Component selection is a key step to build component-based software systems, but in practice available components’ information is usually imprecise, incomplete, uncertain and/or unreliable; good components may pass unnoticed. This article presents the Azimut approach to generate alternate assemblies of Off-the-Shelf Component as candidate solutions at early project stages. Azimut deals explicit...

The analysis of criminal behavior with mathematical tools is a fairly new idea, but one which can be used to obtain insight on the dynamics of crime. In a recent work 33 Short et al. developed an agent-based stochastic model for the dynamics of residential burglaries. This model produces the right qualitative behavior, that is, the existence of spatio-temporal collections of criminal activities...

Key Results: Cases are often indiscriminatingly added to case bases. This potentially results in poor solutions proposed by ‘misleading’ cases. Research to-date has resulted in development of a prototype that can potentially filter ‘misleading’ cases in case bases to avoid delivery of poor solutions. The prototype was tested in a pilot study, in which absolute residuals (error in prediction) we...

Case-based reasoning can be used to explain many creative design processes, since much creativity stems from using old solutions in novel ways. To understand the role cases play, we conducted an exploratory study of a seven-week student creative design project. This paper discusses the observations we made and the issues that arise in understanding and modeling creative design processes. We fou...

The paper presents a new approach to chemical process synthesis, case-based reasoning (CBR). CBR is based on the reuse of proven process solutions, which are used for solving new problems. Examples are given to demonstrate the principles of conceptual reasoning of separation systems. The phases of reasoning in this application are: the search for specific separation methods for a single separat...

In this paper we derive closed-form solutions for a variety of prices for financial assets in an RBC economy. The equations are based on a log-linear solution of the RBC model and allow a clearer understanding of the determination of risk premia in models with production. We demonstrate not only why the premium of equity over the risk-free rate is small but also why the premium of equity over a...

Separation of duty (SOD) is an important characteristic in the role-based access control (RBAC) system. In view of some issues such as various variations of SOD constraints (SODs), ambiguous relations among constraint states, this paper formally defines several typical SODs and analyzes the transition relations among different SODs states. In combination with a delegation case, it goes an explo...

Computerization and increasing need for evidence based medicine are not stopping at biomedical research. Clinical trials need participants and the problem of matching patients with eligibility criteria to support clinical trials has many different solutions. A detailed analysis of stakeholders' requirements would help implementing better patient recruitment systems (PRSs) in the future. Thus we...

This article gives an overview of the problems of information retrieval systems that search court decisions. Several solutions and new research directions are suggested. The solutions are inspired by the technologies of current case-based reasoning systems.

This paper provides insight to the topic of cut-through paths in a layer two network. Cut-through paths make it possible to switch traffic more efficiently through the network and lessen the load on certain network components. The paper describes the encountered problems, protocols and technics and solutions with regard to the automatic creation of cut-through paths within the AMS-IX network. A...