A number of organizations have adopted Open Source Software (OSS) development practices to support or augment their software development processes, a phenomenon frequently referred to as Inner Source. However the adoption ...

Software development requires complex context specific knowledge regarding the particularities of different technologies, the potential of existing software and the needs and expectations of the users. Hence, efficient ...

Knowledge is a source of intelligence and both knowledge representation and knowledge management are crucial for intelligent systems. Well employed knowledge helps such systems become aware of situations, recognize states ...

Intelligent systems are capable of AI exhibited via knowledge representation and reasoning, which helps to connect abstract knowledge symbols to real-world meanings. This paper presents a formal language for knowledge ...

Self-adaptation is the ability of a system to adapt its behavior and/or computational structures to changes in the execution environment. The paradigm requires that the system engages in various interactions where ...

Choosing the appropriate software development methodology is something which continues to occupy the minds of many IT professionals. The introduction of “Agile” development methodologies such as XP and SCRUM held the promise ...

As the Software Engineering landscape continues to evolve and new paradigms are introduced, there can be a tendency for both industry and academia to enthusiastically embrace new approaches and march forward under whatever ...

In this paper we use an established framework as a focusing tool to provide a summary of the first author’s experiences of GSD in an “Information System” (IS) team of a global supplychain-management company operating within ...

It is increasingly understood across the information technology and services sector that engagement with the open source software model can serve as a means for firms to capture intellectual energy, learn about productive ...