SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
Exception handling patterns can raise the abstraction level of processes, facilitating their writing and understanding. In this paper, we identify several useful, general purpose e...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
Asynchronous exception propagation is a useful alternative form of communication among threads, especially if timely propagation is ensured. However, timely propagation is impossi...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
Exception handling and replication are two mechanisms that increase software reliability. Exception handling helps programmers control situations in which the normal flow of a pro...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
In this paper, we explore the problems associated with exception handling from a new dimension: the human. We designed a study that evaluates (1) different perspectives of softwar...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
ion that the system under development is looked at. We outline a mapping relating exceptions at a high level action to exceptions and other software artifacts at vels of abstractio...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
2008
ACM
Experience in using a process language to define scientific workflow and generate dataset provenance
15 years 7 days ago
This paper describes our experiences in exploring the applicability of software engineering approaches to scientific data management problems. Specifically, this paper describes h...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
Commercial software project managers design project organizational structure carefully, mindful of available skills, division of labour, geographical boundaries, etc. These organi...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
Programs trusted with secure information should not release that information in ways contrary to system policy. However, when a program contains an illegal flow of information, cu...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
In software development, bug reports provide crucial information to developers. However, these reports widely differ in their quality. We conducted a survey among developers and u...
SIGSOFT
2008
ACM
15 years 7 days ago
2008
ACM
We propose a novel method for modular verification of web service compositions. We first use symbolic fixpoint computations to derive conditions on the incoming messages and relat...