The use of bad names — names that are wrong, inconsistent or inconcise — hinder program comprehension. The root of the problem is that there is no mechanism for aligning the n...
Software products often need to vary in terms of functionality, but also in terms of quality attributes. We describe KumbangSec, which in an approach for modelling functional and ...
To bridge the gap between high level semantic concepts and low level visual features in content-based image retrieval (CBIR), online feature selection is really required. An effec...
For decades, researchers in knowledge representation (KR) have argued for and against various choices in KR formalisms, such as Rules, Frames, Semantic nets, and Formal logic. In ...
In Japan, the “Period of Integrated Study” program to enhance practical skills began in elementary and secondary education in 2002. Most goals of this program involve meta-abil...