Building MDE cloud services with DISTIL

Also published online by CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org, ISSN 1613-0073) Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) techniques, like transformations, queries, and code generators, were devised for local, single-CPU architectures. However, the increasing complexity of the systems to be built and their high demands in terms of computation, memory and storage, requires more scalable and flexible MDE techniques, likely using services and the cloud. Nonetheless, the cost of developing MDE solutions on the cloud is high without proper automation mechanisms. In order to alleviate this situation, we present DISTIL, a domain-specific language to describe MDE services, which is able to generate (NoSQL-based) respositories for the artefacts of interest, and skeletons for (single or composite) services, ready to be deployed in Heroku. We illustrate the approach through the construction of a repository and a set of cloud-based services for bent ¯o reusable transformation components.Work supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (TIN2011-24139, TIN2014-52129-R), the EU commission (FP7-ICT-2013-10, #611125) and the Community of Madrid (S2013/ICE-3006

Using ATL transformation services in the MDEForge collaborative modeling platform

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42064-6_5In the last years, the increasing complexity of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) tools and techniques has led to higher demands in terms of computation, interoperability, and configuration management. Harnessing the softwareas- a-service (SaaS) paradigm and shifting applications from local, mono-core implementations to cloud-based architectures is key to enhance scalability and flexibility. To this end, we propose MDEForge: an extensible, collaborative modeling platform that provides remote model management facilities and prevents the user from focussing on time-consuming, and less creative procedures. This demo paper illustrates the extensibility of MDEForge by integrating ATL services for the remote execution, automated testing, and static analysis of ATL transformations. The usefulness of their employment under the SaaS paradigm is demonstrated with a case-study showing a wide range of new application possibilities.Work supported by the Spanish MINECO (TIN2014-52129-R), the Madrid Region (S2013/ICE-3006), and the EU commission (#611125

Experiencing participation:a phenomenological study of the transforming of a rooftop in Manchester, UK (2014-2016) and the methodological reframing of research through design

The intertwining of social interaction - digital and physical and private and public - is described by information systems research as ‘The Digital Workplace’ and by architects and urban planners as ‘The Public Mesh’. To exemplify these concepts, this thesis investigates how the the organisational context is changing. To navigate this organisational context, a Multi-Dimensional Ensemble (MDE) lens has been developed and constructed, through which the social life across social-technical/digital-spatial temporal dimensions may be explored. The primary case study is ‘The Rooftop Project’ (TRP). Responding to the lack of green and outdoor social space in Manchester’s City Centre, TRP is situated in the Northern Quarter and described in this thesis as a grassroots project that experimented with the transformation of a 300m2 rooftop. To better understand the principles and value of RtD, TRP posed the question; how does an open process of experiencing design and designing experience unfold and evolve? An in-depth literature survey of Research through Design (RtD) and systems thinking in Action Research (AR) and Information Systems (IS) unpacks the importance of framing inquiry through design (as experience and participation). In response to this, the designer researcher draws theoretical inspiration from a combination of sociological, curatorial, HCI, design and anthropological viewpoints. In order to gain greater insight into the value and efficacy of RtD, a methodical account of TRP in the form of A Porftolio of RtD is presented. In the first person, a phenomenological inquiry into RtD is undertaken in TRP from the perspective of a designer-activist-researcher. These first-person accounts convey the multiplicity, complexity, conflicts, resolutions and tensions experienced as a result of a combinatory methodological approach. Situtated in TRP, the designer researcher demonstrates how this RtD methodology activates ‘an unfolding awareness’. Positioned in this thesis as addressing the theoretical concerns of Organisational Studies (OS), AR in IS and RtD, the methodology is illustrated in the form of a spring. Contributions to theory and implications to practice are explicated, these illuminate RtD’s community of practice and how it can extend to OS, AR in IS, urban design, community engagement and architectural practice

Las Vegas Optic, 04-07-1913

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Improving managerial decision-making quality in the NBA draft: a closer look at the policy, behavioural economic dynamics, and cognitive biases

The thesis explores the intricacies of the NBA Draft. This mechanism is a policy a professional basketball league installed to foster competitive balance within their self-created market. The goals of this regulation are clear and noble. It provides great intentions and attractive potential benefits for most stakeholders involved. The entire league and its franchises would immensely profit from a perfectly functioning draft regulation. Nonetheless, historically it has failed to produce many of the positive outcomes it was intended to provide. This thesis explores this dissonance through the lens of behavioral economics. The application of the NBA Draft policy hinges on human decision-making. However, making choices in a complex environment like professional sports is incredibly difficult. It can be brutally unforgiving due uncontrollable factors. And yet, managerial decision-making quality within the mechanism can almost certainly be improved. The primary objective of this dissertation is to investigate the entire NBA Draft mechanism from a behavioral economic perspective. Using this approach, the overarching goal is to identify segments within the underlying managerial decision-making processes that offer room for decision-making quality improvement. These improvements in judgements and choices which ultimately could lead to a superior policy performance on a league-wide level, could either be achieved due to avoiding error-producing biases or enhancing the information subsequent draft decisions are based on. To reach this main objective, four academic papers were written to tackle important sub-issues. All articles provide sources for decision-making quality improvements within the NBA Draft setup. These are not only supposed to increase the performance of the individual managers and franchises, but also to enhance the results of the overarching league-wide policy with benefits for many stakeholders

Winona Daily News

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History of the Department of Poultry Science, 1967-1985

October 1987.Title from JPEG cover page (University of Missouri Digital Library, viewed Mar. 24, 2010).Includes bibliographical references