Conceptual models are aimed at providing a formal representation of a domain in the real world. However, it is commonly known that different people construct different models of a given domain. While prior research dealt mainly with modeling errors, this paper explores variations among correct models. Model variations, though frequently harmless, may have severe consequences when similarity of ...

In this paper, a data set of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) laptop batteries has been studied with the aim of investigating the potential reusability of laptop batteries. This type of rechargeable batteries is popular due to their energy efficiency and high reliability. Therefore, understanding the life cycle of these batteries and improving the recycling process is becoming increasingly important. The r...

Through the lens of Heidegger’s analysis of equipment, this study observes ‘software reuse’ – a popular phenomenon in the world. It presents an alternative conceptual view of the software artefact as ‘equipment’. This view provides a theoretical underpinning to this prominent practice to recognize software artefacts, as equipment. Employing the case study method, this study reports preliminary ...

We expect reuse of parts of knowledge-based systems to become more and more important in the near future, as opposed to building systems from scratch every time. It is, however, well known that there exists a tradeoo between usability and reusability: the more components become reusable, the less usable they become. This is due to the fact that, in order to have a working system, a gap has to b...

This paper deals with the question of reusability in simulation modeling of large scale systems. It discusses diierent approaches known from software engineering , in particular object oriented techniques and domain modeling, to enhance software reusability. Based on these ideas and on systems theory based simulation modeling, an environment is presented which supports modeling of application d...

Reusing the software components that have high reusability improve the software productivity, quality and cost. In this paper, we develope SPARS-J(Software Product Archive, analysis and Retrieval System for Java). A component searcher will give SPARS-J queries by keywords, and get matched source codes or efficient information for reuse. Using SPARS-J, we can save a lot of cost by reusing softwa...