Prototyping has become a key word during the last years, just like s t r u c t u r e d programming in the seventies. It is often assumed that a prototyping-oriented software development strategy may substantially contribute to the solution of problems associated with conventional software development. Based on experience from a research project, concepts of prototypingoriented software developm...

Developing software for distributed computing systems i s challenging due t o lack of good software development methodologies f o r distributed computing systems. It is very important t o develop reliable, adaptable and expandable application software for distributed computing systems. Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ADS i s a on-line maintainability and fault-tolerance capability. In this pa...

Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian Dstr., Beijing 100190, P. R. China Key Laboratory of High Confidence Software Technologies (MoE), Peking University, Haidian Dstr., Beijing 100871, P. R. China Software Engineering Dept., College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541...

U.S. legal changes have made it easier to obtain patents on inventions that use software. Software patents have grown rapidly and now comprise 15 percent of all patents. They are acquired primarily by large manufacturing firms in industries known for strategic patenting; only 5 percent belong to software publishers. The very large increase in software patent propensity over time is not adequate...

U.S. legal changes have made it easier to obtain patents on inventions that use software. Software patents have grown rapidly and now comprise 15 percent of all patents. They are acquired primarily by large manufacturing firms in industries known for strategic patenting; only 5 percent belong to software publishers. The very large increase in software patent propensity over time is not adequate...

Organizational and managerial theories of modularity applied to the design and production of complex artifacts are used to interpret the rise and success of Free/Open Source Software methodologies and practices in software engineering. Strengths and risks of the adoption of a modular approach in software project management are introduced and are related to the achievements of the GNU/Linux proj...

PURPOSE To compare breast measurements performed using the software packages ImageTool(r), AutoCAD(r) and Adobe Photoshop(r) with direct anthropometric measurements. METHODS Points were marked on the breasts and arms of 40 volunteer women aged between 18 and 60 years. When connecting the points, seven linear segments and one angular measurement on each half of the body, and one medial segment...

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