalability in cluster-based video-on-demand (VOD) servers is studied with several grouping configurations of cluster nodes. To find performance bottlenecks of VOD servers, the monitoring functions are employed and the maximum quality of service (QoS) streams are measured under the various requests including VCR functions. From detailed experimental results, a new admission control method is proposed, that is based on available system resources and the actual amount of resource consumed for QoS streams. The proposed method provides not only the more scalable QoS in cluster-based VOD servers then legacies but also the enhancement of resource utilization by guaranteeing the maximum number of QoS streams than legacies.","PeriodicalId":386960,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2007)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128394302","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}