The development of complex software and hardware systems has increased in recent years. One reason is the continuous development in information and communication technologies sectors that enable a smooth and seamless connection of single components or systems. Another reason is the changed way of life, e.g. urbanization leads to new challenges in city planning to deal with large crowds, highene...

This paper identifies the risks of CN Group which is working at software outsourcing projects between HongKong and Guangdong, discovers the causal relationships among the risk factors, and constructs corresponding risk structure model with Interpretive Structural Modeling. Five original risk factors are identified, including contracts risk, requirements definition and change, lack of communicat...

In this study, we investigated the personality variable quality of object relations (QOR) as a moderator of the relationship between the pattern of the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in two forms (interpretive, supportive) of short-term individual psychotherapy. In a sample of 72 psychiatric outpatients who completed interpretive therapy, QOR emerged as a moderator for the outcome f...

In a non-static information exchange network, routing is an overly complex task to perform, which has satisfy all the needs of network. Software Defined Network (SDN) latest and widely used technology in future communication networks, would provide smart that visible universally. The various features are supported by centric minimizes congestion dataflow network provides content awareness throu...

Software development in parallel/distributed environment is a non-trivial task and depends greatly on the availability of appropriate support in terms of development tools and environments. Perforamnce pre-diction/evaluation tools form a critical part of any software development environment as they enable the developer to visualize the eeects of various design choices on the performance of the ...

Open source software has been growing in acceptance and use over the past decade. Recent work explores the criteria that organizations use in deciding whether to adopt open source software. However, little research has been done to understand the adoption decision from the perspective of the individual. This paper examines the factors that impact individual adoption of open source software. Spe...

In many e-commerce situations, the owner of a digital object wants to enforce policies on the object after the object is in the customer’s hands. The object can be thought of as being software, because data is often protected by forcing access to it to take place through a particular authorized software (e.g., a “reader” for an encrypted media file, in which case a license to view the movie is,...

Open source software is one of the fundamental building blocks of today’s technology dependent society and is relied upon by parties ranging from large technology corporations to individual hobbyist developers. The open question left for technologists is how to make open source software projects more sustainable. The rise of decentralized networks of self-organizing, self-coordinating users inc...