Design for Product Adaptability

Kansei Evaluation of the Product Design Using Visual Images – Focus on the Impression of Product Appearance

The aim of this study is to examine the adaptability of an evaluation method using the visual images to evaluate the impression of a product design based on Kansei. It was compared the impression that user group received from the designed product by a designer with the visual images that a designer assumed motifs for design work, and identified the effectiveness of the design evaluation using t...

Comparison of three types of G × E performance plot for showing and interpreting genotypes’ stability and adaptability

A G × E performance (interaction, profile) plot for showing genotype-by-environment data is discussed. Three versions of such a plot are compared: the regular performance plot; the performance plot based on coded data (environment-centered performance plot), in which the environment means of a trait are subtracted from data; and the performance plot based on data standardized in environments (e...

A framework for context-aware self-adaptive mobile applications SPL

Mobile Applications are rapidly emerging as a convenient medium for using a variety of services. Over time and with the high penetration of smartphones in society, self-adaptation has become an essential capability required by mobile application users. In an ideal scenario, an application is required to adjust its behavior according to the current context of its use. This raises the challenge i...

A Review of the Contextual Adaptability of Three Contemporary Urban Paradigms: New Urbanism, Urban Village and Urban Renaissance

A Quality Model for Adaptability

Software quality is one of the major components of software development industry. Every user wants to have software enriched with the best quality factors. If a user is not satisfied with the quality of the product it will definitely be not considered as a quality product. To ensure the quality of the product several quality model has been introduced. One of the most renowned software quality m...