Understanding the consequences of information systems service quality on IS service reuse

IS researchers have normally assumed that satisfaction is the key factor influencing IS customers’ reuse of services; however, a focus on customer satisfaction does not always guarantee customer retention. We synthesized customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction models from prior service quality research to provide a comprehensive model predicting the behavioral intentions of customers to reuse IS services. Five research hypotheses were empirically tested by using a field study of 263 users of an IS service department. Our findings placed IS service quality in a causal network leading to IS service reuse and highlighted the relative importance that service quality value played in predicting behavioral intention to reuse the service.     

Using frameworks to develop a distributed conferencing system: an experience report

Application frameworks are a powerful means to reduce software development costs while improving quality. However, at the same time they are difficult to select and understand, as well as hard to learn, use, and debug effectively and efficiently. In this paper we report the story of eConference, a distributed conferencing system that was developed as part of a broader research effort. Here we discuss the lessons learned from the evolution of our conferencing tool over four generations, which have been necessary to find good frameworks and build a flexible distributed tool. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于反射机制的软件体系结构重用方法及工具

针对软件开发早期阶段软件资源重用进展缓慢,反射机制在代码重用方面取得成功但还没有用于软件体系结构及其组成元素的重用等问题,提出一种支持软件体系结构设计时重用的反射机制,概述基于反射机制的软件体系结构重用方法。给出基于反射机制的软件体系结构重用的支撑工具ArchBean Studio的设计和实施过程。利用该方法,设计人员通过重用软件体系结构及其组成元素能高效地完成软件设计任务。     

软件架构复用研究与设计

针对软件架构复用问题展开讨论,从逻辑架构、开发架构、运行架构、物理架构和数据架构等角度探讨了其在软件架构复用中的作用。最后以企业ERP系统开发中架构的复用性设计为例,给出了需求分析、数据模型和类设计的概况,可供研究软件架构复用做参考。     

DOLAR: virtualizing heterogeneous information spaces to support their expansion

Users expect applications to successfully cope with the expansion of information as necessitated by the continuous inclusion of novel types of content. Given that such content may originate from ‘not‐seen thus far’ data collections and/or data sources, the challenging issue is to achieve the return of investment on existing services, adapting to new information without changing existing business‐logic implementation. To address this need, we introduce DOLAR (Data Object Language And Runtime), a service‐neutral framework which virtualizes the information space to avoid invasive, time‐consuming, and expensive source‐code extensions that frequently break applications. Specifically, DOLAR automates the introduction of new business‐logic objects in terms of the proposed virtual ‘content objects’. Such user‐specified virtual objects align to storage artifacts and help realize uniform ‘store‐to‐user’ data flows atop heterogeneous sources, while offering the reverse ‘user‐to‐store’ flows with identical effectiveness and ease of use. In addition, the suggested virtual object composition schemes help decouple business logic from any content origin, storage and/or structural details, allowing applications to support novel types of items without modifying their service provisions. We expect that content‐rich applications will benefit from our approach and demonstrate how DOLAR has assisted in the cost‐effective development and gradual expansion of a production‐quality digital library. Experimentation shows that our approach imposes minimal overheads and DOLAR‐based applications scale as well as any underlying datastore(s). Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Selection of third party software in Off-The-Shelf-based software development—An interview study with industrial practitioners

The success of software development using third party components highly depends on the ability to select a suitable component for the intended application. The evidence shows that there is limited knowledge about current industrial OTS selection practices. As a result, there is often a gap between theory and practice, and the proposed methods for supporting selection are rarely adopted in the industrial practice. This paper's goal is to investigate the actual industrial practice of component selection in order to provide an initial empirical basis that allows the reconciliation of research and industrial endeavors. The study consisted of semi-structured interviews with 23 employees from 20 different software-intensive companies that mostly develop web information system applications. It provides qualitative information that help to further understand these practices, and emphasize some aspects that have been overlooked by researchers. For instance, although the literature claims that component repositories are important for locating reusable components; these are hardly used in industrial practice. Instead, other resources that have not received considerable attention are used with this aim. Practices and potential market niches for software-intensive companies have been also identified. The results are valuable from both the research and the industrial perspectives as they provide a basis for formulating well-substantiated hypotheses and more effective improvement strategies.     

新型三方口令认证密钥协商协议的安全性分析与改进

口令认证密钥协商(PAKA)是认证密钥协商(AKA)中的重要分支之一。研究了一种新型三方口令认证密钥协商--3REKA的安全性,发现如果参与双方的验证值丢失,将导致严重的中间人攻击,这一攻击的结果是敌手可以与参与者各自建立独立的会话密钥。描述了这一攻击,并对原协议进行了改进,提出了I-3REKA协议。安全性和性能分析表明,所提出的协议以较低的计算量实现了参与双方的安全通信。     

一个基于共享抛物线的安全远程登录认证方案

文章提出了一个基于共享抛物线的安全远程登录方案。该方案克服了Wu的基于共享直线方案[1]的缺点,而且可以抵制Hwang的攻击方法[2]。该方案的主要优点是用户可以随意选择或修改他们自己的口令,并且远程系统不需要为认证远程登录请求而事先存储认证表。     

大型过程建模的Import/Export解决方案

文章分析了大型复杂过程的建模需求,基于已研发的企事业过程建模系统EPMS,提出了将Import／Export技术用于大型过程建模的解决方案,通过过程模型的拆分和组装,从而支持过程模型的多人员、异地并行建模模式和过程重用。     

基于重用方法的软件开发环境

软件重用方法是提高软件生产率和质量、缓解软件危机的重要手段 .实施该方法的关键是提供一个帮助开发者实现软件重用的支撑环境 .为此 ,我们在 SUN工作站上设计并实现了一个基于可重用性的软件开发环境 RSDE.本文介绍了该环境的设计、实现和特点