BiOSS: A system for biomedical ontology selection

In biomedical informatics, ontologies are considered a key technology for annotating, retrieving and sharing the huge volume of publicly available data. Due to the increasing amount, complexity and variety of existing biomedical ontologies, choosing the ones to be used in a semantic annotation problem or to design a specific application is a difficult task. As a consequence, the design of approaches and tools addressed to facilitate the selection of biomedical ontologies is becoming a priority. In this paper we present BiOSS, a novel system for the selection of biomedical ontologies. BiOSS evaluates the adequacy of an ontology to a given domain according to three different criteria: (1) the extent to which the ontology covers the domain; (2) the semantic richness of the ontology in the domain; (3) the popularity of the ontology in the biomedical community. BiOSS has been applied to 5 representative problems of ontology selection. It also has been compared to existing methods and tools. Results are promising and show the usefulness of BiOSS to solve real-world ontology selection problems. BiOSS is openly available both as a web tool and a web service.     

Implementation of Web‐based argumentation in facilitating elementary school students to learn environmental issues

This research develops a Web‐based argumentation system named the Web‐based Interactive Argumentation System (WIAS). WIAS can provide teachers with the scaffolding for argumentation instruction. Students can propose their statements, collect supporting evidence and share and discuss with peers online. This research adopts a quasi‐experimental design, applying WIAS to the teaching of environmental issues, including mudslides, global warming and nuclear power. Fifty‐seven elementary school fifth graders from two classes participated in this research. With each class as a unit, they were divided into the WIAS group (n = 30) and the traditional argumentation instruction (TAI) group (n = 27). Before research, all students took the pre‐test of the ‘achievement test for environmental issues (ATEI)’ and the ‘environmental literacy scale (ELS).’ Then all students received argumentation training and six classes of argumentation instruction. Students in the WIAS group performed argumentation in the WIAS, while those in the TAI group performed argumentation in a traditional classroom. After the six‐class argumentation instruction, all students took the post‐test of the ATEI and ELS. The results show that students in the WIAS group have significantly better learning effectiveness than those in the TAI group. Students in the WIAS group also exhibited significantly better improvement in their environmental literacy.     

基于引用启发式和URL语义相结合的会话识别方法

会话识别是Web日志的用户行为分析的关键步骤, 精准的会话识别是有效进行用户行为分析的基础。已有的会话识别方法不能有效地动态适应不同的用户（如多IP单用户、单IP多用户）行为, 在Web日志分析的基础上, 提出了一种基于引用启发式和URL语义相结合的会话识别方法。实验结果表明, 改进后的会话识别方法能更有效地识别出用户的真实会话。     

基于随机词汇迭代模型的POI分类检索

从特征选择、局部区域划分和词汇语义相似性计算入手,利用随机词汇迭代模型(random terms iterativemodel,RTIM)进行海量兴趣点(point of interest,POI)文本分类.通过词汇频度、集中度和离散度方法筛选出特征词汇;依据文本与各POI类别间的相似度进行局部区域划分;在每个局部区域内基于词汇在文本中的排列顺序构建词频向量,基于词频向量中词频的随机删除和重构,获取特征映射矩阵;通过特征映射矩阵将文本转为特征向量,并采用SVM分类器进行POI文本分类.实验证明,该方法有效提升了POI文本分类准确性和覆盖率.     

一种支持服务关联的Web服务选择方法

目前存在的大多数基于QoS(quality of service)的Web服务选择方案都忽略了服务之间的关联关系, 认为服务之间是相互独立的, 使得组合服务的结果与实际有所偏差。为了提高组合Web服务QoS的精确性, 考虑到服务之间的关联关系对组合服务质量的影响, 分别对服务之间的接口关联、业务关联和统计关联三种关联关系进行研究, 提出了一种基于关联度的关联服务集合发现方法, 将支持服务关联的选择问题转换为混合整数规划模型进行求解。实验结果表明, 考虑服务之间的关联关系会提高组合Web服务的质量。     

Web软件可信性的模糊评价方法

在对ISO/IEC 9126模型及Web软件属性图进行改进和扩充后,应用因子分析法构建了Web软件可信性评价指标体系,运用结构熵值法确定了各个可信指标的权重,并运用改进的证据合成方法构造专家评价信息的模糊评价矩阵;最后,运用置信度识别准则对软件可信性进行等级评价和得分计算,对应可信性决策规则集得出相应的策略。结合对Web软件中网上银行项目的实例分析说明了该方法的实用性和有效性。     

传感网环境下视频传感器在线规划

针对视频传感器观测被动的问题,结合视频传感器和传感网的特点,设计了传感网环境下视频传感器在线规划框架。该框架采用面向服务的体系架构（ SOA）,包含资源层、资源服务层、规划服务层和应用层四个层,各层之间采用标准的网络通信协议进行通信。实现了视频传感器在线规划原型系统,并以视频监控签到为应用场景进行了在线规划实验。实验结果表明：该框架对于实现视频传感器主动和按需观测是可行且有效的。     

Web Service性能测试的两种测试脚本设计方法

Web Service接口技术越来越广泛地应用到信息系统之中,Web Service接口的性能测试需求也越来越多。给出使用LoadRunner和SOAP UI工具进行Web Service接口性能测试的两种测试脚本设计方法,即Service Call方式的测试脚本设计方法和SOAP方式的测试脚本设计方法。     

Web服务质量建模及其正确性验证

针对现有的Web服务质量模型主要考虑的都是通用的服务质量属性,没有考虑特定的Web服务属性在评价中的作用,提出了一个新的Web服务质量模型,它引入了一个特定领域的服务质量属性,该模型包括三个子模型。模型中建立了相关的服务质量树和目标对象树,通过量化指标子模型对目标对象进行量化,形成相应的服务权重树。该模型既可适应用于单个的Web服务请求,也可以用于多个服务组合而成的请求。通过一个应用实例验证了模型的正确性和可用性。     

基于分层模型的组合服务故障定位算法

在面向服务的架构中,服务之间的依赖关系具有单向性的特点。基于这种单向性依赖,提出了服务故障传播的分层模型并设计了服务的分层算法,将服务节点分层。根据分层模型设计了服务故障定位的监测探针和诊断部署,减少了监测探针的数目。在探针探测结果的基础上,提出了分层模型下基于贝叶斯网络的故障定位算法,该算法通过计算故障发生时服务的影响因子和可信度,快速定位故障。仿真结果验证了该算法可以较准确地定位组合服务中的故障,且保持较低的误报率。