Given that most elementary problems in database design are NP-hard, the currently used database design algorithms produce suboptimal results. For example, the current 3NF decompos...
Abstract. Clustering is a problem of great practical importance in numerous applications. The problem of clustering becomes more challenging when the data is categorical, that is, ...
Scientific data in the life sciences is distributed over various independent multi-format databases and is constantly expanding. We discuss a scenario where a life science research...
Agile software development methods have caught the attention of software engineers and researchers worldwide. Scientific research is yet scarce. This paper reports results from a ...
Pekka Abrahamsson, Juhani Warsta, Mikko T. Siponen...
Although object-oriented languages can improve programming practices, their characteristics may introduce new problems for software engineers. One important problem is the presenc...