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  • Implementing an open source knowledge base 
    Donnellan, Brian; Fitzgerald, Brian; Lake, Brian; Sturdy, John (IEEE Computer Society, 2005)
    The concept of knowledge bases originated in artificial intelligence as one side of expert systems-namely, the fundamental body of knowledge available to a domain. KBs are particularly appropriate in knowledge-intensive ...
  • Implementing artificial awareness with KnowLang 
    Vassev, Emil; Hinchey, Mike (IEEE Computer Society, 2013)
    To become interaction-aware, an autonomic cyber-physical system needs to be aware of its physical environment and whereabouts and its current internal status. This ability is defined as artificial awareness and it helps ...
  • Implementing software process improvement initiatives: an analysis of vietnamese practitioners' views 
    Ali Babar, Muhammad; Niazi, Mahmood (IEEE Computer Society, 2008)
    There is a vital need for gaining a solid understanding of different aspects of implementing SPI initiatives in organizations involved in software outsourcing and/or off-shoring, which are parts of Global Software Development ...
  • The importance of architectural knowledge in integrating open source software 
    Stol, Klaas-Jan; Ali Babar, Muhammad; Avgeriou, Paris (2011)
    Open Source Software (OSS) is increasingly used in Component- Based Software Development (CBSD) of large software systems. An important issue in CBSD is selection of suitable components. Various OSS selection methods ...
  • The importance of documentation, design and reuse in risk management for SPL 
    Lopes Lobato, Luanna; O'Leary, Pádraig; de Almeida, Eduardo Santana; de Lemos Meira, Silvio Romero (Association for Computing Machinery, 2010)
    Software Product Lines (SPL) is a methodology focusing on systematic software reuse, multiple benefits have been reported as a result of this type of software development. However, establishing a SPL is not a simple task. ...
  • Important issues and key activities in product derivation:experiences from two independent research projects 
    O'Leary, Pádraig; Rabiser, Rick; Richardson, Ita (Association for Computing Machinery, 2009)
    When compared to the vast amount of research on domain engineering and building product lines, relatively little work has been dedicated to the derivation of individual products from product lines. Existing approaches to ...
  • Improved software development methods driving industry competitiveness: scaling agile methods 
    Fitzgerald, Brian; Stol, Klaas-Jan (University of Limerick, 2015)
    Agile software development methods are the most popular used today. However, agile methods were initially thought to be limited to small projects with co-located teams, in non-safety-critical domains. In the past 10 years, ...
  • Improving mobile VoIP quality through bandwidth optimisation 
    Dantas, Rafael; Exton, Chris; Le Gear, Andrew (2017)
    Maintaining consistent VoIP quality is a challenging task, especially where it is carried using a mobile internet connection. With greater than 50% of the world’s mobile user population using older GSM incarnations, ...
  • Improving packaged software through online community knowledge 
    Holmstrom Olsson, Helena; Henfridsson, Ola (IRIS Association, 2006)
    Packaged software development (PSD) is largely a knowledgeintense activity. Thus, it depends on the organizational capability of developing and combining market and technical knowledge into timely and competitive software ...
  • Improving product derivation in software product line engineering 
    O'Leary, Pádraig; Richardson, Ita; Thiel, Steffen (Department of Computer Science,Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, 2010)
    The derivation of individual products from a software product line is still seen as a time-consuming and expensive activity in many organisations. Despite recognition that an effective derivation process could alleviate ...
  • Improving software risk management in a medical device company 
    Mc Caffery, Fergal; Burton, John; Richardson, Ita (IEEE Computer Society, 2009)
    Software Risk Management (RM) within Medical Device (MD) companies is a critical area. Failure of the software can have potentially catastrophic effects, leading to injury of patients or even death. Therefore regulators ...
  • Improving verification & validation in the medical device domain 
    Sivakumar, M.S.; Casey, Valentine; Mc Caffery, Fergal; Coleman, Gerry (Springer, 2011)
    The benefits of effective verification and validation activities in the medical device domain include increased usability and reliability, decreased failure rate and recalls and reduced risks to patients and users. Though ...
  • In the best families: tracking and relationships 
    Mancini, Clara; Rogers, Yvonne; Thomas, Keerthi; Joinson, Adam N.; Price, Blaine A.; Bandara, Arosha K.; Jedrzejczyk, Lukasz; Nuseibeh, Bashar (Association for Computing Machinery, 2011)
    A growing body of research has been exploring the use of control mechanisms to address the privacy concerns raised by location-tracking technology. We report on a qualitative study of two family groups who used a custom-built ...
  • In the wild residual data research and privacy 
    Glisson, William Bradley; Storer, Tim; Blyth, Andrew; Grispos, George; Campbell, Matt (Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 2016)
    As the world becomes increasingly dependent on technology, researchers in industry and academia endeavor to understand how technology is used, the impact it has on everyday life, the artifact life-cycle and overall ...
  • An in-vivo study of the cognitive levels employed by programmers during software maintenance 
    Kelly, Tara; Buckley, Jim (IEEE Computer Society, 2009)
    Several researchers have proposed Bloom’s Taxonomy as a framework within which to study the cognitive levels employed by programmers during software comprehension. But a review of empirical studies in this area illustrates ...
  • The incidence of injury in amateur male rugby union: a systematic review and meta-analysis 
    Yeomans, Caithríona; Kenny, Ian C.; Cahalan, Róisin Máire; Warrington, Giles D.; Harrison, Andrew J.; Hayes, Kevin; Lyons, Mark; Campbell, Mark J.; Comyns, Thomas M. (Springer, 2018)
    Background Rugby union is a physically demanding, fullcontact team sport that has gained worldwide popularity. The incidence of injury in rugby union has been widely reported in the literature. While comprehensive injury ...
  • Incorporating a self-directed learning pedagogy in the computing classroom: problem-based learning as a means to improving software engineering learning outcomes 
    Cawley, Oisín; Weibelzahl, Stephan; Richardson, Ita; Delaney, Yvonne (IGI Global, 2014)
    With a focus on addressing the perceived skills gap in Software Engineering (SE) graduates, some educators have looked to employing alternative teaching and learning strategies in the classroom. One such pedagogy is ...
  • An industrial case of exploiting product line architectures in agile software development 
    Ali Babar, Muhammad; Ihme, Tuomas; Pikkarainen, Minna (Association for Computing Machinery, 2009)
    There has been an increased interest in exploring the ways of integrating agile software development and software product line approaches. Both approaches share several common goals, which provide the motivation for ...
  • Industrial perspective on the usefulness of design rationale for software maintenance 
    Ali Babar, Muhammad; Tang, Antony; Gorton, Ian; Han, Jun (IEEE Computer Society, 2006)
    Software maintenance is widely known as a problematic area that may consume up to 80% of a software project’s resources. It has been claimed that providing an effective mechanism to access Design Rationale (DR) has great ...
  • The Influence of new product development on Scrum practices 
    Lane, Michael; Fitzgerald, Brian; Agerfalk, Par J. (2012)
    One of the most widely used Agile software development (ASD) methods is Scrum. The underlying inspiration for Scrum came from an examination of new product development (NPD). This work proposes that the combination of six ...

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