We present results of providing database support to biomedicine via federation of SDB Cooperation/Integration based upon the KEGG GUI for molecular biology. The federation provides a common link to three molecular bio...
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We present results of providing database support to biomedicine via federation of SDB Cooperation/Integration based upon the KEGG GUI for molecular biology. The federation provides a common link to three molecular biology databases. The added value of the federation is freedom from consulting multiple references to ascertain the full set of enzymatic reactions in a metabolic pathway, and the option of selecting multiple queries to submit to the federated SDBs. Each of the SDBs is extensive, but incomplete. The union of the SDBs, implemented transparently by the federation, is more complete. Each SDB provides a different approach to the options available for data presentation and a different set of Web server tools for data analysis. Thus, an important part of the added value of the federation is the cross-fertilization available in the union of the molecular biological content, the presentation of data, and the tools available for analysis.
In this paper, we propose a qualitative, inductive method for characterizing and evaluating software maintenance processes, thereby identifying their specific problems and needs. This method encompasses a set of proce...
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This document1 contains definitions of a wide range of concepts specific to and widely used within temporal databases. In addition to providing definitions, the document also includes explanations of concepts as well ...
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In this paper, issues about workflow systems adaptability and evolution capability are discussed from two perspectives, namely design and evolution of workflow systems from a continuous softwareengineering perspectiv...
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(纸本)0818680318
In this paper, issues about workflow systems adaptability and evolution capability are discussed from two perspectives, namely design and evolution of workflow systems from a continuous softwareengineering perspective as well as redesign and runtime on-the-fly modifications of workflow models from an application perspective. Special attention is paid to a suitable infrastructure support for designing more configurable and adaptive workflow systems. A new workflow language, called Higher-Order Object Nets (HOON), is introduced The intended uses of HOON are, on one side, to directly describe real-work business processes, and on the other side, to serve as a build-lime composition model and a run-time overall control skeleton qi the underlying software components that support individual business activities. On the basis of HOON and CORBA, a layered, framework-based and generic system architecture is presented.
This paper reports on progress in the construction of an integrated tool environment for the migration of character-based panels of mainframe applications into graphical user interfaces. It presents our approach for s...
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(纸本)0818678933
This paper reports on progress in the construction of an integrated tool environment for the migration of character-based panels of mainframe applications into graphical user interfaces. It presents our approach for static analysis of character-based panels that is based on the identification of dialog entities in panels using generalized descriptions of panel areas and describes a tool supporting the identification process. The goal of our approach is to increase the level of automation in the migration process compared to existing migration tools.
The effectiveness of softwareengineering technologies depends very much on the situation in which they are applied. In order to further improve software development practices one needs to explicitly describe and util...
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The effectiveness of softwareengineering technologies depends very much on the situation in which they are applied. In order to further improve software development practices one needs to explicitly describe and utilise knowledge about application domains of softwareengineering technologies. The paper suggests a modelling formalism for supporting systematic reuse of softwareengineering technologies during planning of software projects and improvement programs.
During phase two of the SPICE trials, the Preliminary Draft Technical Report (PDTR) version of ISO/IEC 15504 is being empirically evaluated. This document set is intended to become an international standard for softwa...
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This paperpresents a controlled experimentfocusing on the impact of applying quality design principles such as the ones provided by Coad and Yourdon on the maintainability of object-oriented design documents. Results,...
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(纸本)0897919920
This paperpresents a controlled experimentfocusing on the impact of applying quality design principles such as the ones provided by Coad and Yourdon on the maintainability of object-oriented design documents. Results, which repeat thefindings of a previous study;strongly suggest that such design principles have a benejicial eflect on the maintainability of object-oriented design documents. It is argued that object-oriented design documents are sensitive to poor design practices because the cognitive complexity introduced becomes increasingly unmanageable. However;as our ability to generalise these results is limited, they should be considered as preliminaq\ i.e., it is very likely that they can only be generalised to programmers with little object-oriented training and programming experience. Such programmers can, however;be commonly found on maintenance projects. As well as additional research, external replications of this study are required to confirm the results and achieve conjdence in these findings.
Reuse of software knowledge is a principle for improving productivity and reliability of software development. To achieve this, reuse must be done systematically. This means that processes for retrieving, reusing, rev...
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