As information technology becomes more ubiquitous in our work and daily life environments, understanding contexts of activities becomes critical to enhance a foundation for human-centered design practice. This research introduces a conceptual framework for defining, representing and incorporating contexts as core information for interactive systems design. Modular Scenario Composition Method wa...

The paper addresses combinatorial approach to design of modular wireless sensor as composition of the sensor element from its component alternatives and aggregation of the obtained solutions into a resultant aggregated solution. A hierarchical model is used for the wireless sensor element. The solving process consists of three stages: (i) multicriteria ranking of design alternatives for system ...

Generic programming is an effective methodology for developing reusable software libraries. Many programming languages provide generics and have features for describing interfaces, but none completely support the idioms used in generic programming. To address this need we developed the language G. The central feature of G is the concept, a mechanism for organizing constraints on generics that i...

oxidative stress has been implicated in the progression of hiv to aids, since hiv usually replicates in a highly oxidized condition and cd4+ t lymphocytes can be activated via a cascade of internal oxidative pathways, which enhances the formation of proteins and enzymes. thus, antioxidants should potentially be useful for the treatment and prevention of hiv infection as a new alternative strate...

In this paper, we present our experiences using the Jason agent-oriented programming language to develop a complex multi-agent application. We highlight a number of shortcomings in the current design of the language when building complex agents, and propose revisions to the language to allow the development of modular programs that facilitate code reuse and independent development. In particula...

In this paper, we introduce a design principle to develop novel soft modular robots based on tensegrity structures and inspired by the cytoskeleton of living cells. We describe a novel strategy to realize tensegrity structures using planar manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing. We use this strategy to develop icosahedron tensegrity structures with programmable variable stiffness that ca...

In this paper our aim is to bring together formal specification, automated verification, dynamic agent organisations, and visual modelling in order to provide a simple, but semantically coherent, framework for designing and developing multi-agent systems.

Remote sensing data is collected and analyzed to enhance understanding of the terrestrial surface– in composition, in form or in function. One approach to accomplishing this is by designing the analysis process as an iterated composite of several analyst-directed modules. This paper proposes such a modular design for the data analysis. The proposed methodology was applied in a project to obtain...

This paper introduces a component model that allows the modular design and development of components and applications for Open and Distributed Systems. It defines the concepts of components and reusable controllers, permits their modular composition to build up applications, and it is devised to address in an independent manner many of the specific issues of these systems, like heterogeneity, e...