Identifying some important success factors in adopting agile software development practices

Agile software development (ASD) is an emerging approach in software engineering, initially advocated by a group of 17 software professionals who practice a set of “lightweight” methods, and share a common set of values of software development. In this paper, we advance the state-of-the-art of the research in this area by conducting a survey-based ex-post-facto study for identifying factors from the perspective of the ASD practitioners that will influence the success of projects that adopt ASD practices. In this paper, we describe a hypothetical success factors framework we developed to address our research question, the hypotheses we conjectured, the research methodology, the data analysis techniques we used to validate the hypotheses, and the results we obtained from data analysis. The study was conducted using an unprecedentedly large-scale survey-based methodology, consisting of respondents who practice ASD and who had experience practicing plan-driven software development in the past. The study indicates that nine of the 14 hypothesized factors have statistically significant relationship with “Success”. The important success factors that were found are: customer satisfaction, customer collaboration, customer commitment, decision time, corporate culture, control, personal characteristics, societal culture, and training and learning.     

A Visualization Based Approach for Digital Signature Authentication

We propose a visualization based approach for digital signature authentication. Using our method, the speed and pressure aspects of a digital signature process can be clearly and intuitively conveyed to the user for digital signature authentication. Our design takes into account both the expressiveness and aesthetics of the derived visual patterns. With the visual aid provided by our method, digital signatures can be authenticated with better accuracy than using existing methods—even novices can examine the authenticity of a digital signature in most situations using our method. To validate the effectiveness of our method, we conducted a comprehensive user study which confirms positively the advantages of our approach. Our method can be employed as a new security enhancement measure for a range of business and legal applications in reality which involve digital signature authorization and authentication.     

基于直方图规定化的抗几何攻击数字水印算法

提出一种基于严格直方图规定化的抗几何攻击数字水印算法。该算法基于图像块信息熵与边缘检测结果,选择图像最大的平坦区域,利用严格直方图规定化将图像平坦区域的直方图规定化为特定形状,为了提高水印检测精度与嵌入图像的保真度,选择锯齿状直方图作为水印信息。实验表明,该算法嵌入水印后的图像具有很好的保真度,对几何攻击、噪声污染、JPEG压缩、线性和非线性滤波有较好的鲁棒性。     

低速直驱永磁同步电机的电磁场有限元分析

多极永磁同步电机在产生低速机械运动的同时提高转矩密度,并且具有较大的负载范围,从而可以直接驱动机械负载,以替代传统电机配合减速器和液力耦合器的驱动方式,摒弃了复杂冗重的减速机构.利用Ansoft/Maxwell 2D建立永磁同步电动机的有限元模型,通过拓扑形式的Modular定子结构绕线方式,对电机进行有限元分析,探究不同气隙长度对低速永磁同步电机磁通密度分布与动态转矩等其他性能的影响.     

基于云化ANP的巷道冒顶影响因素重要性研究

为了解巷道冒顶事故影响因素之间的关系及导致事故发生的重要性排序,根据专家评判语言的特点及各因素之间存在的语义网络联系性,提出了将云模型嵌入ANP来解决上述问题,即云化ANP模型。该模型既有云模型处理不确定信息的能力,也具有ANP处理网状因素系统的能力,尤其适合处理冒顶这类具有不确定性数据的分析问题。给出了云化ANP的构建过程和分析步骤。结合专家调查所得数据分析了影响冒顶因素的重要性排序,所举实例分析的因素重要性排序为:稳定岩层距巷道顶板表面的距离 >地下水渗水量 >巷道的跨度 >稳定岩层厚度 >顶板岩石的抗压强度 。最后将云化ANP算法应用于类似算法所处理的例子,通过这些例子的结果分析了云化ANP算法的正确性。     

基于多元线性回归的雾霾预测方法研究

提出了一种在线样本更新的多元线性回归分析的雾霾预测方法。首先搜集了北京市天气状况,包括平均气温、湿度、风级等气象数据以及PM2.5、CO、NO₂、SO₂等大气成分浓度数据,然后通过散点图对这些因素进行主要影响因素分析,筛选出对雾霾影响比较明显的因素作为雾霾预测的依据。通过在线样本更新的多元线性回归建立了PM2.5含量预测模型,并将气象要素作为雾霾的判断标准。最后给出实际例子,利用多元线性回归对北京未来一天、三天及一周的PM2.5含量进行较为精确的预测。     

Optimal replacement policy for a two-dissimilar-component cold standby system with different repair actions

In this paper, a cold standby repairable system consisting of two dissimilar components and one repairman is studied. When failures occur, the repair of both component 1 and component 2 are not ‘as good as new’. The consecutive operating times of component 1 after repair constitute a decreasing geometric process, while the repair times of component 1 are independent and identically distributed. For component 2, its failure is rectified by minimal repair, and the repair time is negligible. Component 1 has priority in use when both components are good. The replacement policy N is based on the failure number of component 1. Under policy N, we derive the explicit expression of the long-run average cost rate C(N) as well as the average number of repairs of component 2 before the system replaced. The optimal replacement policy N*, which minimises the long-run average cost rate C(N), is obtained theoretically. If the failure rate r(t) of component 2 is increasing, the existence and uniqueness of the optimal policy N* is also proved. Finally, a numerical example is given to validate the developed theoretical model. Some sensitivity analyses are provided to show the influence of some parameters, such as the costs for replacement and repair, and the parameters of the lifetime and repair time distributions of both components, to the optimal replacement policy N* and corresponding average cost rate C(N*).     

Work-related pains among the workers associated with pineapple peeling in small fruit processing units of North East India

The present study aimed at investigating work-related pain issues among the workers associated with pineapple peeling activity in small fruit processing units of North East India. The study also assessed the associated levels of ergonomic risk prevalent among the workers and identified ergonomic risk factors associated with pineapple peeling task. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using questionnaire-based interview, pain self-report and direct observation of the activities to understand the prevailing work conditions. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to assess the level of ergonomic risks involved. Prevalence of pain, in different body parts of the participants, was found evident with a higher percentage of participants reporting pain in shoulders (41.1%), upper arms (37.1%) and lower back (45.7%) while some had also reported of pain in neck (13.2%), lower arms (15.9%), wrists (12.6%) and palm (6%). For RULA, 89.4% of the participants had a grand score greater than equal to 5 which fell under action level 3 indicating for further investigation and changes soon. Hence, various risk factors influencing pain occurrences were identified using logistic regression, and factors like age, gender, hours of peeling, frequency of rest breaks, perceived work fatigue and years of experience, were found to be associated with risk of pain in at least one of the body parts. Identification of these risk factors laid down path for the future course of actions and improvements to address the work pain related issues among workers.Relevance to industryThe study established pain prevalence associated with manual pineapple peeling task and identified the potential risk factors, laying down basis for possible future actions to address work pain related issues and enhance productivity of the workers.     

一种新的基于伪Zernike矩的图像盲水印算法

抵抗几何攻击的鲁棒性是目前数字水印技术中的热点也是难点。提出一种新的基于伪Zernike矩的图像盲水印算法,首先计算图像归一化后的伪Zernike矩,然后选取部分合适的矩通过量化调制嵌入水印信息。水印提取时,利用伪Zernike矩的相位信息估计旋转角度进行几何校正,以提高矩的几何不变性。实验结果表明,本算法对于抗几何攻击尤其是旋转攻击具有很好的鲁棒性,同时也能抵抗常规的信号处理攻击。