This paper presents an extended version of GoalOriented Requirements Analysis Method called AGORA, where attribute values, e.g. contribution values and preference matrices, are added to goal graphs. An analyst attaches contribution values and preference values to edges and nodes of a goal graph respectively during the process for refining and decomposing the goals. The contribution value of an ...

Improving dynamic feature of service composition is a vital and challenging stage in web service application. With the increasing of service number, it is hard to balance the flexibility and verification very well in dynamic and complex environment. The previous methods compare two services by their own features. These methods are useful and concise to find substitutes for unavailable services,...

Facial behaviors represent activities of face or facial feature in spatial or temporal space, such as facial expressions, face pose, gaze, and furrow happenings. An automated system for facial behavior recognition is always desirable. However, it is a challenging task due to the richness and ambiguity in daily facial behaviors. This paper presents an efficient approach to real-world facial beha...

Object–oriented methods can substantially improve achievement of software–engineering and system–building goals. Choosing a method means looking at the support it offers for the object– oriented paradigm, for the application domain of the software developer, and for software–engineering principles, practices, and goals. In this presentation we shall explore how these needs are answered by vario...

In object-oriented modeling an object reacts objectively to an invocation of one of its methods in the sense that it is given which description for the method is interpreted. Subjective behavior of an object means that is not objectively given which description is interpreted | the choice depends on other factors than the invocation such as the invoking object, the context of the objects, and t...

Object-oriented views play a key role when giving accessing applications a new or restricted perspective on persistent object-oriented data. However, traditional object-oriented view systems only allow for limited changes when it comes to restructuring a database schema and the related persistent objects in a view. We present a new approach for defining object-oriented views that enables view s...

We examine inheritance ill B~alically-lypedobjecl.-orienled languages. In some object-oriented languages it is possible to inherit selected methow from superdasse8. We call this selective inheritance. The obvious approach to selective inheritance in previous record-biLSed models of classes requires unnecessary ty pc reslricliollS. In this paper we propose 11. slightly different model whicll is ...

The development of PHM propels the combination of design for testability and relevant PHM technology, which leads a need for the demonstration of PHM-oriented testability design. The paper mainly introduces the evaluation and demonstration method ranging from the design phase to the demonstration phase. Firstly, the index set to be evaluated is established according to the feature of the PHM-or...

The method engineering paradigm is motivated by the need for software development methods suitable for specific situations and requirements of organizations in general and projects in particular. Assembly-based method engineering, as one of the prominent approaches in method engineering, creates project-specific methods by (re-)using method components, specified with method processes and produc...

We are on the verge of a post-PC revolution where computing power is shifting from laptops and desktops to smartphones, tablets and everyday objects such as eyeglasses and coffee machines. Those computing objects come equipped with a myriad of context sensors such as an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, a gyroscope, a GPS receiver and NFC technology. Context sensors enable the development of c...