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5 Citations
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Virtual Prototyping and Validation of Cpps within a New Software Framework

  • Sebastian Neumeyer,
  • Konrad Exner,
  • Simon Kind,
  • Haygazun Hayka and
  • Rainer Stark

As a result of the growing demand for highly customized and individual products, companies need to enable flexible and intelligent manufacturing. Cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) will act autonomously in the future in an interlinked productio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 7th International Conference from Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering (IC-SCCE 2016))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,808 Views
20 Pages

An Embedded Software Development Framework for Internet of Things Devices

  • Camilo Lozoya,
  • José Miguel Díaz,
  • César Rodríguez-Esqueda,
  • Claudia Prieto-Resendiz and
  • Alberto Aguilar-Gonzalez

13 December 2022

Internet of things (IoT) devices are mostly ubiquitous in this day and age, and it is hard to imagine a life without them, especially in the productive sectors (industry, agriculture, and automotive) and in our daily life activities (consumer electro...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
13,512 Views
14 Pages

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are widely used for control and automation of machines and processes, so the quality of PLC software has a direct impact on production efficiency. This paper describes a PLC program for a food production line tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,382 Views
33 Pages

Framework for Selecting Manufacturing Simulation Software in Industry 4.0 Environment

  • Davide Cafasso,
  • Cosimo Calabrese,
  • Giorgia Casella,
  • Eleonora Bottani and
  • Teresa Murino

22 July 2020

Even though the use of simulation software packages is widespread in industrial and manufacturing companies, the criteria and methods proposed in the scientific literature to evaluate them do not adequately help companies in identifying a package abl...

(This article belongs to the Collection Smart Production Operations Management and Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
842 Views
28 Pages

24 June 2026

Software quality assessment in agile projects remains fragmented. Technical, process-related, and team-related indicators are often evaluated through separate models, tools, and reports. This fragmentation limits cross-project comparability and weake...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Methodology in Software Engineering, 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
18,071 Views
18 Pages

1 February 2023

Given the rising demand for more transparent, consistent, and comprehensive non-financial information in investment, there is a need to provide more reliable, meaningful, and measurable ESG metrics, in a way that most frameworks cannot. Most establis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,145 Views
10 Pages

28 February 2019

A wireless sensor network (WSN) is typically composed of spatially distributed miniature sensors that help collect large amounts of real-time environmental data from buildings. These environmental data (e.g., temperature, humidity, CO2 concentration)...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,352 Views
9 Pages

Software Framework for Testing of Automated Driving Systems in the Traffic Environment of Vissim

  • Demin Nalic,
  • Aleksa Pandurevic,
  • Arno Eichberger,
  • Martin Fellendorf and
  • Branko Rogic

27 May 2021

As the complexity of automated driving systemss (ADSs) with automation levels above level 3 is rising, virtual testing for such systems is inevitable and necessary. The complexity of testing these levels lies in the modeling and calculation demands f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Automated Driving Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,280 Views
16 Pages

29 May 2023

Sustainability has become a critical issue for the software industry as the environmental impact of software development and use increases. To address this issue, organizations need a framework for developing and accessing sustainable software practi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,713 Views
20 Pages

Viruses are one of the main threats to the security of today’s cyberspace. With the continuous development of virus and artificial intelligence technologies in recent years, the intelligentization of virus technology has become a trend. It is o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI in Cybersecurity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,565 Views
24 Pages

FRAMUX-EV: A Framework for Evaluating User Experience in Agile Software Development

  • Luis Felipe Rojas,
  • Daniela Quiñones and
  • Claudio Cubillos

6 October 2024

Agile software development prioritizes customer satisfaction through the continuous delivery of valuable software. However, integrating user experience (UX) evaluations into agile projects remains a significant challenge. Existing proposals address s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies for User-Centered Design and User Experience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,705 Views
37 Pages

4 July 2024

Many regular business operations are transforming into digital services, increasing advanced multi-platforms, rapid operational alignment, flexibility, and environmental impact through energy consumption, hardware waste, and technology investments. F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,368 Views
26 Pages

15 April 2025

Hybrid simulation integrates numerical and experimental techniques to analyze structural responses under static and dynamic loads. It physically tests components that are not fully characterized while modeling the rest of the structure numerically. O...

  • Article
  • Open Access
426 Views
20 Pages

25 June 2026

Visual programming using blocks and diagrams facilitates understanding of fundamental programming concepts, which is particularly important for children with special educational needs because it reduces their cognitive load and encourages interactive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decision-Making Methods: Applications and Perspectives, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,714 Views
31 Pages

KidBright: An Open-Source Embedded Programming Platform with a Dedicated Software Framework in Support of Ecosystems for Learning to Code

  • Surapol Tan-a-ram,
  • Anuchit Leelayuttho,
  • Somphong Kittipiyakul,
  • Wuthipong Pornsukjantra,
  • Thundluck Sereevoravitgul,
  • Apichart Intarapanich,
  • Saowaluck Kaewkamnerd and
  • Dusadee Treeumnuk

4 November 2022

The concept of coding at school has enabled educators and parents around the globe to become interested in coding as, these days, coding is regarded as a gateway to computational thinking for children. However, coding education in Thailand appears to...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
150 Views
8 Pages

21 September 2026

A multi-tier enterprise software system, the 3-4-5 framework, was designed to optimize workforce allocation and streamline training pipelines in vocational engineering education. The system decouples workflows into four interoperable platforms, rangi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,815 Views
14 Pages

14 December 2022

Software education and its value are strongly emphasized among basic university courses in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. Numerous university students use the internet and various software in their daily lives. However, there is a lack...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access

15 October 2026

This study introduces the spatial and analytical construction of the Quartic Overhauser (QOVR) surface generation framework designed to address boundary alignment and localized shape modification constraints. This framework implements a variable-para...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetries and Structures in Computer Vision and Graphics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,924 Views
24 Pages

An Automated Framework for Prioritizing Software Requirements

  • Behnaz Jamasb,
  • Seyed Raouf Khayami,
  • Reza Akbari and
  • Rahim Taheri

Requirement Engineering (RE) is a critical phase in software development, integral to the successful execution of projects. The initial stage of RE involves requirement elicitation and analysis, where the prioritization of requirements is critical. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Software Engineering: Status and Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,421 Views
17 Pages

8 March 2023

Audits are an essential component of every organization, particularly those involving software development. In addition to several testing cycles, software auditing has become an essential software development milestone. Software auditing is a contin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,256 Views
29 Pages

A Transparent and Intuitive Modeling Framework and Software for Efficient Land Allocation

  • John A. Gallo,
  • Gregory H. Aplet,
  • Randal Greene,
  • Janice L. Thomson and
  • Amanda T. Lombard

14 November 2020

The purpose of this research is to better conserve biodiversity by improving land allocation modeling software. Here we introduce a planning support framework designed to be understood by and useful to land managers, stakeholders, and other decision-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Governance, Values, and Conservation Processes in Multifunctional Landscapes)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,681 Views
10 Pages

Software Reuse Practices among Malaysian Freelance Developers: A Conceptual Framework

  • Mohd Akmal Faiz Osman,
  • Mohamad Noorman Masrek and
  • Khalid Abdul Wahid

Software reuse development practices have been proven to benefit software development in terms of a quicker time to market and quality. Although being aware of the benefits, software developers tend to overlook this method due to various reasons. Imp...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,948 Views
21 Pages

A Software Vulnerability Management Framework for the Minimization of System Attack Surface and Risk

  • Panagiotis Sotiropoulos,
  • Christos-Minas Mathas,
  • Costas Vassilakis and
  • Nicholas Kolokotronis

Current Internet of Things (IoT) systems comprise multiple software systems that are deployed to provide users with the required functionalities. System architects create system blueprints and draw specifications for the software artefacts that are n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Trends and Challenges in IoT Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,136 Views
10 Pages

11 November 2021

In distributed software development, planning and managing fair and transparent task allocation is both critical and challenging. The objective of this paper is to propose a decentralized blockchain-oriented, transparent task allocation framework to...

(This article belongs to the Collection Software Engineering: Computer Science and System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
302 Views
32 Pages

29 September 2026

Legacy software systems continue to support critical organizational operations, yet organizations often lack a structured and quantitative way to assess their actual condition. This paper presents a multidimensional framework based on the Goal–...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,964 Views
37 Pages

Highly Efficient Software Development Using DevOps and Microservices: A Comprehensive Framework

  • David Barbosa,
  • Vítor Santos,
  • Maria Clara Silveira,
  • Arnaldo Santos and
  • Henrique S. Mamede

14 January 2026

With the growing popularity of DevOps culture among companies and the corresponding increase in Microservices architecture development—both known to boost productivity and efficiency in software development—an increasing number of organiz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,318 Views
21 Pages

FRIDA, a Framework for Software Design, Applied in the Treatment of Children with Autistic Disorder

  • Gustavo Eduardo Constain Moreno,
  • César A. Collazos,
  • Susana Bautista and
  • Fernando Moreira

5 November 2022

The “FRIDA” framework is a guide for the agile development of accessible software for users with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as a tool for strengthening emotional and social skills in the treatment of autism. It is based on the use of...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,559 Views
28 Pages

26 April 2022

Software startups are temporary organizations created with the purpose of bringing a profitable business idea to life. In the initial stages, the commercial viability of any product concept is yet to be proven and until the startup can generate reven...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Business Model–the Perspective of Systems Thinking and Innovation)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,761 Views
14 Pages

Emulating Software-Defined Disaggregated Optical Networks in a Containerized Framework

  • Francisco-Javier Moreno-Muro,
  • Miquel Garrich,
  • Ignacio Iglesias-Castreño,
  • Safaa Zahir and
  • Pablo Pavón-Mariño

26 February 2021

Telecom operators’ infrastructure is undergoing high pressure to keep the pace with the traffic demand generated by the societal need of remote communications, bandwidth-hungry applications, and the fulfilment of 5G requirements. Software-defined net...

(This article belongs to the Collection New Trends in Optical Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,438 Views
17 Pages

The detection of security vulnerabilities in software design patterns and antipatterns is crucial for maintaining robust and maintainable systems, particularly in dynamic Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) environments. Traditional...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,008 Views
18 Pages

Exploring the Nexus of Sustainability and Project Success: A Proposed Framework for the Software Sector

  • Amin Khalifeh,
  • Ahmad Samed Al-Adwan,
  • Mohammed Kasem Alrousan,
  • Husam Yaseen,
  • Belal Mathani and
  • Firas Rashed Wahsheh

15 November 2023

In the last two decades, there have been many calls to integrate sustainability into projects. However, there are conflicting views about the relationship between sustainability and project success. Some contend that project sustainability could adve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Project Management, Supply Chain Management and Optimization in Civil & Industrial Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,593 Views
20 Pages

Software-Defined NB-IoT Uplink Framework—The Design, Implementation and Use Cases

  • Alicja Olejniczak,
  • Olga Błaszkiewicz,
  • Krzysztof K. Cwalina,
  • Piotr Rajchowski and
  • Jarosław Sadowski

9 December 2021

In the radiocommunication area, we may observe a rapid growth of new technology, such as 5G. Moreover, all the newly introduced radio interfaces, e.g., narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), are strongly dependent on the software. Hence, the radioco...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,549 Views
19 Pages

8 December 2022

As information technology advances quickly, so does the 5G–6G network management system, which is moving toward greater integration, decentralization, diversity, and intelligence. As flexibility is a crucial criterion for 5G–6G network ar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 6G Wireless Communication Systems: Applications, Opportunities and Challenges II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,427 Views
14 Pages

SoEasy: A Software Framework for Easy Hardware Control Programming for Diverse IoT Platforms

  • Junyoung Lee,
  • Gwang-il Park,
  • Jong-ha Shin,
  • Jin-hae Lee,
  • Cormac J. Sreenan and
  • Seong-eun Yoo

5 July 2018

Many Internet of Things (IoT) applications are emerging and evolving rapidly thanks to widespread open-source hardware platforms. Most of the high-end open-source IoT platforms include built-in peripherals, such as the universal asynchronous receiver...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Research Trends in Internet of Things and Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,176 Views
15 Pages

Mobile IoT-Edge-Cloud Continuum Based and DevOps Enabled Software Framework

  • Janis Judvaitis,
  • Rihards Balass and
  • Modris Greitans

This research aims to provide a high-level software framework for IoT-Edge-Cloud computational continuum-based applications with support for mobile IoT and DevOps integration utilizing the Edge computing paradigms. This is achieved by dividing the sy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,445 Views
18 Pages

Intrusion Detection Framework for Industrial Internet of Things Using Software Defined Network

  • Hani Alshahrani,
  • Attiya Khan,
  • Muhammad Rizwan,
  • Mana Saleh Al Reshan,
  • Adel Sulaiman and
  • Asadullah Shaikh

2 June 2023

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) refers to the employment of the Internet of Things in industrial management, where a substantial number of machines and devices are linked and synchronized with the help of software programs and third platform...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
11,414 Views
24 Pages

3 June 2022

The present research presents a framework that supports the development and operation of machine-learning (ML) algorithms to develop, maintain and manage the whole lifecycle of modeling software sensors related to complex chemical processes. Our moti...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
441 Views
14 Pages

6 July 2026

During software testing phases, fault detection and correction processes are carried out simultaneously. However, the fault correction process is not considered in the grey software reliability growth model (SRGM). To solve this problem, this paper p...

(This article belongs to the Section AI-Enabled Process Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,329 Views
29 Pages

28 February 2021

Today’s mobile processors generally have multiple cores and sufficient hardware resources to support AI-enabled software operation. However, very few AI applications make full use of the computing performance of mobile multiprocessors. This is becaus...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,138 Views
22 Pages

On a Software Framework for Automated Pore Identification and Quantification for SEM Images of Metals

  • Michael Mulligan,
  • Oliver Fowler,
  • Joshua Voell,
  • Mark Atwater and
  • Howie Fang

16 October 2025

The functional performance of porous metals and alloys is dictated by pore features such as size, connectivity, and morphology. While methods like mercury porosimetry or gas pycnometry provide cumulative information, direct observation via scanning e...

(This article belongs to the Section Human–Computer Interactions)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
26,992 Views
19 Pages

Agile software requirements engineering processes enable quick responses to reflect changes in the client’s software requirements. However, there are challenges associated with agile requirements engineering processes, which hinder fast, sustai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Methodology in Software Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,192 Views
18 Pages

Noise in requirements has been known to be a defect in software requirements specifications (SRS). Detecting defects at an early stage is crucial in the process of software development. Noise can be in the form of irrelevant requirements that are inc...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
773 Views
59 Pages

28 July 2026

The automotive industry is evolving toward Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) enabled by centralized computing, cloud integration, and Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. Yet, prevailing SDV and Internet of Vehicles (IoV) simulators often treat each vehicle as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: Development and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
871 Views
33 Pages

An Integrated AHP–Fuzzy AHP Evaluation Framework for Large Language Models in Software Engineering Education

  • Jovana Lj. Jović,
  • Dragan S. Domazet,
  • Nenad O. Vesić,
  • Branislav M. Ranđelović and
  • Dušan J. Simjanović

12 May 2026

The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education has increased significantly, and their potential for supporting teaching and learning is considerable. However, their reliability and suitability for generating educational content remain op...

  • Article
  • Open Access
243 Views
27 Pages

From Ethical Values to Process Quality in Agile Software Engineering: The Quality Value Driver (QVD) Framework

  • Moshe Davidian,
  • Dikla Mazliah,
  • Grant Slovin,
  • Ben-Zion Joshua,
  • Yotam Lurie and
  • Shlomo Mark

9 September 2026

Software-intensive organizations increasingly face the challenge of integrating ethical considerations into routine work practices while maintaining process quality and organizational performance. This study develops the Quality Value Driver (QVD) fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,670 Views
16 Pages

19 December 2022

IoT technology applied to agriculture has produced a number of contributions in the recent years. Such solutions are, most of the time, fully tailored to a particular functional target and focus extensively on sensor-hardware development and customiz...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Systems Engineering: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,539 Views
13 Pages

27 January 2020

Increasingly more enterprises are intending to deploy data management systems in the cloud. However, the complexity of software development significantly increases both time and learning costs of data management system development. In this paper, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,218 Views
24 Pages

REIP: A Reconfigurable Environmental Intelligence Platform and Software Framework for Fast Sensor Network Prototyping

  • Yurii Piadyk,
  • Bea Steers,
  • Charlie Mydlarz,
  • Mahin Salman,
  • Magdalena Fuentes,
  • Junaid Khan,
  • Hong Jiang,
  • Kaan Ozbay,
  • Juan Pablo Bello and
  • Claudio Silva

17 May 2022

Sensor networks have dynamically expanded our ability to monitor and study the world. Their presence and need keep increasing, and new hardware configurations expand the range of physical stimuli that can be accurately recorded. Sensors are also no l...

(This article belongs to the Topic Wireless Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,779 Views
20 Pages

CODE: A Moving-Window-Based Framework for Detecting Concept Drift in Software Defect Prediction

  • Md Alamgir Kabir,
  • Shahina Begum,
  • Mobyen Uddin Ahmed and
  • Atiq Ur Rehman

28 November 2022

Concept drift (CD) refers to data distributions that may vary after a minimum stable period. CD negatively influences models’ performance of software defect prediction (SDP) trained on past datasets when applied to the new datasets. Based on pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,011 Views
22 Pages

14 October 2025

This paper introduces an open-source software framework for implementing Field-Oriented Control (FOC) on a Brushless DC Motor (BLDC) across its entire speed range. The control strategy employs a Direct FOC method with a single Hall sensor combined wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechatronic Systems Design and Optimization)

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