We explain what the 500 language problem is, why it is a relevant problem , and why solutions are needed. We discuss its solution, and illustrate it by applying it to two non-trivial but representative languages: an exotic proprietary real-time language from the telecommunications industry, and a well-known dialect of the most popular language in the world: IBM's VS COBOL II. We share our lesso...

N o v e m b e r / D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 0 I E E E S O F T W A R E 111 As the term name magic indicates, you don’t need proof to support your claims. Anyone desperate for solutions will wholeheartedly accept those unsupported claims.1 In fact, many software industry decisionmakers find themselves trapped in huge amounts of legacy code, in dire need of modification. At the same time, software eng...

The aim of this work is to explore and estimate the short-term prediction efficiency, using two alternative approaches: the fundamental analysis on factors affecting the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) evolution, and a computational intelligence approach based on neuro-fuzzy technique. In order to accomplish this task, we first analyze the basic routes that compose the Baltic Panamax Index. We estim...

1 This paper studies algorithmic and combinatorial properties of shortest paths of different homo2 topy types in a polygonal domain with holes. We define the “second shortest path” to be the shortest 3 path that is homotopically different from the (first) shortest path; the kth shortest path for an arbitrary 4 integer k is defined analogously. We introduce the “kth shortest path map”—a structur...

This paper is a summary of Voas s keynote address Are COTS Products and Component Packaging Killing Software Malleability at the International Conference on Software Maintenance ICSM in Bethesda MD on November The State of the Industry The news coming out of the Information Technology IT community today is mixed The good news stems from predictions of continued industry growth IT revenues for w...

Spillover is a single event during which a pathogen from 1 species moves into another species; such movement can result in an outbreak. In 9 chapters, David Quammen chronicles various spillover events by using personal anecdotes and multiple stories to recount these events for the expert and novice alike. He frames the events within an ecologic sense of the pathogen, the host, and the increasin...

The literature on vote-buying assumes a complete transaction of cash for votes. While there is ample evidence that candidates do target certain voters with cash handouts, it is unclear whether these actually result in higher turnout and voteshares for the distributing party. In this paper we argue that in settings with low level of monitoring by political parties, such as many African countries...

Intrigued by the influence of technology on or in literature as well as the ways of which the posthuman body subverts the existing social constructs of race, gender, and culture, this paper appropriates the Foucauldian concept of “technologies of the self” to investigate the narrating “I/eye” in Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men. I flesh out how Hurston’s new “cyborg” identity, along with the ...