Prototyping is often used to predict, or reduce the uncertainty over, the future profitability of a software design choice. Boehm [3] pioneered the use of techniques from Bayesian decision theory to provide a basis for making prototyping decisions. However, this approach does not apply to situations where the software engineer has the flexibility of waiting for more information before making a ...

SRIKANTH, HEMA L. ADaPT: Adaptive Development and Prototyping Technique. (Under the direction of Ana I. Antón.) Adaptive prototyping focuses on developing software for rapidly changing environments while improving delivery speed. Traditional methodologies are not effective in highly volatile environments; thus, agile methodologies have gained acceptance recently. Although agile methodologies of...

Recently, different kinds of computer systems like smart phones, embedded systems and cloud servers, are more and more widely used and the system development and validation is under great pressure. Hardware device, firmware and device driver development account for a significant portion of system development and validation effort. In traditional device, firmware and driver development largely h...

Prototyping is one of the core activities of User-Centered Design (UCD) processes and an integral component of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. For many years, prototyping was synonym of paper-based mockups and only more recently we can say that dedicated tools for supporting prototyping activities really reach the market. In this paper, we propose to analyze the evolution of prototyp...

Prototyping is often used to predict, or reduce the uncertainty over, the future profitability of a software design choice. Boehm [1] pioneered the use of techniques from statistical decision theory to provide a basis for making prototyping decisions. However his approach does not apply to situations where the software engineer has the flexibility of waiting for more information before making a...