Program understanding can be enhanced using reverse engineering technologies. The understanding process is heavily dependent on both individuals and their speci c cognitive abilities, and on the set of facilities provided by the program understanding environment. Unfortunately, most reverse engineering tools provide a xed palette of extraction, selection, and organization techniques. This paper...

This special session addresses a challenge posed by engineering ethics: What does it mean? Review of the literature shows many competing definitions, each with their own understandings of the term ethics and the role it plays in engineering. Our aim is to review the different uses of the term ―engineering ethics,‖ along with several other common terms, such as ―professional ethics‖ and ―profess...

In Situational Method Engineering, the concepts of both fragment and chunk have been proposed as the atomic element. These are examined here in terms of their conceptual integrity and in terms of how they may be used in method construction, drawing parallels to show that the similarities are more than the differences. The new ISO/IEC 24744 standard metamodel is used as a conceptual framework to...

1 Alcínia Zita Sampaio, Technical University of Lisbon, Dep. Civil Engineering and Architecture, [email protected] 2 António Aguiar da Costa, Technical University of Lisbon, Dep. Civil Engineering and Architecture, [email protected] Abstract The definition of drawings based on parametric shapes is a fast way to create similar drawings. In technical fields, such as Civil Engineering, ...

In this paper we address the new lossy coding method for digital transmission or storage of binary images using hierachical decomposition based on the vector quantization. Binary(white-and-black) images , especially engineering drawings and weather maps, are containing a lot of blank spaces in the entire image. From this aspect, the proposed method are employed two popular compression thechniqu...

Taking advantage of the convergence of technology and new insights of teaching and learning, the Ministry of Education of Malaysia has implemented a new educational reform primarily to revise the current curriculum, establish new learning standards, and incorporate the use of technology as an integral part of the learning process. This new educational reform suggests more of a focus on critical...