The early recognised risk of transmitting infectious diseases by blood components and the consequent introduction of mandatory serological testing of blood donations for infectious diseases has pushed the development of various automated serological testing systems. As correct performance of preand post-analytical work steps is essential for obtaining valid test results, the need for standardis...

In every negotiation with a deadline, one of the negotiating parties must accept an offer to avoid a break off. As a break off is usually an undesirable outcome for both parties, it is important that a negotiator employs a proficient mechanism to decide under which conditions to accept. When designing such conditions, one is faced with the acceptance dilemma: accepting the current offer may be ...

Software testing and automated reasoning have traditionally concerned different issues and there has been very little interaction between the two communities. However, some connections have been established and especially between automated reasoning and automated test generation. This paper briefly reviews some such relationships.

No significant body of research examines writing achievement and the specific skills and knowledge in the writing domain for postsecondary (college) students in the U.S., even though many at-risk students lack the prerequisite writing skills required to persist in their education. This paper addresses this gap through a novel exploratory study examining how automated writing evaluation (AWE) ca...

Growing dependency of mankind on software technology increases the need for thorough testing of the software applications and automated testing techniques that support testing activities. We have outlined our testing strategy for performing various types of automated testing of Java applications using AspectJ which has become the de-facto standard for Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). Likewise...