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    • A framework for the definition of metrics for actor-dependency models 

      Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Grau Colom, Gemma; Quer, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2004)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The authors define actor-dependency models as a restricted class of goal-oriented models in which we focus on the actors and dependencies that exist in a system. An example of actor-dependency models are i* strategic ...
    • A quality-model-based approach for describing and evaluating software packages 

      Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Carvallo Vega, Juan Pablo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2002)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Selection of software packages from user requirements is a central task in software engineering. Selection of inappropriate packages may compromise business processes and may interfere negatively in the functioning of the ...
    • Automatic performance model transformation from UML to C++ 

      Pllana, Sabri; Benkner, Siegfried; Xhafa Xhafa, Fatos; Barolli, Leonard (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      We address the issue of the development of performance models for programs that may be executed on large-scale computing systems. The commonly used approaches apply non-standard notations for model specification and often ...
    • Automatic removal of unused code for software testing 

      Lin, Jing (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-01-20)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   University College London
      The traditional testing system will report for the whole system when this fails in the test cases. However, this report could be large and specially if one needs to fix the errors of the system. This project aims to ...
    • COSTUME: a method for building quality models for composite COTS-based software systems 

      Carvallo Vega, Juan Pablo; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Grau Colom, Gemma; Quer, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2004)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The use of quality models during the selection of commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) products provides a framework for the description of the domains which the COTS products belong to. Descriptions of COTS products and user ...
    • Data-driven and tool-supported elicitation of quality requirements in agile companies 

      Oriol Hilari, Marc; Martínez Fernández, Silverio Juan; Behutiye, Woubshet; Farré Tost, Carles; Kozik, Rafal; Seppänen, Pertti; Vollmer, Anna Maria; Rodríguez, Pilar; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Aaramaa, Sanja; Abhervé, Antonin; Choras, Michal; Partanen, Jari (2020)
      Article
      Open Access
      Quality requirements (QRs) are a key artifact needed to ensure the quality and success of a software system. Despite their importance, QRs rarely get the same degree of attention as their functional counterpart in agile ...
    • Desarrollo de componentes de software con tecnologías emergentes: uLab UPC 

      Rodríguez Franco, Maria Josep (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06-25)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      [CASTELLÀ] Este trabajo consta de evaluaciones tecnológicas y la elaboración de prototipos dentro del proyecto uLab UPC del inLab FIB en colaboración con Telefónica I+D. En las evaluaciones se probarán diversas nuevas ...
    • DesCOTS-EV: a tool for the evaluation of COTS components 

      Quer, Carme; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Lopez-Pelegrín, Xavier (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2005)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      In the last years, some methods have been proposed for dealing with COTS component selection. In all of them, a key point is the comparison of the user requirements, which drive the selection process, with the capabilities ...
    • DesCOTS-SL: a tool for the selection of COTS components 

      Quer, Carme; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Lopez-Pelegrín, Xavier (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      DesCOTS is a system that has an aim to help clients in the selection of COTS components. This system is based in the use of quality models associated to a software domain for evaluating the products in that domain, and for ...
    • Desenvolupament de les proves de l'API de G-Stocks 

      Badia Castilla, Mar (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-26)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    • Development of software components in the uLab scope 

      Person Haro, Carlos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-03-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      [CASTELLÀ] Este trabajo consta de evaluaciones tecnológicas y la elaboración de prototipos dentro del proyecto uLab UPC del inLab FIB en colaboración con Telefónica I+D. En las evaluaciones se probarán diversas nuevas ...
    • Evaluating SLURM simulator with real-machine SLURM and vice versa 

      Jokanovic, Ana; D'Amico, Marco; Corbalán González, Julita (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Having a precise and a fast job scheduler model that resembles the real-machine job scheduling software behavior is extremely important in the field of job scheduling. The idea behind SLURM simulator is preserving the ...
    • Exploring the predictability of MPI messages 

      Freitag, Fèlix; Caubet Serrabou, Jordi; Farreras Esclusa, Montserrat; Cortés, Toni; Labarta Mancho, Jesús José (IEEE Computer Society, 2003)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Scalability to a large number of processes is one of the weaknesses of current MPI implementations. Standard implementations are able to scale to hundreds of nodes, but none beyond that. The main problem of current ...
    • Integrating runtime data with development data to monitor external quality: challenges from practice 

      Aghabayli, Aytaj; Pfahl, Dietmar; Martínez Fernández, Silverio Juan; Trendowicz, Adam (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The use of software analytics in software development companies has grown in the last years. Still, there is little support for such companies to obtain integrated insightful and actionable information at the right time. ...
    • Managing non-technical requirements in COTS components selection 

      Carvallo Vega, Juan Pablo; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Quer, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The selection of COTS components is made not only by an analysis of their technical quality but also (and sometimes mostly) by considering how they fulfill those non-technical requirements considered relevant, which refer ...
    • QaSD: A Quality-aware Strategic Dashboard for supporting decision makers in Agile Software Development 

      López Cuesta, Lidia; Manzano Aguilar, Martí; Gómez Seoane, Cristina; Oriol Hilari, Marc; Farré Tost, Carles; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Martínez Fernández, Silverio Juan; Vollmer, Anna Maria (2021-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      Software and data analytics solutions support improving development processes and the quality of the software produced in Agile Software Development (ASD). However, decision makers in software teams (e.g., product owner, ...
    • QuESo: A quality model for open source software ecosystems 

      Franco Bedoya, Oscar; Ameller, David; Costal Costa, Dolors; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Open source software has witnessed an exponential growth in the last two decades and it is playing an increasingly important role in many companies and organizations leading to the formation of open source software ecosystems. ...
    • State of the practice on software release planning 

      Farré Tost, Carles; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Ionescu, Tudor (CEUR-WS.org, 2017)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      In the recent years, the academic literature has reported many different proposals addressing the problem of Software Release Planning (SRP). However, nearly none of these results has been transferred to commercial tools ...
    • Testing and test-driven development of conceptual schemas 

      Tort Pugibet, Albert (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-04-11)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      The traditional focus for Information Systems (IS) quality assurance relies on the evaluation of its implementation. However, the quality of an IS can be largely determined in the first stages of its development. Several ...
    • Towards a unified catalogue of non-technical quality attributes to support COTS-based systems lifecycle activities 

      Carvallo Vega, Juan Pablo; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Quer, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Several activities of the COTS-based systems lifecycle are supported not only by the analysis of their technical quality but also (and sometimes mostly) by considering how they fulfill some non-technical quality features ...