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A Conceptual Framework and a Toolkit for Supporting the Rapid Prototyping of Context-Aware Applications

by Anind K. Dey, Gregory D. Abowd, Daniel Salber , 2001
"... Computing devices and applications are now used beyond the desktop, in diverse environments, and this trend toward ubiquitous computing is accelerating. One challenge that remains in this emerging research field is the ability to enhance the behavior of any application by informing it of the context ..."
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removed from that vision. This is due to three main problems: (1) the notion of context is still ill defined; (2) there is a lack of conceptual models and methods to help drive the design of context-aware applications; and (3) no tools are available to jump-start the development of context

Motivation through the Design of Work: Test of a Theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance,

by ] Richard Hackman , Grec R Oldham , 1976
"... A model is proposed that specifies the conditions under which individuals will become internally motivated to perform effectively on their jobs. The model focuses on the interaction among three classes of variables: (a) the psychological states of employees that must be present for internally motiv ..."
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motivated work behavior to develop; (b) the characteristics of jobs that can create these psychological states; and (c) the attributes of individuals that determine how positively a person will respond to a complex and challenging job. The model was tested for 658 employees who work on 62 different jobs

Towards Test-Driven Semantics Specification

by Christian Soltenborn, Gregor Engels - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2009
"... Abstract. Behavioral models are getting more and more important within the software development cycle. To get the most use out of them, their behavior should be defined formally. As a result, many approaches exist which aim at specifying formal semantics for behavioral languages (e.g., Dynamic Meta ..."
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useless, since one cannot rely on the analysis results. Therefore, the language engineer must make sure that the semantics he develops is of the highest quality possible. To help the language engineer to achieve that goal, we propose a test-driven semantics specification process: the semantics

Test-Driven Development of a Model Transformation with Jemtte

by Matthew J. Mcgill, Betty H. C. Cheng , 2007
"... Jemtte extends the JUnit testing framework with assertions that simplify the testing of model transformations. Jemtte is particularly useful for implementing model transformations in a highly incremental fashion. To demonstrate Jemtte’s capabilities, we walk through the test-driven implementation of ..."
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Jemtte extends the JUnit testing framework with assertions that simplify the testing of model transformations. Jemtte is particularly useful for implementing model transformations in a highly incremental fashion. To demonstrate Jemtte’s capabilities, we walk through the test-driven implementation

Steps Toward an Ecology of Infrastructure: Design and Access for Large Information Spaces

by Susan Leigh Star, Karen Ruhleder - Information Systems Research , 1996
"... We analyze a large-scale custom software effort, the Worm Community system (WCS), a collaborative system designed for a geographically dispersed community of geneticists. There were complex challenges in creating this infrastructural tool, ranging from simple lack of resources to complex organizatio ..."
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between systems development aimed at supporting specific forms of collaborative knowledge work, local organizational transformation, and large-scale infrastructural change.

Toward Effectively Reinforcing Test-Driven Development

by Kevin Buffardi, Stephen H. Edwards
"... Learning contemporary software development practices and ac-quiring good programming habits are valuable skills in computer science education. However, there are challenges in encouraging students ' adherence to the incremental testing pattern involved in Test-Driven Development. We propose a m ..."
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Learning contemporary software development practices and ac-quiring good programming habits are valuable skills in computer science education. However, there are challenges in encouraging students ' adherence to the incremental testing pattern involved in Test-Driven Development. We propose a

Test-Driven Web Application Development in Java

by Jens Uwe Pipka - In NODe ’02: Revised Papers from the International Conference NetObjectDays on Objects, Components, Architectures, Services, and Applications for a Networked World , 2003
"... Today, software availability as well as adaptability has a strong impact on application development. Together with the success of the Internet technology, it is often necessary to offer a web-based software solution. For Java development, J2EE builds a bridge from traditional towards web application ..."
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Today, software availability as well as adaptability has a strong impact on application development. Together with the success of the Internet technology, it is often necessary to offer a web-based software solution. For Java development, J2EE builds a bridge from traditional towards web

Test-driven Language Derivation with Graph Transformation-Based Dynamic Meta Modeling

by Hartmut Ehrig, Gregor Engels, Christian Soltenborn, Claudia Ermel, Hartmut Ehrig, O Orejas, Gabriele Taentzer, Tiziana Margaria, Julia Padberg, Gabriele Taentzer, Gregor Engels, Christian Soltenborn
"... Abstract: Deriving a new language LB from an already existing one LA is a typical task in domain-specific language engineering. Here, besides adjusting LA’s syntax, the language engineer has to modify the semantics of LA to derive LB’s semantics. Particularly, in case of behavioral modeling language ..."
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languages, this is a difficult and error-prone task, as changing the behavior of language elements or adding behavior for new elements might have undesired side effects. Therefore, we propose a test-driven language derivation process. In a first step, the language engineer creates example models containing

Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout.

by Robert J Vallerand , Michelle S Fbrtier , Frederic Guay - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, , 1997
"... The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive the so ..."
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The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive

Towards Model Transformation with TXL

by Richard Paige And, Richard Paige, Alek Radjenovic
"... We demonstrate the use of the transformation tool TXL in representing, but particularly for implementing efficient transformations between languages. The approach shows how to write and reuse language definitions, express rules for transformation based on patterns, and outlines how transformatio ..."
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transformations can be developed in an agile way, compatible with the practices of test-driven development. The intention is to be able to use TXL as a behindthe -scenes technology for implementing efficient, scaleable transformations of models.
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