An exploratory study on ontology engineering for software architecture documentation

The usefulness of Software Architecture (SA) documentation depends on how well its Architectural Knowledge (AK) can be retrieved by the stakeholders in a software project. Recent findings show that the use of ontology-based SA documentation is promising. However, different roles in software development have different needs for AK, and building an ontology to suit these needs is challenging. In this paper we describe an approach to build an ontology for SA documentation. This approach involves the use of typical questions for eliciting and constructing an ontology. We outline eight contextual factors, which influence the successful construction of an ontology, especially in complex software projects with diverse AK users. We tested our ‘typical question’ approach in a case study and report how it can be used for acquiring and modeling AK needs.     

Using the cloud to develop applications supporting geo-collaborative Situated Learning

Situated Learning stresses the importance of the context in which learning takes place. It has been therefore frequently associated with informal learning or learning outside the classroom. Cloud technologies can play an important role supporting this type of learning, since it requires ubiquitous computing support, connectivity and access to data across various scenarios: on the field, in the classroom, at home, etc. In this paper we first present the situated learning theory and how we can take advantage of services offered by Cloud Computing to implement computer applications implementing learning activities based on this theory, providing pertinent geographical information and discussion boards. Next we propose a software architecture schema which can be used as a basis for integrating existing cloud services into new applications supporting learning activities. Then we present two examples developed with this approach with its viability and advantages. These are discussed in the concluding chapter.     

FPGA prototyping of emerging manycore architectures for parallel programming research using Formic boards

Performance evaluation of parallel software and architectural exploration of innovative hardware support face a common challenge with emerging manycore platforms: they are limited by the slow running time and the low accuracy of software simulators. Manycore FPGA prototypes are difficult to build, but they offer great rewards. Software running on such prototypes runs orders of magnitude faster than current simulators. Moreover, researchers gain significant architectural insight during the modeling process. We use the Formic FPGA prototyping board [1], which specifically targets scalable and cost-efficient multi-board prototyping, to build and test a 64-board model of a 512-core, MicroBlaze-based, non-coherent hardware prototype with a full network-on-chip in a 3D-mesh topology. We expand the hardware architecture to include the ARM Versatile Express platforms and build a 520-core heterogeneous prototype of 8 Cortex-A9 cores and 512 MicroBlaze cores. We then develop an MPI library for the prototype and evaluate it extensively using several bare-metal and MPI benchmarks. We find that our processor prototype is highly scalable, models faithfully single-chip multicore architectures, and is a very efficient platform for parallel programming research, being 50,000 times faster than software simulation.     

建筑电气设计中消防防火审核探讨

防火审核是建筑电气设计审核中的一个重要组成部分,要严格按照相关的防火规范设计和审核其设计,为建筑安全打下坚实的基础。分析、探讨了电气系统设计中防火审核的方法和相关技术,并提出了相关的设计对策和建议,以期能为相关人员提供参考。     

支持多种手机客户端的校园信息发布系统

针对数字化校园建设中存在的信息孤岛问题,设计开发了基于客户服务架构的能支持多种手机客户端的校园信息发布系统。分析了系统功能,描述了系统拓扑结构和软件架构,对数据交换接口、网页和手机客户端信息提醒等关键技术进行了探讨。试用结果表明系统运行良好,达到了设计目的。     

基于CUDA的并行粒子群优化算法研究及实现

应用图形处理器(GPU)来加速粒子群优化(PSO)算法并行计算时,为突出其加速性能,经常有文献以恶化CPU端PSO算法性能为代价。为了科学比较GPU-PSO算法和CPU-PSO算法的性能,提出用"有效加速比"作为算法的性能指标。文中给出的评价方法不需要CPU和GPU端粒子数相同,将GPU并行算法与最优CPU串行算法的性能作比较,以加速收敛到目标精度为准则,在统一计算设备架构(CUDA)下对多个基准测试函数进行了数值仿真实验。结果表明,在GPU上大幅增加粒子数能够加速PSO算法收敛到目标精度,与CPU-PSO相比,获得了10倍以上的"有效加速比"。     

企业云应用演进策略多时段分析

随着云计算技术的发展,企业急需一种有效方法将原本孤立的应用系统向云平台迁移。将网络层次分析法(ANP)及其超级矩阵收敛过程应用于企业云应用演进计划制定,提出一个演进策略的多时段分析方法。通过对企业云应用体系结构的建模与仿真分析,构建ANP多属性决策模型,解析超级矩阵从初始状态到极限状态的收敛过程,挖掘各云应用系统的分时段关键性影响因素,为企业的整体演进策略提供支持。最后,通过一个案例展示多时段分析方法的具体过程,提取出相关关键因素,为企业策略的动态规划提供理论依据。     

基于AdaBoost.MH的Reyes渲染架构时间预估算法

在大规模真实感渲染系统中,需要对渲染任务进行分解和调度,将其优化后分配给不同的可用计算资源,实现快速集群渲染。为了实现渲染任务的有效分解和调度,提高并行效率,高精度的时间预估算法是不可欠缺的。通过深入研究使用RenderMan规范的渲染器常用的Reyes渲染架构中对渲染时间产生影响的各种因素,分析提取出影响渲染时间的7大要素特征,提出了基于AdaBoost.MH的渲染时间预估算法。通过在基于Reyes渲染架构的渲染引擎中的实验与测试表明,训练集和测试集的准确率分别达到79%和78%,为渲染任务的并行调度奠定了基础,同时也为渲染费用预估提供了依据。     

面向移动互联网的OSS服务能力开放架构设计与应用

在移动互联网环境下,实现OSS服务能力开放是增强电信企业运营支撑能力、提升客户感知的重要手段。从OSS服务能力开放需求分析入手,提出面向移动互联网的OSS服务能力开放架构,并通过实际业务场景进行验证。