How to interconnect operational and behavioral views of web applications

In the context of our research project, we are looking for program comprehension tools that are able to interconnect operational and behavioral views, aiming at aiding the programmer to relate problem and program domains to reach a full understanding of software systems. In particular we have been studying the adaptation of that principle to web applications. In this context, we had designed and implemented a tool called WebAppViewer. In this paper, we emphasize the development of the module (BORS) that is responsible for providing interconnection functionalities and we propose a tool demonstration. A dedicated web server is included in the system to allow the execution of the piece of code selected by the user. This feature is used to relate the source text (html, php, etc) executed by the server, with the web page received by the client. Code instrumentation is used to collect dynamic information.FC

Values-Based Network Leadership in an Interconnected World

This paper describes values-based network leadership conceptually aligned to systems science, principles of networks, moral and ethical development, and connectivism. Values-based network leadership places importance on a leader\u27s repertoire of skills for stewarding a culture of purpose and calling among distributed teams in a globally interconnected world. Values-based network leadership is applicable for any leader needing to align interdependent effort by networks of teams operating across virtual and physical environments to achieve a collective purpose. An open-learning ecosystem is also described to help leaders address the development of strengths associated with building trust and relationships across networks of teams, aligned under a higher purpose and calling, possessing moral fiber, resilient in the face of complexity, reflectively competent to adapt as interconnected efforts evolve and change within multicultural environments, and able to figure out new ways to do something never done before

Code inspection approaches for program visualization

The aim of this paper is to show the approaches involved in the implementation of two tools of PCVIA project that can be used for Program Comprehension. Both tools use known compiler techniques to inspect code in order to visualize and understand programs’ execution but one of them modifies the source code and the other not. In the non-invasive approach, we convert the source program into an internal decorated (or attributed) abstract syntax tree and then we visualize the structure traversing it, and applying visualization rules at each node according to a pre-defined rule-base. No changes are made in the source code, and the execution is simulated. In the invasive approach, we traverse the source program and instrument it with inspection functions. Those functions, also known as inspectors, provide information about the function-call flow and data usage at runtime (during the actual program execution). This information is collected and gathered in an information repository that is then displayed in a suitable form for navigation. These two different approaches are used respectively by Alma (generic program animation system) and CEAR (C Rooting Algorithm Visualization tool). For each tool several examples of visualization are shown in order to discuss the information that is included in the visualizations, visualization types and the use of Program Animation for Program Comprehension.FC

USE OF INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The concept „smart planet” refers at intelligence which is being infused into the systems and processes and makes the world work better. We think that smarter means to infused intelligence into things which no one would recognize as computers: cars, appliances, roadways, even natural systems such as agriculture and waterways. To build a smart planet must to start from three main ideas: instrument the world’s systems, interconnect the world’s systems and make the world’s systems intelligent. This paper analysis where we can use the smart systems in our city and if these are a significant part of future locality development.smart solutions, smart planet, smart locality, urban development.

Strategies for program inspection and visualization

The aim of this paper is to show the strategies involved in the implementation of two tools of PCVIA project that can be used for Program Comprehension. Both tools use known compiler techniques to inspect code in order to visualize and understand programs’ execution. On one hand we convert the source program into an internal decorated (or attributed) abstract syntax tree and then we visualize the structure traversing it, and applying visualization rules at each node according to a pre-defined rule-base. No changes are made in the source code, and the execution is simulated. On the other hand, we traverse the source program and instrument it with inspection functions. Those inspectors provide information about the function-call flow and data usage at runtime (during the actual program execution). This information is collected and gathered in an information repository that is then displayed in a suitable form for navigation. These two different approaches are used respectively by Alma (generic program animation system) and Cear (C Rooting Algorithm Visualization tool). For each tool several examples of visualization are shown in order to discuss the information that is included in the visualizations, visualization types and the use of Program Animation for Program Comprehension.FC

Towards Compliance of Cross-Organizational Processes and their Changes

Businesses require the ability to rapidly implement new processes and to quickly adapt existing ones to environmental changes including the optimization of their interactions with partners and customers. However, changes of either intra- or cross-organizational processes must not be done in an uncontrolled manner. In particular, processes are increasingly subject to compliance rules that usually stem from security constraints, corporate guidelines, standards, and laws. These compliance rules have to be considered when modeling business processes and changing existing ones. While change and compliance have been extensively discussed for intra-organizational business processes, albeit only in an isolated manner, their combination in the context of cross-organizational processes remains an open issue. In this paper, we discuss requirements and challenges to be tackled in order to ensure that changes of cross-organizational business processes preserve compliance with imposed regulations, standards and laws

Factors shaping the evolution of electronic documentation systems

The main goal is to prepare the space station technical and managerial structure for likely changes in the creation, capture, transfer, and utilization of knowledge. By anticipating advances, the design of Space Station Project (SSP) information systems can be tailored to facilitate a progression of increasingly sophisticated strategies as the space station evolves. Future generations of advanced information systems will use increases in power to deliver environmentally meaningful, contextually targeted, interconnected data (knowledge). The concept of a Knowledge Base Management System is emerging when the problem is focused on how information systems can perform such a conversion of raw data. Such a system would include traditional management functions for large space databases. Added artificial intelligence features might encompass co-existing knowledge representation schemes; effective control structures for deductive, plausible, and inductive reasoning; means for knowledge acquisition, refinement, and validation; explanation facilities; and dynamic human intervention. The major areas covered include: alternative knowledge representation approaches; advanced user interface capabilities; computer-supported cooperative work; the evolution of information system hardware; standardization, compatibility, and connectivity; and organizational impacts of information intensive environments