Software Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.3390/software3030014

Shexmo Santos, Tacyanne Pimentel, Fabio Gomes Rocha, Michel Soares

{"title":"Using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for Non-Functional Requirements","authors":"Shexmo Santos, Tacyanne Pimentel, Fabio Gomes Rocha, Michel Soares","doi":"10.3390/software3030014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3030014","url":null,"abstract":"In software engineering, there must be clarity in communication among interested parties to elicit the requirements aimed at software development through frameworks to achieve the behaviors expected by the software. Problem: A lack of clarity in the requirement-elicitation stage can impact subsequent stages of software development. Solution: We proposed a case study focusing on the performance efficiency characteristic expressed in the ISO/IEC/IEEE 25010 standard using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD). Method: The case study was performed with professionals who use BDD to elicit the non-functional requirements of a company that develops software. Summary of Results: The result obtained was the validation related to the elicitation of non-functional requirements aimed at the performance efficiency characteristic of the ISO/IEC/IEEE 25010 Standard using the BDD framework through a real case study in a software development company. Contributions and impact: The article’s main contribution is to demonstrate the effectiveness of using BDD to elicit non-functional requirements about the performance efficiency characteristic of the ISO/IEC/IEEE 25010 standard.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141827051","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}

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Mapping Petri Nets onto a Calculus of Context-Aware Ambients 将 Petri 网映射到情境感知环境计算中

Software Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.3390/software3030015

François Siewe, Vasileios Germanos, Wen Zeng

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E-SERS: An Enhanced Approach to Trust-Based Ranking of Apps E-SERS：基于信任的应用程序排名增强方法

Software Pub Date : 2024-07-13 DOI: 10.3390/software3030013

N. Chowdhury, Ayush Maharjan, R. Raje

{"title":"E-SERS: An Enhanced Approach to Trust-Based Ranking of Apps","authors":"N. Chowdhury, Ayush Maharjan, R. Raje","doi":"10.3390/software3030013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3030013","url":null,"abstract":"The number of mobile applications (“Apps”) has grown significantly in recent years. App Stores rank/recommend Apps based on factors such as average star ratings and the number of installs. Such rankings do not focus on the internal artifacts of Apps (e.g., security vulnerabilities). If internal artifacts are ignored, users may fail to estimate the potential risks associated with installing Apps. In this research, we present a framework called E-SERS (Enhanced Security-related and Evidence-based Ranking Scheme) for comparing Android Apps that offer similar functionalities. E-SERS uses internal and external artifacts of Apps in the ranking process. E-SERS is a significant enhancement of our past evidence-based ranking framework called SERS. We have evaluated E-SERS on publicly accessible Apps from the Google Play Store and compared our rankings with prevalent ranking techniques. Our experiments demonstrate that E-SERS, leveraging its holistic approach, excels in identifying malicious Apps and consistently outperforms existing alternatives in ranking accuracy. By emphasizing comprehensive assessment, E-SERS empowers users, particularly those less experienced with technology, to make informed decisions and avoid potentially harmful Apps. This contribution addresses a critical gap in current App-ranking methodologies, enhancing the safety and security of today’s technologically dependent society.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141651605","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}

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CORE-ReID: Comprehensive Optimization and Refinement through Ensemble Fusion in Domain Adaptation for Person Re-Identification CORE-ReID：通过领域适应中的集合融合进行综合优化和改进，以实现人员再识别

Software Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.3390/software3020012

Trinh Quoc Nguyen, O. Prima, Katsuyoshi Hotta

{"title":"CORE-ReID: Comprehensive Optimization and Refinement through Ensemble Fusion in Domain Adaptation for Person Re-Identification","authors":"Trinh Quoc Nguyen, O. Prima, Katsuyoshi Hotta","doi":"10.3390/software3020012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3020012","url":null,"abstract":"This study introduces a novel framework, “Comprehensive Optimization and Refinement through Ensemble Fusion in Domain Adaptation for Person Re-identification (CORE-ReID)”, to address an Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (UDA) for Person Re-identification (ReID). The framework utilizes CycleGAN to generate diverse data that harmonize differences in image characteristics from different camera sources in the pre-training stage. In the fine-tuning stage, based on a pair of teacher–student networks, the framework integrates multi-view features for multi-level clustering to derive diverse pseudo-labels. A learnable Ensemble Fusion component that focuses on fine-grained local information within global features is introduced to enhance learning comprehensiveness and avoid ambiguity associated with multiple pseudo-labels. Experimental results on three common UDAs in Person ReID demonstrated significant performance gains over state-of-the-art approaches. Additional enhancements, such as Efficient Channel Attention Block and Bidirectional Mean Feature Normalization mitigate deviation effects and the adaptive fusion of global and local features using the ResNet-based model, further strengthening the framework. The proposed framework ensures clarity in fusion features, avoids ambiguity, and achieves high accuracy in terms of Mean Average Precision, Top-1, Top-5, and Top-10, positioning it as an advanced and effective solution for UDA in Person ReID.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272005","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}

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A MongoDB Document Reconstruction Support System Using Natural Language Processing 使用自然语言处理的 MongoDB 文档重构支持系统

Software Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI: 10.3390/software3020010

Kohei Hamaji, Yukikazu Nakamoto

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Defining and Researching “Dynamic Systems of Systems” 定义和研究 "系统的动态系统"

Software Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3390/software3020009

Rasmus Adler, Frank Elberzhager, Rodrigo Falcão, Julien Siebert

{"title":"Defining and Researching “Dynamic Systems of Systems”","authors":"Rasmus Adler, Frank Elberzhager, Rodrigo Falcão, Julien Siebert","doi":"10.3390/software3020009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3020009","url":null,"abstract":"Digital transformation is advancing across industries, enabling products, processes, and business models that change the way we communicate, interact, and live. It radically influences the evolution of existing systems of systems (SoSs), such as mobility systems, production systems, energy systems, or cities, that have grown over a long time. In this article, we discuss what this means for the future of software engineering based on the results of a research project called DynaSoS. We present the data collection methods we applied, including interviews, a literature review, and workshops. As one contribution, we propose a classification scheme for deriving and structuring research challenges and directions. The scheme comprises two dimensions: scope and characteristics. The scope motivates and structures the trend toward an increasingly connected world. The characteristics enhance and adapt established SoS characteristics in order to include novel aspects and to better align them with the structuring of research into different research areas or communities. As a second contribution, we present research challenges using the classification scheme. We have observed that a scheme puts research challenges into context, which is needed for interpreting them. Accordingly, we conclude that our proposals contribute to a common understanding and vision for engineering dynamic SoS.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141054795","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}

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NICE: A Web-Based Tool for the Characterization of Transient Noise in Gravitational Wave Detectors NICE：用于描述引力波探测器瞬态噪声的网络工具

Software Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.3390/software3020008

N. Sorrentino, M. Razzano, F. Di Renzo, F. Fidecaro, G. Hemming

{"title":"NICE: A Web-Based Tool for the Characterization of Transient Noise in Gravitational Wave Detectors","authors":"N. Sorrentino, M. Razzano, F. Di Renzo, F. Fidecaro, G. Hemming","doi":"10.3390/software3020008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3020008","url":null,"abstract":"NICE—Noise Interactive Catalogue Explorer—is a web service developed for rapid-qualitative glitch analysis in gravitational wave data. Glitches are transient noise events that can smother the gravitational wave signal in data recorded by gravitational wave interferometer detectors. NICE provides interactive graphical tools to support detector noise characterization activities, in particular, the analysis of glitches from past and current observing runs, passing from glitch population visualization to individual glitch characterization. The NICE back-end API consists of a multi-database structure that brings order to glitch metadata generated by external detector characterization tools so that such information can be easily requested by gravitational wave scientists. Another novelty introduced by NICE is the interactive front-end infrastructure focused on glitch instrumental and environmental origin investigation, which uses labels determined by their time–frequency morphology. The NICE domain is intended for integration with the Advanced Virgo, Advanced LIGO, and KAGRA characterization pipelines and it will interface with systematic classification activities related to the transient noise sources present in the Virgo detector.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140689376","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}

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Revolutionizing Coffee Farming: A Mobile App with GPS-Enabled Reporting for Rapid and Accurate On-Site Detection of Coffee Leaf Diseases Using Integrated Deep Learning 咖啡种植的革命性变革：利用集成深度学习技术快速准确地现场检测咖啡叶片病害的全球定位系统报告移动应用程序

Software Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.3390/software3020007

Eric Hitimana, Martin Kuradusenge, O. J. Sinayobye, Chrysostome Ufitinema, Jane Mukamugema, Theoneste Murangira, Emmanuel Masabo, Peter Rwibasira, Diane Aimee Ingabire, Simplice Niyonzima, Gaurav Bajpai, S. M. Mvuyekure, Jackson Ngabonziza

{"title":"Revolutionizing Coffee Farming: A Mobile App with GPS-Enabled Reporting for Rapid and Accurate On-Site Detection of Coffee Leaf Diseases Using Integrated Deep Learning","authors":"Eric Hitimana, Martin Kuradusenge, O. J. Sinayobye, Chrysostome Ufitinema, Jane Mukamugema, Theoneste Murangira, Emmanuel Masabo, Peter Rwibasira, Diane Aimee Ingabire, Simplice Niyonzima, Gaurav Bajpai, S. M. Mvuyekure, Jackson Ngabonziza","doi":"10.3390/software3020007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3020007","url":null,"abstract":"Coffee leaf diseases are a significant challenge for coffee cultivation. They can reduce yields, impact bean quality, and necessitate costly disease management efforts. Manual monitoring is labor-intensive and time-consuming. This research introduces a pioneering mobile application equipped with global positioning system (GPS)-enabled reporting capabilities for on-site coffee leaf disease detection. The application integrates advanced deep learning (DL) techniques to empower farmers and agronomists with a rapid and accurate tool for identifying and managing coffee plant health. Leveraging the ubiquity of mobile devices, the app enables users to capture high-resolution images of coffee leaves directly in the field. These images are then processed in real-time using a pre-trained DL model optimized for efficient disease classification. Five models, Xception, ResNet50, Inception-v3, VGG16, and DenseNet, were experimented with on the dataset. All models showed promising performance; however, DenseNet proved to have high scores on all four-leaf classes with a training accuracy of 99.57%. The inclusion of GPS functionality allows precise geotagging of each captured image, providing valuable location-specific information. Through extensive experimentation and validation, the app demonstrates impressive accuracy rates in disease classification. The results indicate the potential of this technology to revolutionize coffee farming practices, leading to improved crop yield and overall plant health.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140696217","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}

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A Process for Monitoring the Impact of Architecture Principles on Sustainability: An Industrial Case Study 监测建筑原则对可持续性影响的程序：工业案例研究

Software Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.3390/software3010006

Mark C. Funke, Patricia Lago, R. Verdecchia, Roel Donker

{"title":"A Process for Monitoring the Impact of Architecture Principles on Sustainability: An Industrial Case Study","authors":"Mark C. Funke, Patricia Lago, R. Verdecchia, Roel Donker","doi":"10.3390/software3010006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3010006","url":null,"abstract":"Architecture principles affect a software system holistically. Given their alignment with a business strategy, they should be incorporated within the validation process covering aspects of sustainability. However, current research discusses the influence of architecture principles on sustainability in a limited context. Our objective was to introduce a reusable process for monitoring and evaluating the impact of architecture principles on sustainability from a software architecture perspective. We sought to demonstrate the application of such a process in professional practice. A qualitative case study was conducted in the context of a Dutch airport management company. Data collection involved a case analysis and the execution of two rounds of expert interviews. We (i) identified a set of case-related key performance indicators, (ii) utilized commonly accepted measurement tools, and (iii) employed graphical representations in the form of spider charts to monitor the sustainability impacts. The real-world observations were evaluated through a concluding focus group. Our findings indicated that architecture principles were a feasible mechanism with which to address sustainability across all different architecture layers within the enterprise. The experts considered the sustainability analysis valuable in guiding the software architecture process towards sustainability. With the emphasis on principles, we facilitate industry adoption by embedding sustainability in existing mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140245500","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}

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Emergent Information Processing: Observations, Experiments, and Future Directions 新兴信息处理：观察、实验和未来方向

Software Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.3390/software3010005

Jiří Kroc

{"title":"Emergent Information Processing: Observations, Experiments, and Future Directions","authors":"Jiří Kroc","doi":"10.3390/software3010005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/software3010005","url":null,"abstract":"Science is currently becoming aware of the challenges in the understanding of the very root mechanisms of massively parallel computations that are observed in literally all scientific disciplines, ranging from cosmology to physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and biology. This leads us to the main motivation and simultaneously to the central thesis of this review: “Can we design artificial, massively parallel, self-organized, emergent, error-resilient computational environments?” The thesis is solely studied on cellular automata. Initially, an overview of the basic building blocks enabling us to reach this end goal is provided. Important information dealing with this topic is reviewed along with highly expressive animations generated by the open-source, Python, cellular automata software GoL-N24. A large number of simulations along with examples and counter-examples, finalized by a list of the future directions, are giving hints and partial answers to the main thesis. Together, these pose the crucial question of whether there is something deeper beyond the Turing machine theoretical description of massively parallel computing. The perspective, future directions, including applications in robotics and biology of this research, are discussed in the light of known information.","PeriodicalId":516628,"journal":{"name":"Software","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140078860","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}

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