Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Middleware Service for Increasing Applications Integration AvailabilityNader Mohamed, Jameela Al-JaroodiMiddleware has become an integral part of many distributed applications offering effective integration and interoperability solutions. In some situations a problem may occur where the integration of distributed information applications may be affected by scheduled unavailability of one or more of these applications. The scheduled unavailability occurs due to several reasons including application or data backup, software or hardware maintenance … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2008 · 6,812 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModule Management Tool in Software Development OrganizationsAhmad A. Al-Rababah, Mohammad A. Al-RababahModule management is an important task at developers’ level in software development organizations. So we consider in this paper software as collection of several modules. Also we study a method of clustering of modules of a large software system. The need of doing such clustering is justified to be an important part of software management in the software development organizations. … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 5 · 31 May 2007 · 7,033 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMAEST :Multi-Agent Environment for Software TestingRamdane Maamri, Zaidi SahnounThe test is a significant aspect of software development and plays a considerable role in detecting errors in the implementation phase. As the software becomes more pervasive and more often employed to achieve critical tasks, it will be increasingly required to be of high quality. Significant reductions in the cost of software development and software maintenance could be achieved if … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2007 · 7,180 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDetermining the Optimal Software Rejuvenation Schedule via Semi-Markov Decision ProcessHiroyuki Eto, Tadashi DohiSoftware rejuvenation is a preventive and proactive maintenance policy that is particularly useful for counteracting the phenomenon of software aging. In this study we consider an operational software system with multiple degradations and derive the optimal software rejuvenation policy minimizing the expected operation cost per unit time in the steady state, via the dynamic programming approach. Especially, we show analytically … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2006 · 6,976 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEstimation of the COCOMO Model Parameters Using Genetic Algorithms for NASA Software ProjectsAlaa F. ShetaDefining the project estimated cost, duration and maintenance effort early in the development life cycle is a valuable goal to be achieved for software projects. Many model structures evolved in the literature. These model structures consider modeling software effort as a function of the developed line of code (DLOC). Building such a function helps project managers to accurately allocate the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2006 · 9,357 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQualitative Assessments of the Software Architectures of Configuration Management SystemsAbhay Kothari, A. K. Ramani, P. K. ChandeThe Configuration Management (CM) is a very important area of concentration in software development and maintenance processes. Quality parameters for Configuration Management Tools’ architectural designs require rigorous identification and measurement. Two methods for quantitative assessment of quality parameters of the software architectures are proposed. These methods are based upon modularization properties, like, cohesion type, coupling type, module complexity, module size … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2006 · 6,812 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMeasurement of Software Maintainability Using a Fuzzy ModelK. K. Aggarwal, Yogesh Singh, Pravin Chandra, Manimala PuriSoftware maintenance is a task that every development group has to face when the software is delivered to the customers' site, installed and is operational. The time spent and effort required for keeping software operational consumes about 40-70% of cost of entire life cycle. This study proposes a four parameter integrated measure of software maintainability using a fuzzy model. The … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2005 · 6,957 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTowards Autonomously Developed Software: A genetic Approach in Critical and Embedded SystemsDjamel Meslati, Saïd GhoulNowadays, we are still considering changes undergone by a software system as a sporadic phenomenon and we do not sufficiently anticipate future changes during the development phase. Consequently, many problems arise in the maintenance phase. In this study, we present an approach where all changes undergone by a software system are considered as its ontogenetic dimension. We represent this dimension … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2005 · 6,191 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAutomatic Discovery of Association Paths in Relational Databases Using Software VisualizationHaider Ali RamadhanWe introduce a visual framework for facilitating tasks associated with database maintenance and re-use. The prototype system embodying the framework is presented. The system utilizes various techniques and features of software visualization. The system supports visual displays of the database structure along with various implicit relationships found in it such as associations and path views. Information visualized is automatically extracted … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2005 · 6,643 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractY: A New Component-Based Software Life Cycle ModelLuiz F. CapretzWith the need to produce ever larger and more complex software systems, the use of reusable components has become increasingly imperative. Of the many existing and proposed techniques for software development, it seems clear that component-based software development will be at the forefront of new approaches to the production of software systems and holds the promise of substantially enhancing the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,396 accessesView PDFCite