This paper elaborates on ontology-based end-user visual query formulation, particularly for users who otherwise cannot/do not desire to use formal textual query languages to retrieve data due to the lack of technical knowledge and skills. Then, it provides a set of quality attributes and features, primarily elicited via a series of industrial enduser workshops and user studies carried out in th...

We propose a method, called PREDIQT, for model based prediction of impact of architecture design changes on system quality. PREDIQT supports simultaneous analysis of several quality attributes and their trade-offs. This paper argues for the feasibility of the PREDIQT method based on a comprehensive industrial case study targeting a system for managing validation of electronic certificates and s...

In this paper we propose a methodology to measure the characteristics and composition of intermediate products using productivity indicators based on directional distance functions. We evaluate how quality attributes interact with the quantity level in grapes production, and find evidence of a trade-off between quantity and aggregate quality for Chardonnay. ∗Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche —...

The pattern is, in short, at the same time a thing, which happens in the world, and the rule which tells us how to create that thing, and when we must create it. It is both a process and a thing; both a description of a thing which is alive, and a description of the process which will generate that thing

When designing a software system it is beneficial to study and use architectural styles from literature, to ensure certain quality attributes. However, as the interpretation of literature may differ depending on the background and area of expertise of the person reading the literature, we suggest that structured discussions about different architecture candidates provides more valuable insight ...

A model is developed that can estimate recreational welfare measures for access to and changes in quality attributes at long distance single-visited tourist sites with only on-site information available. By defining the good (a visit to the site) as indivisible in consumption welfare measures are derived by simply capturing or estimating the chokeprice(s). Stated and revealed methods suitable t...

introduction: the review of medical records with the aim of assessing the quality of codes has long been conducted in different countries. auditing medical coding, as an instructive approach, could help to review the quality of codes objectively using defined attributes, and this in turn would lead to improvement of the quality of codes. method: the current study aimed to present a model for au...

Software quality is a complex concept containing a large number of quality attributes. These attributes often have different meaning for different people and different attributes are not of equal importance. Moreover, the actual relations between the attributes are mostly poorly understood. Companies have to cope with these relations in their daily software development. On the one hand, compani...

tomato is a major fruit, as well as a major food science product. there is a need of determining the quality attributes of this fruit (nondestructively) due to the increasing demand of the in agro-industrially controlled areas. most of the commonly employed techniques are time consuming and involve a considerable degree of manual work. sample preparation, juice making, and laboratory tests ...

Quality attributes and constraints are among the main drivers of architectural decision making. The quality attributes are improved or damaged by the architectural decisions, while restrictions directly include or exclude parts of the architecture (for example, the logical components or technologies). We can determine the impact of a decision of architecture in software quality, or which parts ...