th IEEE / ACIS International Conference on Software

#20 Functional requirement improvements through size measurement: a case study with inexperienced measurers #38 Extending the UML metamodel to provide support for crosscutting concerns #60 Privacy Protection Mechanisms for the Web Service Technology Diego Garcia #22 Stepwise design of BPEL web services compositions an Event B refinement based approach Idir Ait-Sadoune and Yamine Ait-Ameur #13 Multi-Perspective Software Process Modeling Kerzazi Noureddine and Robillard Pierre-N In this paper, we discuss our work towards self-healing property specification of an autonomic behavior in the Distributed Modular Audio Recognition Framework (DMARF) by using the Autonomic System Specification Language (ASSL). The latter aids in enhancing DMARF with an autonomic middleware that enables it to perform in autonomous systems that theoretically require less-to-none human intervention. Here we add an autonomic middleware layer to DMARF by specifying the core four stages of the DMARF's pattern-recognition pipeline as autonomic elements managed by a distinct autonomic manager. We devise the algorithms corresponding to this specification. Lethbridge In order to reduce the risk of failure in software projects, it is critical to achieve a true understanding of the problem and requirements. Several requirements engineering tools and techniques have been proposed amongst which, problem-oriented approaches are recognized as techniques that start with problem analysis rather than solution analysis. Such approaches are distinguished by their ability of solving a software-related problem based on the category the problem falls into. In this paper, a mapping from problem frames (PF) as one problem-oriented approach to use cases as the most popular requirements engineering technique is provided. Bridging problem frames with use cases is important for benefiting from the popularity of use cases while observing the advantages of problem frames. It can also build up a trust to PF approaches within the software engineering community. SET (Secure Electronic Transaction) was developed by Visa and MasterCard as a method to protect the security of payment card transactions over open networks, but it failed to be widely promoted. Based on our research about SET protocol, we designed and implemented a suite of e-commerce system which was improved from SET protocol. Our main contributions are to firstly apply the proper network technologies of thin client to build the E-commerce model, and develop a method of database encryption to protect the security of transaction information; also we change the transaction flow and payment process for the aim of practicability and atomicity.