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AuTopEx: Automated Topic Extraction Techniques Applied in the Software Engineering Domain
(2016-06-27)Automatically extracting topics from scientific papers can be very beneficial when a researcher needs to classify a large number of such papers. In this thesis we develop and evaluate an approach for Automatic Topic ... -
Implementation of a Game Element in Educational Software: An Experiment About the Effects of Gamification in the Learning Environment
(2016-06-27)The concept of gamification revolves around implementing game elements in an object or process that is lacking one. With the rise of technology and the way software is readily available, introducing a game element to ... -
Shared Tools in Software Organizations: An Empirical Investigation
(2016-06-27)In the present research, tools and toolchains were investigated through the perspective of being shared within software organizations. Particularly, we conducted a literature review which was combined with a case study, ... -
End-user Data Based Requirements Analysis and Design in Agile Software Development: An Experience Report
(2016-06-27)The purpose of this thesis study is to investigate the effects of different end-user data collection methods. The main research question conducted in this study is: how can collection and analysis of data from end-users ... -
Identification, and the Crucial Role of Key Factors that Affect Women’s Interest in Computer Science - A Qualitative Study of Women From Sweden, Mexico and India
(2016-06-27)Women are underrepresented in the field of Computer Science (CS) in both higher education and industry. In this study we investigate which factors motivate and demotivate women to commence CS education and pursue a career ... -
Change Resistance in Continuous Integration: An Exploratory Case Study
(2016-06-27)With continuous integration (CI) becoming more and more widely adopted among software organizations, tackling the resistance during the change process becomes an important and inevitable step. This paper attempts to ... -
Applicability of Acceptance Test Driven Development in Integration and Verification Process in a Large Scale Company
(2016-06-27)This paper presents a case study that is conducted in Network Integration and Verification (NIV) at Ericsson AB, a large-scale telecommunication software and systems company. Ericsson is transitioning to delivery which ... -
Crunch time: the Causes and Effects of Overtime in the Games Industry
(2016-06-27)The games industry is notorious for its intense work ethics with uncompensated overtime and weekends at the office, also known as crunch. By studying postmortems and conducting interviews with employees in the industry ... -
Effects of Confirmation Bias on Web Search Engine Results and a differentiation between Non assumptive versus Assumptive Search Queries
(2016-06-27)This study examines how confirmation bias influences the search results of large scale web search engines for software engineers. We show how the correctness of results can change depending on the formulation of search ... -
Predicting Time Series Data collected from Software Measurements with Machine Learning Approaches
(2016-06-27)The objective of this paper is to highlight the implementation of machine learning forecasting approaches in software development. The concept of data mining has been used in different areas in the industry. There is ... -
Backlogs as a Communication Medium in Co-located and Distributed Agile Teams
(2016-06-27)While uncommon, combining multiple forms of backlogs and scaled agile development is a challenge undertaken by some companies. This paper reports a study on communication with agile practices in a global software development ... -
Systematic Evaluation of Selected Algorithms for Sensor Based Localization for a Mini Autonomous Vehicle
(2016-06-27)This paper evaluates two different sensor fusion algorithms and their effect on a localization algorithm in the Robot Operating System. It also describes algorithms’ strengths and weaknesses. In order to evaluate these ... -
Enhancing Requirements Elicitation and Validation with Gamification
(2016-06-27)The general problem for requirements engineering (RE) is that stakeholders are often not actively involved in requirements engineering, especially when dealing with a non-IT-based company. The availability, involvement ... -
Constructive Research Study of Location-Proximity Privacy-Preserving Algorithm Capabilities as Part of a Mobile Application
(2016-06-27)Location Based Services (LBS) have been responsible for several privacy breaches of their users in recent years and a number of researchers have put forward solutions towards making LBS more secure in regards to user ... -
Case Based Reasoning in Practice: Investigation of The Practical Importance of Case Based Reasoning
(2016-05-30)Software products are taking and increasingly important part in everyday life and all kinds of industry. In order to provide a great environment for software development and increase the productivity and effectiveness, ... -
The Role of Local Open Source Communities in the Development of Open Source Projects
(2016-04-22)In this paper we are going investigate the role of local open source communities (LOSCs) in the development of open source projects (OSPs). We are going to look into the importance of the LOSCs, the motivation to join them ... -
Gender Perspective of Software Engineering Working Climate - A Case Study
(2015-07-20)It is known that females are underrepresented in the field of software engineering, and the importance of efforts to involve more women in the area has been acknowledged. This paper reports from a case study in a large ... -
Evaluating Data Marshalling Approaches for Embedded Real-Time Systems on the Example of Autonomous Scaled Cars
(2015-07-20)This paper conducted a comparison between four di erent data mar- shaling approaches (Netstrings, LCM, Protobuf, and ROS) that were im- plemented in the OpenDaVINCI environment and evaluated from di erent perspectives. ... -
The use of Open Innovation in the Requirements Engineering Practice - An Empirical Investigation
(2015-07-20)In this paper we present the results of an empirical study carried out to gauge common experiences within open innovation (OI) practices in the requirements engineering (RE) process. The purpose is to understand the ...