Consistent query answering is the problem of characterizing and computing the semantically correct answers to queries from a database that may not satisfy certain integrity constr...
Leopoldo E. Bertossi, Loreto Bravo, Enrico Francon...
Abstract. The study of databases began with the design of efficient storage and data sharing techniques for large amount of data. This paper concerns the processing of imprecision ...
Background: Gene expression databases are key resources for microarray data management and analysis and the importance of a proper annotation of their content is well understood. ...
Andrea Splendiani, Marco Brandizi, Gael Even, Otta...
This paper describes a replication conducted to compare the effectiveness of inspectors using Perspective Based Reading (PBR) to the effectiveness of inspectors using a checklist....
Agile methods have evolved as a bottom-up approach to software development. However, as the software in embedded products is only one part of development projects, agile methods mu...
UML and UML-based development methods have become de facto standards in industry, and there are many claims for the positive effects of modelling object-oriented systems using meth...
Bente Anda, Kai Hansen, Ingolf Gullesen, Hanne Kri...
This research addresses the problem of statically analyzing input command syntax as defined in interface and requirements specifications and then generating test cases for dynamic ...
Software is typically improved and modified in small increments (we refer to each of these increments as a modification record--MR). MRs are usually stored in a configuration manag...
Test case prioritization provides a way to run test cases with the highest priority earliest. Numerous empirical studies have shown that prioritization can improve a test suite...
As developers modify software entities such as functions or variables to introduce new features, enhance old ones, or fix bugs, they must ensure that other entities in the software...