This thesis is concerned with the use of intelligent system techniques (IST) within a large distributed software system, specifically the ATLAS TDAQ system which has been developed and is currently in use at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics(CERN). The overall aim is …
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This thesis discusses the idea of using domain specific languages for program transformation, and the application, implementation and analysis of one such domain specific language that combines rewrite rules for transformation and uses temporal logic to express its side conditio…
Security within the Web services technology field is a complex and very topical issue. When considering using this technology suite to support interacting e-businesses, literature has shown that the challenge of achieving security becomes even more elusive. This is particularly …
This thesis differs from the technological perspective of SPI by identifying and analysing the organisational features of process improvement. A theoretical understanding is developed of how and why software process improvements occur and what are the consequences of the change …
This dissertation is to provide empirical evidence as well as in-depth discussions to reflect the theme of new technologies like the Internet and its impact and implications on the political systems and public opinion in the Chinese context. It is the premise that technology can…
Social and organisation theorists have become increasingly interested in studying information and communication technologies over the last two decades. This thesis examines how information and communication technologies are organised, and what is organised by information and com…
Computer systems are ubiquitous in most aspects of our daily lives, as such the reliance of end users upon their correct and timely functioning is on the rise. With technology advancement, the functionality of these systems is increasingly being defined in software. On the other…
This work aims to alleviate the weaknesses and pitfalls of the strong modern trend of e-learning by capitalising on and taking advantage of theoretical and implementation advances that have been made in the fields of adaptive hypermedia, social computing, games research and moti…
It is well-known that students benefit from personalised attention. However, frequently teachers are unable to provide this, most often due to time constraints. An Adaptive Hypermedia (AH) system can offer a richer learning experience, by giving personalised attention to student…
Over the past decades, the adoption of electronic systems for the manufacturing of automotive vehicles has been exponentially popularized. This growth has been driven by the premium automobile sector where, presently, diverse electronic systems are used. These electronic systems…
Social phobia has become one of the commonest manifestations of fear in any society. This fear is often accompanied by major depression or social disabilities. With the awareness that fear can be aggravated in social situations, virtual reality researchers and psychologists have…
Pipelined wavefront computations are an ubiquitous class of high performance parallel algorithms used for the solution of many scientific and engineering applications. In order to aid the design and optimisation of these applications, and to ensure that during procurement platfo…
To meet the increasing computational requirements of the scientific community, the use of parallel programming has become commonplace, and in recent years distributed applications running on clusters of computers have become the norm. Both parallel and distributed applications f…
The increasing availability of multi-core and multi-processor architectures provides new opportunities for improving the performance of many computer simulations. Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations are widely used for approximate counting problems, Bayesian inference an…
The commercial success of software development depends on innovation [Nar93a]. However, conventional approaches inhibit the development of innovative products that embody novel concepts. This thesis argues that this limitation of conventional software development is largely due …
The thesis undertakes an analysis of the modelling methods used in the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) developed by Peter Checkland and Brian Wilson. The analysis is undertaken using formal logic and work drawn from modern Anglo-American analytical philosophy especially work in t…
Recent years have seen exponential increase in memory capacity for computer data storage. Increased bit density has been produced by decreasing feature sizes in microelectronic fabrication. As minimum microelectronic feature sizes are realized, new methods are being investigated…
Data is all-pervasive and is found in all aspects of modern computer systems, and yet many engineers seem reluctant to recognise the importance of data integrity. The conventional view of data, as simply an aspect of software, underestimates the role played by data errors in the…