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A trending topic in Semantic Web research deals with the processing of queries over Linked Open Data (LOD). As has been shown in literature, the loose nature of the "web of data" and data sources within can be accounted for by employing federated query processing strategies. This approach, however, is all the more dependent on both up-to-date statistical summaries (data statistics) of the sources in use and accurate and precise estimation of cardinalities and selectivities. In general, federated data sources are to be seen as black-boxes w.r.t. data statistics, as no interchange of such information can be expected. Because of this, it is possible for individual data statistics to become obsolete, if the corresponding source is subjected to data changes cumulating over time. In this thesis an adaptive system is being proposed, that complements a given RDF-based query federator. Through observation and analysis of the error of the cardinality estimation of incoming queries, it tries to infer the obsolescence of individual data statistics, triggering updates of data statistics found to be obsolete. An evaluation of the system shows, that the approach to this solution is plausible. Yet, in practice no satisfying results could be acquired, that would prove a true practicality. Still, parts of the system proposed may be re-used for related tasks that could be more promising.
Magnetic resonance (MR) tomography is an imaging method, that is used to expose the structure and function of tissues and organs in the human body for medical diagnosis. Diffusion weighted (DW) imaging is a specific MR imaging technique, which enables us to gain insight into the connectivity of white matter pathways noninvasively and in vivo. It allows for making predictions about the structure and integrity of those connections. In clinical routine this modality finds application in the planning phase of neurosurgical operations, such as in tumor resections. This is especially helpful if the lesion is deeply seated in a functionally important area, where the risk of damage is given. This work reviews the concepts of MR imaging and DW imaging. Generally, at the current resolution of diffusion weighted data, single white matter axons cannot be resolved. The captured signal rather describes whole fiber bundles. Beside this, it often appears that different complex fiber configurations occur in a single voxel, such as crossings, splittings and fannings. For this reason, the main goal is to assist tractography algorithms who are often confound in such complex regions. Tractography is a method which uses local information to reconstruct global connectivities, i.e. fiber tracts. In the course of this thesis, existing reconstruction methods such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and q-ball imaging (QBI) are evaluated on synthetic generated data and real human brain data, whereas the amount of valuable information provided by the individual reconstruction mehods and their corresponding limitations are investigated. The output of QBI is the orientation distribution function (ODF), where the local maxima coincides with the underlying fiber architecture. We determine those local maxima. Furthermore, we propose a new voxel-based classification scheme conducted on diffusion tensor metrics. The main contribution of this work is the combination of voxel-based classification, local maxima from the ODF and global information from a voxel- neighborhood, which leads to the development of a global classifier. This classifier validates the detected ODF maxima and enhances them with neighborhood information. Hence, specific asymmetric fibrous architectures can be determined. The outcome of the global classifier are potential tracking directions. Subsequently, a fiber tractography algorithm is designed that integrates along the potential tracking directions and is able to reproduce splitting fiber tracts.
Computers assist humans in many every-day situations. Their advancing miniaturisation broadens their fields of use and leads to an even higher significance and spread throughout society. Already, these small and powerful machines are wide-spread in every-day objects and the spread increases still as the mobility-aspect grows in importance. From laptops, smartphones and tables to systems worn on the body (wearable computing) or even inside the body as cyber-implants, these systems help humans actively and context-sensitively in the accomplishment of their every-day business.
A part of the wearable-computing-domain is taken up by the development of Head-mounted displays (HMD). These helmets or goggles feature one or more displays enabling their users to see computer-rendered images or images of their environment enriched with computer-generated information. At the moment, most of this HMD feature LC-Displays, but newer systems start appearing that allow the projection of the image onto the user's retina. Newest break-throughs in the field of study already produced contact lenses with an integrated display. The data shown by a HMD is compiled using a multitude of sensors, like a Head-Tracker or a GPS. Increasing computational performance and miniaturisation lead to a wide spread of HMD in a lot of fields.rnThe multiple scenarios in which a HMD can be used to help improve human-perception and -interaction led the "Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften" of the University of Koblenz-Landau to come up with a HMD on the basis of Apple's iOS-devices featuring Retina Displays. The high pixel density of these displays combined with condensor lenses into a HMD offer a highly immersive environment for stereoscopic imagery, while other systems only display a relatively small image projected a few feet away of the user. Furthermore, the iPhone/ iPod Touch and iPad exhibit a lot of potential given by their variety of offered sensors and computational power. While producing a similarly feature-rich HMD is very costy, using simple iPod Touches 4th Gen as the basis of a HMD results in a very inexpensive solution with a high potential. The increasing popularity and spread of Apple devices would reduce the costs even more, as users of the HMD could simply integrate their device into the system. A software designed with the specific intent to support a large variety of Apple iOS-devices that could easily be extended to support newer devices, would allow for a universal use of such a HMD-solution as the new device could simply replace an old device.rnrnThe focus of this thesis is the conception and development of an application designed for Apple's iOS 5 operating system that will be used in a HMD evolving around the use of Apple iOS-devices featuring Retina Displays. The Rollercoaster2000-project depicting a ride in a virtual rollercoaster will be used as the application's core. A server will syncronize the display of clients conntected to it which are combined to form a HMD. Furthermore the gyroscope of the iOS-devices combined into a HMD will be used to track the wearer's head-movements. Another feature will be the use of the devices cameras as a mean of orientation while wearing the HMD.
As a first step in the realization of a software meeting the set specifications is the introduction of the Objective-C programming languages used to develop iOS-Applications. In conjunction with the compiler and runtime environment, Objective-C makes up the base of the second step, the introduction of the iOS-SDK. Aimed with this iOS-app-development-knowledge, the last part of the thesis consists of the ascertainment of requirements and development of a software complying to the goals of a software written specifically for the used in a HMD.
Procedural content generation, the generation of video game content using pseudo-random algorithms, is a field of increasing business and academic interest due to its suitability for reducing development time and cost as well as the possibility of creating interesting, unique game spaces. Although many contemporary games feature procedurally generated content, the author perceived a lack of games using this approach to create realistic outer-space game environments, and the feasibility of employing procedural content generations in such a game was examined. Using current scientific models, a real-time astronomical simulation was developed in Python which generates star and planets object in a fictional galaxy procedurally to serve as the game space of a simple 2D space exploration game where the player has to search for intelligent life.
This thesis addresses the implementation of a particle simulation of an explosion. The simulation will be displayed via ray tracing in near real time. The implementation makes use of the openCL standard. The focus of research in this thesis is to analyse the performance of this combination of components.
Web-programming is a huge field of different technologies and concepts. Each technology implements a web-application requirement like content generation or client-server communication. Different technologies within one application are organized by concepts, for example architectural patterns. The thesis describes an approach for creating a taxonomy about these web-programming components using the free encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Our 101companies project uses implementations to identify and classify the different technology sets and concepts behind a web-application framework. These classifications can be used to create taxonomies and ontologies within the project. The thesis also describes, how we priorize useful web-application frameworks with the help of Wikipedia. Finally, the created implementations concerning web-programming are documented.
The paper deals with a specific introduction into probability propagation nets. Starting from dependency nets (which in a way can be considered the maximum information which follows from the directed graph structure of Bayesian networks), the probability propagation nets are constructed by joining a dependency net and (a slightly adapted version of) its dual net. Probability propagation nets are the Petri net version of Bayesian networks. In contrast to Bayesian networks, Petri nets are transparent and easy to operate. The high degree of transparency is due to the fact that every state in a process is visible as a marking of the Petri net. The convenient operability consists in the fact that there is no algorithm apart from the firing rule of Petri net transitions. Besides the structural importance of the Petri net duality there is a semantic matter; common sense in the form of probabilities and evidencebased likelihoods are dual to each other.
This paper critically examines the Google Calendar. For this purpose, the offered functions of the core product are studied on privacy aspects. On one hand, it is identified, to which extent the product could infringe the users" privacy, on the other accuring risks are discussed. Furthermore, the functions in terms of their use for both, the service provider Google and for the user, are considered. A detailed analysis demonstrates the critical aspects, in which we have to decide between privacy and functionality. The identified solutions to minimize discussed risks of IT security mechanisms, are presented, discussed and analyzed in terms of their feasibility. Afterwards the individual solutions are summarized in a security concept and other requirements are explained. Finally, a Firefox-Addon which implements the described solution concept should be created, to resolve the existing weaknesses to the best of its ability. Ultimately, the functionality of the addon with technical implementation is illustrated in detail.
In this master thesis some new helpful features will be added to the Spanning Tree Simulator. This simulator was created by Andreas Sebastian Janke in his bachelor thesis [Jan10b] in 2010. It is possible to visualize networks which are defined in a configuration file. Each of them is a XML representation of a network consisting of switches and hosts. After loading such a file into the program it is possible to run the Spanning Tree Algorithm IEEE 802.1D. In contrast to the previous version only the switches are implemented as threads. When the algorithm is finished a spanning tree is built. This means, that messages cannot run into loops anymore. This is important because loops can cause a total breakdown of the communication in a network, if the running routing protocols cannot handle loops.
Large and unknown data sets can be easily and systematically discovered by using faceted search. If implementing applications for smartphones, it needs to be considered that unlike desktop applications you can only use smaller screen sizes and there are limited possibilities for interaction between user and smartphone. These limitations can negatively influence the usability of an application. With FaThumb and MobileFacets, two mobile applications exist, which implement and use faceted search, although only MobileFacets is designed for current smartphones with touchscreen. However, FaThumb provides a novel facet navigation, which is newly realized in MFacets for present smartphones within this work.
Moreover, this work deals with the performance of a summative evaluation between both applications, MFacets and MobileFacets, with regards to usability and presents the evaluated results.
Particle swarm optimization is an optimization technique based on simulation of the social behavior of swarms.
The goal of this thesis is to solve 6DOF local pose estimation using a modified particle swarm technique introduced by Khan et al. in 2010. Local pose estimation is achieved by using continuous depth and color data from a RGB-D sensor. Datasets are aquired from different camera poses and registered into a common model. Accuracy and computation time of the implementation is compared to state of the art algorithms and evaluated in different configurations.
Development of an Android Application for the Recognition and Translation of Words in Camera Scenes
(2012)
This bachelor- thesis describes the conception and implementation of a translation software for the Android platform. The specific feature of the software is the independent text recognition based on the view of the camera. This approach aims to enhance and accelerate the process of translation in certain situations. After an introduction into text recognition, the underlying technologies and the operation system Android useful applications are described. Then the concept of the software is created and the implementation examined. Finally an evaluation is conducted to identify strengths and weaknesses of the software.
Die vorliegende Fallstudie entstand als Untersuchungsobjekt zu einer Bachelorarbeit und wurde nach der eXperience Fallstudienmethodik erstellt. Ziel der Bachelorarbeit war die Identifizierung von Nutzenaspekten in diesem konkreten Fall. Im Anwenderunternehmen DOCHOUSE wurde hier eine Schnittstelle zwischen dem internen CRM-System und einem kollaborativen System für den externen Zugriff eingeführt.
Ein besonderer Dank geht in diesem Zusammenhang an Herr Wolfgang Brugger (Geschäftsführer DOCHOUSE GmbH), der die Erstellung der Fallstudie motiviert hat und die FG BAS mit deren Durchführung betraute. Die Fallstudie wurde im Winter 2011 von dem Studenten Martin Surrey und Roland Diehl, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Forschungsgruppe, erhoben.
The Multimedia Metadata Ontology (M3O) provides a generic modeling framework for representing multimedia metadata. It has been designed based on an analysis of existing metadata standards and metadata formats. The M3O abstracts from the existing metadata standards and formats and provides generic modeling solutions for annotations, decompositions, and provenance of metadata. Being a generic modeling framework, the M3O aims at integrating the existing metadata standards and metadata formats rather than replacing them. This is in particular useful as today's multimedia applications often need to combine and use more than one existing metadata standard or metadata format at the same time. However, applying and specializing the abstract and powerful M3O modeling framework in concrete application domains and integrating it with existing metadata formats and metadata standards is not always straightforward. Thus, we have developed a step-by-step alignment method that describes how to integrate existing multimedia metadata standards and metadata formats with the M3O in order to use them in a concrete application. We demonstrate our alignment method by integrating seven different existing metadata standards and metadata formats with the M3O and describe the experiences made during the integration process.
Standards are widely-used in the computer science and IT industry. Different organizations like the International Organization for Standardization (SO) are involved in the development of computer related standards. An important domain of standardization is the specification of data formats enabling the exchange of information between different applications. Such formats can be expressed in a variety of schema languages thereby defining sets of conformant documents. Often the use of multiple schema languages is required due to their varying expressive power and different kind of validation requirements.rnThis also holds for the Specification Common Cartridge which is maintained by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. The specification defines valid zip packages that can be used to aggregate different learning objects. These learning objects are represented by a set of files which are a part of the package and can be imported into a learning management system. The specification makes use of other specifications to constrain the contents of valid documents. Such documents are expressed in the eXtensible Markup Language and may contain references to other files also part of the package. The specification itself is a so-called domain profile. A domain profile allows the modification of one or more specifications to meet the needs of a particular community. Test rules can be used to determine a set of tasks in order to validate a concrete package. The execution is done by a testsystem which, as we will show, can be created automatically. Hence this method may apply to other package based data formats that are defined as a part of a specification.
This work will examine the applicability of this generic test method to the data formats that are introduced by the so called Virtual Company Dossier. These formats are used in processes related to public e-procurement. They allow the packaging of evidences that are needed to prove the fulfillment of criteria related to a public tender. The work first examines the requirements that are common to both specifications. This will introduce a new view on the requirements by introducing a higher level of abstraction. The identified requirements will then be used to create different domain profiles each capturing the requirements of a package based data format. The process is normally guided by supporting tools that ease the capturing of a domain profile and the creation of testsystems. These tools will be adapted to support the new requirements. Furtheron the generic testsystem will be modified. This system is used as a basis when a concrete testsystem is created.
Finally the author comes to a positive conclusion. Common requirements have been identified and captured. The involved systems have been adapted allowing the capturing of further types of requirements that have not been supported before. Furthermore the background of the specifications quite differ. This indicates that the use of domain profiles and generic test technologies may be suitable in a wide variety of other contexts.
In automated theorem proving, there are some problems that need information on the inequality of certain constants. In most cases this information is provided by adding facts which explicitly state that two constants are unequal. Depending on the number of constants, a huge amount of this facts can clutter the knowledge base and distract the author and readers of the problem from its actual proposition. For most cases it is save to assume that a larger knowledge base reduces the performance of a theorem prover, which is another drawback of explicit inequality facts. Using the unique name assumption in those reasoning tasks renders the introduction of inequality facts obsolete as the unique name assumptions states that two constants are identical iff their interpretation is identical. Implicit handling of non-identical constants makes the problems easier to comprehend and reduces the execution time of reasoning. In this thesis we will show how to integrate the unique name assumption into the E-hyper tableau calculus and that the modified calculus is sound and complete. The calculus will be implemented into the E-KRHyper theorem prover and we will show, by empiric evaluation, that the changed implementation, which is able to use the unique name assumption, is superior to the traditional version of E-KRHyper.
Regarding the rapidly growing amount of data produced every year and the increasing acceptance of Enterprise 2.0 enterprises have to care about the management of their data more and more. Content created and stored in an uncoordinated manner can lead to data-silos (Williams & Hardy 2011, p.57), which result in long search times, inaccessible data and in consequence monetary losses. The "expanding digital universe" forces enterprises to develop new archiving solutions and records management policies (Gantz et al. 2007, p.13). Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is the research field that deals with these challenges. It is placed in the scientific context of Enterprise Information Management. This thesis aims to find out to what extent current Enterprise Content Management Systems (ECMS) support these new requirements, especially concerning the archiving of Enterprise 2.0 data. For this purpose, three scenarios were created to evaluate two different kinds of ECMS (one Open Source - and one proprietary system) chosen on the basis of a short marketrnresearch. The application of the scenarios reveals that the system vendors actually face the industry- concerns: both tools provide functionality for the archiving of data arising from online collaboration and also business records management capabilities but the integration of those topics is not, or is only inconsistently solved. At this point new questions - such as, "Which datarngenerated in an Enterprise 2.0 is worth being a record?" - arise and should be examined in future research.
Dualizing marked Petri nets results in tokens for transitions (t-tokens). A marked transition can strictly not be enabled, even if there are sufficient "enabling" tokens (p-tokens) on its input places. On the other hand, t-tokens can be moved by the firing of places. This permits flows of t-tokens which describe sequences of non-events. Their benefiit to simulation is the possibility to model (and observe) causes and effects of non-events, e.g. if something is broken down.
Die Messung der Produktivität von Dienstleistungen ist trotz zunehmender Relevanz immer noch ein wenig durchdrungenes Forschungsfeld. Ursachen hierfür sind vor allem in den besonderen Merkmalen von Dienstleistungen - Immaterialität und Integrativität - zu suchen. Eine typische Dienstleistung der B2B Softwarebranche ist die Anpassung von Systemen an die Bedürfnisse des Kunden - das sogenannte Customizing. Die Ausschöpfung des Customizing-Potentials von Standardsoftware und -produkten und eine stärkere Einbeziehung des Kunden in Innovationsprozesse werden jedoch dadurch erschwert, dass die Produktivität dieser Dienstleistung nur unzureichend mess- und somit bewertbar zu sein scheint.
Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt die Entwicklung eines Modells zur Messung der Produktivität von Dienstleistungen auf der Basis unterschiedlicher Vorstudien im Rahmen des CustomB2B Projektes an der Universität Koblenz-Landau.
Cloud-Computing ist aktuell ein besonderer Trend in der IT-Branche. ERP-Systeme sind in den heutigen Unternehmen ebenfalls nicht mehr wegzudenken. Durch die Analyse ausgewählter Literatur wird aufgezeigt, dass Cloud-Computing als Betriebsmodell für ERP-Systeme besonderer Untersuchung bedarf, da beim Zusammenspiel dieser Technologien noch unterschiedliche Herausforderungen geklärt werden müssen. Darauf aufbauend werden mit Hilfe von drei verschiedenen Praxispartnern Fallstudien zu deren Cloud-ERP-Lösungen erstellt, um in einem nächsten Schritt die theoretische Literatur mit den praktischen Ergebnissen zu vergleichen.
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es mit Hilfe der Forschungsfragen, differenzierte Nutzenaspekte von Cloud-ERP-Lösungen aufzudecken und zu erklären, wie die Theorie mit praktischen Erfahrungswerten von Experten übereinstimmt. Durch die Fallstudien wird deutlich, dass sich die drei unterschiedlichen Cloud-ERP-Anbieter vor allem durch den Umfang ihrer Software und die Unternehmensgrößen der Zielgruppen im Markt differenzieren. Zusätzlich zeigt sich im Analyseteil und Fazit der Arbeit, dass über die in der Theorie identifizierten Nutzenaspekte hinaus, zusätzliche Nutzenaspekte durch die Kombination von Cloud-ERP-Lösungen generiert werden können und dass es aktuell schon eine spezielle Zielgruppe für Cloud-ERP-Lösungen gibt. Für die Zukunft bleibt abzuwarten, wie sich der Cloud-ERP-Markt weiterentwickeln wird und welche weiteren Funktionalitäten in die Cloud ausgelagert werden können, sodass sich On-Demand ERP-Systeme zu einer Konkurrenz von On-Premise-Lösungen entwickeln können.
The goal of this Bachelor thesis is to implement and evaluate the "Simulating of Collective Misbelief"-model into the NetLogo programming language. Therefore, the model requirements have to be specified and implemented into the NetLogo environment. Further tool-related re-quirements have to be specified to enable the model to work in NetLogo. After implementation several simulations will be conducted to answer the research question stated above.
In dieser Ausarbeitung beschreibe ich die Ergebnisse meiner Untersuchungen zur Erweiterung des LogAnswer-Systemsmit nutzerspezifischen Profilinformationen. LogAnswer ist ein natürlichsprachliches open-domain Frage-Antwort-System. Das heißt: es beantwortet Fragen zu beliebigen Themen und liefert dabei konkrete (möglichst knappe und korrekte) Antworten zurück. Das System wird im Rahmen eines Gemeinschaftsprojekts der Arbeitsgruppe für künstliche Intelligenz von Professor Ulrich Furbach an der Universität Koblenz-Landau und der Arbeitsgruppe Intelligent Information and Communication Systems (IICS) von Professor Hermann Helbig an der Fernuniversität Hagen entwickelt. Die Motivation meiner Arbeit war die Idee, dass der Prozess der Antwortfindung optimiert werden kann, wenn das Themengebiet, auf das die Frage abzielt, im Vorhinein bestimmt werden kann. Dazu versuchte ich im Rahmen meiner Arbeit die Interessensgebiete von Nutzern basierend auf Profilinformationen zu bestimmen. Das Semantic Desktop System NEPOMUK wurde verwendet um diese Profilinformationen zu erhalten. NEPOMUK wird verwendet um alle Daten, Dokumente und Informationen, die ein Nutzer auf seinem Rechner hat zu strukturieren. Dazu nutzt das System ein sogenanntes Personal Information Model (PIMO) in Form einer Ontologie. Diese Ontologie enthält unter anderem eine Klasse "Topic", welche die wichtigste Grundlage für das Erstellen der in meiner Arbeit verwendeten Nutzerprofile bildete. Konkret wurde die RDF-Anfragesprache SPARQL verwendet, um eine Liste aller für den Nutzer relevanten Themen aus der Ontologie zu filtern. Die zentrale Idee meiner Arbeit war es nun diese Profilinformationen zur Optimierung des Ranking von Antwortkandidaten einzusetzen. In LogAnswer werden zu jeder gestellten Frage bis zu 200 potentiell relevante Textstellen aus der deutschen Wikipedia extrahiert. Diese Textstellen werden auf Basis von Eigenschaften (wie z.B. lexikalische Übereinstimmungen zwischen Frage und Textstelle) geordnet, da innerhalb des zur Verfügung stehenden Zeitlimits nicht alle Kandidaten bearbeitet werden können.
Mein Ansatz verfolgte das Ziel, diesen Algorithmus durch Nutzerprofile so zu erweitern, dass Antwortkandidaten, welche für den Benutzer relevante Informationen enthalten, höher in der Rangfolge eingeordnet werden. Zur Umsetzung dieser Idee musste eine Methode gefunden werden, um zu bestimmen ob ein Antwortkandidat mit dem Profil übereinstimmt. Da sich die in einer Textstelle enthaltenen Informationen in den meisten Fällen auf das übergeordnete Thema des Artikels beziehen, ohne den Namen des Artikels explizit zu erwähnen, wurde in meiner Implementierung der Artikelname betrachtet, um zu ermitteln, zu welchem Themengebiet die Textstelle Informationen liefert. Als zusätzliches Hilfsmittel wurde außerdem die DBpedia-Ontologie eingesetzt, welche die Informationen der Wikipedia strukturiert im RDF Format enthält. Mit Hilfe dieser Ontologie war es möglich, jeden Artikel in Kategorien einzuordnen, die dann mit den im Profil enthaltenen Stichworten verglichen wurden. Zur Untersuchung der Auswirkungen des Ansatzes auf das Ranking-Verfahren wurden mehrere Testläufe mit je 200 Testfragen durchgeführt. Die erste Testmenge bestand aus zufällig ausgewählten Fragen, die mit meinem eigenen Nutzerprofil getestet wurden. Dieser Testlauf lieferte kaum nutzbare Ergebnisse, da nur bei 29 der getesteten Fragen überhaupt ein Antwortkandidat mit dem Profil in Verbindung gebracht werden konnte. Außerdem konnte eine potentielle Verbesserung der Ergebnisse nur bei einer dieser 29 Fragen festgestellt werden, was zu der Schlussfolgerung führte, dass der Einsatz von Profildaten nicht für Anwendungsfälle geeignet ist, in denen die Fragen keine Korrelation mit dem genutzten Profil aufweisen.
Da die Grundannahme meiner Arbeit war, dass Nutzer in erster Linie Fragen zu den Interessensgebieten stellen, welche sich aus ihrem Profil ableiten lassen, sollten die weiteren Testläufe genau diesen Fall beleuchten. Dazu wurden 200 Testfragen aus dem Bereich Sport ausgewählt und mit einem Profil getestet, welches Stichworte zu unterschiedlichen Sportarten enthielt. Die Tests mit den Sportfragen waren wesentlich aussagekräftiger. Auch hier deuteten die Ergebnisse darauf hin, dass der Ansatz kein großes Potential zur Verbesserung des Rankings hat. Eine genauere Betrachtung einiger ausgewählter Beispiele zeigte allerdings, dass die Integration von Profildaten für bestimmte Anwendungsfälle, wie z.B. offene Fragen für die es mehr als eine korrekte Antwort gibt, durchaus zu einer Verbesserung der Ergebnisse führen kann. Außerdem wurde festgestellt, dass viele der schlechten Ergebnisse auf Inkosistenzen in der DBpedia-Ontologie und grundsätzliche Probleme im Umgang mit Wissensbasen in natürlicher Sprache beruhen.
Die Schlussfolgerung meiner Arbeit ist, dass der in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte Ansatz zur Integration von Profilinformationen für den aktuellen Anwendungsfall von LogAnswer nicht geeignet ist, da vor allem Faktenwissen aus sehr unterschiedlichen Domänen abgefragt wird und offene Fragen nur einen geringen Anteil ausmachen.
Robotics research today is primarily about enabling autonomous, mobile robots to seamlessly interact with arbitrary, previously unknown environments. One of the most basic problems to be solved in this context is the question of where the robot is, and what the world around it, and in previously visited places looks like " the so-called simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem. We present a GraphSLAM system, which is a graph-based approach to this problem. This system consists of a frontend and a backend: The frontend- task is to incrementally construct a graph from the sensor data that models the spatial relationship between measurements. These measurements may be contradicting and therefore the graph is inconsistent in general. The backend is responsible for optimizing this graph, i. e. finding a configuration of the nodes that is least contradicting. The nodes represent poses, which do not form a regular vector space due to the contained rotations. We respect this fact by treating them as what they really are mathematically: manifolds. This leads to a very efficient and elegant optimization algorithm.
Only little information is available about the diffusion of cloud computing in German higher educational institutions. A better understanding of the state of the art in this field would support the modernization of the higher educational institutions in Germany and allow the development of more adequate cloud products and more appropriate business models for this niche. For this purpose, a literature research on Cloud Computing and IT-diffusion will be run and an empirical investigation with an online questionnaire addressed to higher educational institutions in Germany will be performed to illustrate the state of the art of Cloud Computing in German higher educational institutions as well as the threats and opportunities perceived by employees of higher educational institutions data centers connected to the usage of the cloud.
In addition to that, different experts from universities and businesses will be interviewed to complete the knowledge and information collected through the online questionnaire and during the research phase. The expected results will serve to create a recommendation for higher educational institutions in Germany about either they should migration to the cloud or not and introduce a list of guiding questions of critical issues to consider before using cloud-computing technologies.
In der Diplomarbeit soll die Verwendung und Möglichkeit zur Einbindung eines Eyetrackers in der Bildersuche untersucht werden. Eyetracker sind Geräte zur Blickerfassung. Sie werden häufig in Design- und Usabilitystudien verwendet, um Informationen über den Umgang der Benutzer mit dem Produkt zu untersuchen. Seit einiger Zeit werden Augenbewegungen auch zur Erkennung von benutzerrelevanten Informationen und Bereichen verwendet, wie zum Beispiel bei dem Projekt Text 2.05 [4]. Hierbei werden Blickrichtung und -fixierung benutzt, um eine Interaktion mit dem Leser eines Textes auf eine möglichst einfache, dabei aber subtile Weise zu ermöglichen.
In this paper, we compare two approaches for exploring large,rnhierarchical data spaces of social media data on mobile devicesrnusing facets. While the first approach arranges thernfacets in a 3x3 grid, the second approach makes use of arnscrollable list of facets for exploring the data. We have conductedrna between-group experiment of the two approachesrnwith 24 subjects (20 male, 4 female) executing the same set ofrntasks of typical mobile users" information needs. The resultsrnshow that the grid-based approach requires significantly morernclicks, but subjects need less time for completing the tasks.rnFurthermore, it shows that the additional clicks do not hamperrnthe subjects" satisfaction. Thus, the results suggest thatrnthe grid-based approach is a better choice for faceted searchrnon touchscreen mobile devices. To the best of our knowledge,rnsuch a summative evaluation of different approaches for facetedrnsearch on mobile devices has not been done so far.
This Thesis deals with the state of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in companies and the opportunities that are offered by these. The motivation for this thesis results from the request to classify the value of CRM. Furthermore, we want to do a research on how far a CRM-System is able to support and improve company processes. In addition, we want to get an overview of possible conditions that are linked with such a system. For the use case the motivation follows from the opportunity to optimize inefficient processes. As a result, this thesis tries to present perspectives which can improve company processes; moreover conduce to a bigger value creation.
This thesis covers in detail with customer-related processes of the company Alere and its quality in terms of the prospective implementation of a CRM-System. As there are only a few standard requirements for the processes, it is not possible to make a statement about process quality. These circumstances need a tool that is able to fulfil specified requirements. This gap shall be closed by a CRM-System. If we want to close this gap efficiently we first have to research the actual customer-related processes with the aim to specify the new system requirements.
The thesis shall deliver an insight into the topic with the goal to show the advantages of a CRM-System. Additionally, the identification of weak points, based on the use case and the motivation follows. With these data we will optimize the customer-related processes based on the CRM-System functions. Several departments of the company have contact with the customers. Because of this fact the focus lies on documentation, central data storage and loss-free communication between customers and staff and among the staff. The thesis shall deliver different results. First of all, a catalogue of requirements for the customer-related processes which bases on the basics.
Furthermore, the modelling of the customer-related processes. In addition a catalogue of the weak points of the customer related processes and after that a specification of requirements for the CRM-System to optimize the customer-related processes.
Finally the thesis shall generate the modelling of the optimized customer-related processes. The last result the thesis shall deliver is the discussion and conclusion.
Parallelmanipulatoren, welche den Stewartmechanismus nutzen, ermöglichen die präzise Ausführung von Aufgaben in einem begrenzten Arbeitsraum. Durch die Nutzung von sechs Freiheitsgraden wird eine hohe Flexibilität der Positionierung erreicht. Die robuste Konstruktion sorgt zudem für ein sehr gutes Verhältnis von Gewicht zu Nutzlast.
Diese Bachelorarbeit befasst sich mit der Entwicklung einer flexiblen Softwarelösung zur Ansteuerung einer Stewartplattform. Dies umfasst ein Modell der Plattform, welches zu Testzwecken dient. Es werden zunächst die mathematischen Grundlagen der Inversen Kinematik erarbeitet aufbauend auf einem zuvor definierten Bewegungsmodell. Es folgt die Entwicklung einer generischen Architektur zur Übermittlung und Auswertung von Steuerkommandos vom PC. Die Implementierung geschieht in C und wird in verschiedene Module aufgeteilt, welche jeweils einen Aufgabenbereich der Positionskontrolle oder der Hardwarekommunikation abdecken. Es wird zudem eine graphische Nutzeroberfläche vorgestellt, über die man die Position der Plattform manuell verändern kann. Eine automatische Ansteuerung wird im folgenden Anwendungsbeispiel beschrieben, wo die Plattform mit frequentiellen Beschleunigungswerten einer Achterbahnsimulation beliefert wird.
Aspect-orientation in PHP
(2012)
Diese Diplomarbeit hat das Thema der fehlenden Cross-Cutting-Concerns(CCCs)-Unterstützung in PHP zum Inhalt. Die Basis bilden zu definierende Anforderungen an eine AOP-Realisierung im PHP-Umfeld. Es wird analysiert, wie und ob verwandte Sprachen und Paradigmen es gestatten, CCCs zu unterstützen. Darüber hinaus wird die Möglichkeit erörtert, AOP in PHP ohne PHP-Erweiterung zu realisieren. Weiter werden die bisherigen Ansätze, AOP in PHP umzusetzen, qualitativ untersucht. Die vorliegende Arbeit zielt darauf ab, eine eigene AOP-PHP-Lösung zu präsentieren, die nicht die Schwächen existierender Lösungen teilt.
The objective of this contribution is to conceptually analyze the potentials of entrepreneurial design thinking as being a rather new method for entrepreneurship education. Based on a literature review of different design thinking concepts we carve out a generic design thinking model upon we conceptually build a new model that considers entrepreneurial thinking as a valuable characteristic.
The results of our work show that the characteristics of entrepreneurial design thinking can enhance entrepreneurship education by supporting respective action fields of entrepreneurial learning. In addition we reveal that entrepreneurial design thinking offers beneficial guidelines for the design of entrepreneurship education programs.
Integration von CRM-Systemen mit Kollaborations-Systemen am Beispiel von DocHouse und Lotus Quickr
(2012)
Der vorliegende Arbeitsbericht "Integration von CRM-Systemen mit Kollaborations-Systemen am Beispiel von DocHouse/ BRM und IBM Lotus Quickr" ist Ergebnis einer studentischen Projektarbeit. Ziel des Projekts war es Integrationsszenarien zwischen einem CRM-System und einem Kollaborati-onssystem zu erarbeiten und eine prototypische Schnittstelle mit entsprechender Funktion zwischen den Systemen DocHouse/ BRM und IBM Lotus Quickr zu implementieren.
Ein besonderer Dank geht in diesem Zusammenhang an Herr Wolfgang Brugger (Geschäftsführer der DocHouse GmbH), der die Idee einer solchen Entwicklung hatte und die FG BAS mit deren Durchführung betraute. Die Erstellung des Konzepts und des Prototyps wurde vom Winter 2010 bis Sommer 2011 von den Studenten Björn Lilge, Ludwig Paulsen, Marco Wolf, Markus Aldenhövel, Martin Surrey und Mike Reuthers im Rahmen ihres Projektpraktikums durchgeführt. Das Projektteam wurde bei der Konzeption und Implementierung inhaltlich und organisatorisch von Dipl.-Wirt.-Inform. Roland Diehl betreut.
The E-Government research area has gained in importance in Europe and specially Germany in the last few years, causing the number of researchers, institutes and publications to increase rapidly. This makes it difficult for outsiders to get an overview of the relevant actors in the E-Government field. This issue can be addressed by implementing a research map for the E-Government field, where all relevant actors and objects and their information are shown on the map according to their location. In order to give a complete overview, information which was valid at a certain time in the past needs to be available on the research map. This can be only achieved if the contents of the research map are historicized. This means that a new version of an object needs to be created and saved in the database, if changes occur to the object. Older versions need to be retained on the database, so that the user is able to navigate the website based on temporal information. Past experience has shown that the temporal aspects of historicization should be managed and planned during the conceptual phase of the website rather than during implementation. This Bachelor thesis proposes a concept for the E-Government research map which includes the modeling of relevant temporal dimensions needed to historicize the contents of the research map.
In dieser Arbeit wurde die Realisierung einer mobilen Sicherheitslösung für Überwachungszwecke vorgestellt, welche unter Zuhilfenahme des staatlich geförderten Forschungsprojekts CamInSens entwickelt wurde. CamInSens soll erreichen, in überwachten Gefahrenbereichen die erhaltenen Video- und Sensorendaten so zu analysieren, dass Bedrohungen möglichst frühzeitig erkannt und behandelt werden können. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war, auf Basis von verarbeiteten Daten aus CamInSens eine Interaktion und Visualisierung zu entwickeln, die bei einem späteren Praxiseinsatz mobilem Sicherheitspersonal dabei hilft, in Bedrohungssituationen fundierte Entscheidungen treffen zu können. Zu diesem Zweck wurde nicht nur eine Software implementiert, sondern auch eine Marktsichtung hinsichtlich geeigneter Geräte und einsetzbarer Softwarebibliotheken durchgeführt.
Schema information about resources in the Linked Open Data (LOD) cloud can be provided in a twofold way: it can be explicitly defined by attaching RDF types to the resources. Or it is provided implicitly via the definition of the resources´ properties.
In this paper, we analyze the correlation between the two sources of schema information. To this end, we have extracted schema information regarding the types and properties defined in two datasets of different size. One dataset is a LOD crawl from TimBL- FOAF profile (11 Mio. triple) and the second is an extract from the Billion Triples Challenge 2011 dataset (500 Mio. triple). We have conducted an in depth analysis and have computed various entropy measures as well as the mutual information encoded in this two manifestations of schema information.
Our analysis provides insights into the information encoded in the different schema characteristics. It shows that a schema based on either types or properties alone will capture only about 75% of the information contained in the data. From these observations, we derive conclusions about the design of future schemas for LOD.
In this paper, we demonstrate by means of two examples how to work with probability propagation nets (PPNs). The fiirst, which comes from the book by Peng and Reggia [1], is a small example of medical diagnosis. The second one comes from [2]. It is an example of operational risk and is to show how the evidence flow in PPNs gives hints to reduce high losses. In terms of Bayesian networks, both examples contain cycles which are resolved by the conditioning technique [3].
Diese Masterarbeit beschreibt und evaluiert die im Rahmen der Arbeit entwickelten Erweiterungen zur Schellings Segregationsimulation. Der Nobelpreisträger Thomas C. Schelling simulierte als erster ab 1969 die Segregation. Die dabei entstandenen Ergebnisse erlaubten eine genauere Analyse der auftretenden Phänomene. Uri Wilensky, Mitarbeiter der "Northwestern University", entwickelte seit 1999 eine Segregationssimulation in NetLogo.
Im Rahmen meiner Masterarbeit habe ich das NetLogo-Model von Uri Wilensky in sechs unterschiedlichen Szenarien weiterentwickelt.
Virtual Goods + ODRL 2012
(2012)
This is the 10th international workshop for technical, economic, and legal aspects of business models for virtual goods incorporating the 8th ODRL community group meeting. This year we did not call for completed research results, but we invited PhD students to present and discuss their ongoing research work. In the traditional international group of virtual goods and ODRL researchers we discussed PhD research from Belgium, Brazil, and Germany. The topics focused on research questions about rights management in the Internet and e-business stimulation. In the center of rights management stands the conception of a formal policy expression that can be used for human readable policy transparency, as well as for machine readable support of policy conformant systems behavior up to automatic policy enforcement. ODRL has proven to be an ideal basis for policy expressions, not only for digital copy rights, but also for the more general "Policy Awareness in the World of Virtual Goods". In this sense, policies support the communication of virtual goods, and they are a virtualization of rules-governed behavior themselves.
In dieser Diplomarbeit wurde ein System entwickelt, dass eine Navigation für Fußgänger ermöglicht. Wie beabsichtigt wurde das System für die Benutzung auf einem iPhone realisiert.
Obwohl die Karten der neuen Generation vonNAVTEQ sich noch in Entwicklung befinden, konnten erste Eindrücke gesammelt werden, wie die Navigation der Fußgänger in Zukunft aussehen wird. Das System arbeitet aber auch mit Kartendaten von OpenStreetMap, die die klassische Repräsentation der Kartendaten haben. Die Positionierung kann später, wenn der Galileo-Empfänger zur Verfügung steht, umgestellt werden und Positionsdaten mit höherer Präzision für die Navigation bereitstellen. Die Routenberechnung konnte mit einem CH-ähnlichen Verfahren durch Vorberechnung beschleunigt werden und erlaubt trotzdem eine Änderung des Profils, ohne dass eine neue Vorberechnung nötig ist. Anders als beim einfachen CH, wo nach einer Änderung des Profils für die Berechnung der Routenkosten eine neue Vorberechnung nötig ist, die im Vergleich zu der Berechnung einer Route aufwendig ist. In Abbildung 8.1 ist die demonstrative Navigation mit dem fertigen System abgebildet. Diese zeigt eine Berechnung der Routen für 3 unterschiedliche Profile, die unterschiedliche Steigungsgrade bevorzugen. Daraus ergeben sich unterschiedliche Routen.
3D-Curve-Skeletons are often used, because the object surface repesentation is less complex and also needs less computing power in further processing, compared to the representation created by the Medial Axis Transformation introduced 1967 by Harry Blum.
This theses aims at developing a 3D curve skelton approximation algorithm that keeps these advantages and is also able to handle different scenarios of the object surface input data.
Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit ist es, innerhalb von sechs Monaten eine gamebasierte Anwendung für Android-Smartphones zu entwickeln, die durch eng beieinander liegende Stationen historisches Wissen vermittelt. Die einzelnen Spielstationen sollen mit Hilfe von GPS1-Positionen festgelegt und erkannt werden. Als Gelände wurde die Burgruine Reichenstein in der Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach im Westerwald ausgewählt. Es soll untersucht werden, wie viele GPS-Stationen auf engem Raum unterzubringen sind und wie weit sie voneinander entfernt sein müssen, um gute Ergebnisse erzielen zu können. Dazu ist es nötig, sowohl den Grundriss der Burg als auch die Beschaffenheit des Geländes mit einzubeziehen.
An den einzelnen Stationen sollen auf spielerische Art und Weise historische Informationen über die Burgruine Reichenstein vermittelt werden. Neben der Recherche, der Konzepterstellung und der Implementierung umfasst diese Arbeit auch eine Evaluation, die eine Bewertung der Anwendung ermöglicht.
The purpose of this master thesis is to enable the Robot Lisa to process complex commands and extract the necessary information in order to perform a complex task as a sequence of smaller tasks. This is intended to be achieved by the improvement of the understanding that Lisa has of her environment by adding semantics to the maps that she builds. The complex command itself will be expected to be already parsed. Therefore the way the input is processed to become a parsed command is out of the scope of this work. Maps that Lisa builds will be improved by the addition of semantic annotations that can include any kind of information that might be useful for the performance of generic tasks. This can include (but not necessarily limited to) hierarchical classifications of locations, objects and surfaces. The processing of the command in addition to some information of the environment shall trigger the performance of a sequence of actions. These actions are expected to be included in Lisa- currently implemented tasks and will rely on the currently existing modules that perform them.
Nevertheless the aim of this work is not only to be able to use currently implemented tasks in a more complex sequence of actions but also make it easier to add new tasks to the complex commands that Lisa can perform.
In the period between 1985 and 1994 ethnic conflicts had a part for more than 50% of the total number of conflicts. Oftentimes, conflicts may arise between different ethnic groups or between one ethnic group and the state. The reasons for this are varied in ranging from social deprivation to the threat of collective identity. An essential key role is played by the political elite, which takes advantage of political and economic crises in order to mobilize certain ethnic groups.
This thesis attempts to investigate such ethnic conflicts on the case of former Yugoslavia, focusing in particular on the role of the political elite. For this purpose, the approach of an agent-based simulation is been followed. The agent-based model, which is carried by ArcGIS, EmIL and Repast allows a thorough investigation of such conflicts. The main feature lies in the ability of agents to be able to develop a normative behavior, so that compex social behaviors can be simulated.
Activity recognition with smartphones is possible by using its internal sensors without using any external sensor. First of all, previous works and their techniques will be regarded and from these works an own implementation for the activity recognition will be derived. Most of the previous works only use the accelerometer for the activity recognition task. For this reason, this bachelor thesis analyzes the benefit of further sensors, such as the magnetic field, the linear acceleration or the gyroscope. The activity recognition is performed by classification algorithms. Decision Tree, Naive Bayes and Support Vector machines will be used. Sensor data of subjects will be collected and saved by using an own developed application. This data is needed as training data for the classification algorithms.
The result is a model which represents the structure of the data. To validate the model, a test dataset will be used which is different from the training dataset. The results confirm previous works which indicated that the activity recognition task is possible by only using the accelerometer. Orientation, gyroscope and linear acceleration cannot be used for all problems of the activity recognition. Apart from that, the Decision Tree seems to be the best classification algorithm if the model has no training data of the current user.
This thesis aims to clarify the question of how stakeholders can participate in a project. We discuss methods on how to select the relevant stakeholders from the whole set of the stakeholders and how to involve these stakeholders in the participatory process. The participation process does not only classical methods of participation such as workshops, especially before modern Web 2.0 techniques.
With the reaccreditation of the degree programs in the department of computer science at the University of Koblenz-Landau new trendsetting degree programs will be offered. For further planning and design of the individual degree programs the opinion of the students is a considerable indicator. Information about the new degree programs aren"t available during the accreditation process. Students have an interest in knowing about the new degree programs and the new examination regulation and therefore being part in the decision process would be desirable. The concept of e-participation is an opportunity to satisfy this need. It offers the possibility to discuss topics of the accreditation and to bring in own ideas and opinions into the decision process. This bachelor thesis describes an e-participation project at the University of Koblenz-Landau about the accreditation of the degree programs of the faculty of computer science. By using the reference framework of Scherer and Wimmer (2011) the project will be carried out. Furthermore the accreditation process will be modeled to get a better understanding of the whole process and to identify the possibilities for e-participation project integration. The results of this project are going to be covered by an online survey about the e-participation platform. Using the results of the survey and the experiences gained after the project recommendations are given for further e-participation projects. Moreover the reference framework of Scherer and Wimmer (2011) will be analyzed critically.
The measurement of the benefits of collaborative technologies is a challenge caused by sociological influences on these systems. In this work, the introduction of a collaborative system into an existing IT environment is examined, so that a value can be identified for the company. The analysis of frameworks has shown that the benefits can be reaped through better management and organization of in-company resources and optimization of the underlying process.
The World Wide Web (WWW) has become a very important communication channel. Its usage has steadily grown within the past. Interest by website owners in identifying user behaviour has been around since Tim Berners-Lee developed the first web browser in 1990. But as the influence of the online channel today eclipses all other media the interest in monitoring website usage and user activities has intensified as well. Gathering and analysing data about the usage of websites can help to understand customer behaviour, improve services and potentially increase profit.
It is further essential for ensuring effective website design and management, efficient mass customization and effective marketing. Web Analytics (WA) is the area addressing these considerations. However, changing technologies and evolving Web Analytic methods and processes present a challenge to organisations starting with Web Analytic programmes. Because of lacking resources in different areas and other types of websites especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as well as non-profit organisations struggle to operate WA in an effective manner.
This research project aims to identify the existing gap between theory, tool possibilities and business needs for undertaking Web Analytic programmes. Therefore the topic was looked at from three different ways: the academic literature, Web Analytic tools and an interpretative case study. The researcher utilized an action research approach to investigate Web Analytics presenting an holistic overview and to identify the gaps that exists. The outcome of this research project is an overall framework, which provides guidance for SMEs who operate information websites on how to proceed in a Web Analytic programme.
In this bachelor thesis a tangible augmented reality game was developed, which should have a additional benefit compared to conventional computer or augmented reality games. The main part of the thesis explains the game concept, the development and the evaluation of the game. In the evaluation the flow-experience, as measurement for the games" amusement, was analysed with a user test and the developed game was compared with other smartphone games. Also augmented reality, tangible user interface and tangible augmented reality was introduced and the advantages and disadvantages was explained. The history of augmented reality was introduced too.
In diesem Arbeitsbericht werden zuvor nicht identifizierte Bedrohungen bezüglich des Wahlgeheimnisses des in [BKG11] vorgeschlagenen Konzeptes zur Authentifizierung von Wählern bei elektronischen Wahlen mittels des neuen Personalausweises aufgezeigt. Überdies wird mit der Einführung einer zwischengelagerten Anonymisierungsschicht eine Lösung vorgeschlagen, wie eben diese Bedrohungen abgewehrt werden können.
Cloud Computing is a topic that has gained momentum in the last years. Current studies show that an increasing number of companies is evaluating the promised advantages and considering making use of cloud services. In this paper we investigate the phenomenon of cloud computing and its importance for the operation of ERP systems. We argue that the phenomenon of cloud computing could lead to a decisive change in the way business software is deployed in companies. Our reference framework contains three levels (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and clarifies the meaning of public, private and hybrid clouds. The three levels of cloud computing and their impact on ERP systems operation are discussed. From the literature we identify areas for future research and propose a research agenda.
QEMU ist eine Open-Source Virtualisierungssoftware, durch die Computersysteme simuliert werden können. Durch VDE (Virtual Distributed Ethernet) ist es möglich, mehrere durch QEMU virtualisierte Computer miteinander zu verbinden und so ein virtuelles Netzwerk zu erzeugen. Mithilfe von Virtualisierung können Netze zum Testen von Netzwerkanwendungen und -protokollen erzeugt werden, deren Aufbau oder Nutzung ohne Virtualisierung impraktikabel oder schlicht unerschwinglich wäre. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, ein Programm zu entwickeln, welches eine in einer Szenario-Datei hinterlegte Netzwerktopologie mit QEMU und VDE-Switches aufbauen kann. Es soll ein Vergleich angestellt werden zwischen Netzen, die mit QEMU aufgebaut wurden und solchen, die über VNUML aufgebaut wurden.
Designing Core Ontologies
(2011)
One of the key factors that hinders integration of distributed, heterogeneous information systems is the lack of a formal basis for modeling the complex, structured knowledge that is to be exchanged. To alleviate this situation, we present an approach based on core ontologies. Core ontologies are characterized by a high degree of axiomatization and formal precision. This is achieved by basing on a foundational ontology. In addition, core ontologies should follow a pattern-oriented design approach. By this, they are modular and extensible. Core ontologies allow for reusing the structured knowledge they define as well as integrating existing domainrnknowledge. The structured knowledge of the core ontologies is clearly separated from the domain-specific knowledge. Such core ontologies allow for both formally conceptualize their particular fields and to be flexibly combined to cover the needsrnof concrete, complex application domains. Over the last years, we have developed three independent core ontologies for events and objects, multimedia annotations, and personal information management. In this paper, we present the simultaneousrnuse and integration of our core ontologies at the example of a complex, distributed socio-technical system of emergency response. We describe our design approach for core ontologies and discuss the lessons learned in designing them. Finally, we elaborate on the beauty aspects of our core ontologies.
Distance vector routing protocols are interior gateway protocols in which every router sets up a routing table with the help of the information it receives from its neighboring routers. The routing table contains the next hops and associated distances on the shortest paths to every other router in the network. Security mechanisms implemented in distance vector routing protocols are insufficient. It is rather assumed that the environment is trustworthy. However, routers can be malicious for several reasons and manipulate routing by injecting false routing updates. Authenticity and integrity of transmitted routing updates have to be guaranteed and at the same time performance and benefits should be well-balanced.
In this paper several approaches that aim at meeting the above mentioned conditions are examined and their advantages and disadvantages are compared.
As Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) initiatives are gradually moving out of the early experimentation phase it is time to focus greater attention on examining the structures, processes and operations surrounding E2.0 projects. In this paper we present the findings of an empirical study to investigate and understand the reasons for initiating E2.0 projects and the benefits being derived from them. Our study comprises seven in-depth case studies of E2.0 implementations. We develop a classification and means of visualising the scope of E2.0 initiatives and use these methods to analyse and compare projects.
Our findings indicate a wide range of motivations and combinations of technology in use and show a strong emphasis towards the content management functionality of E2.0 technologies.
Terrainklassifikation mit Markov-Zufallsfeldern auf Basis von fusionierten Kamera- und Laserdaten
(2011)
A mobile system, that has to navigate automatically in an outdoor environment,rnneeds to have knowledge about its surrounding terrain. Laser-range-finders, sometimes combined with cameras, are often used to analyse terrain. Several problems, like missing or noisy data, lead to erroneous identification of environment.
The target of this work is to add a context-sensitive classification component and data of other sensors to a procedure, based on 3d-data, obtained by a laser-range-finder. The first upgrade consists of a Markov Random Field, which is used to model the relationships between neighbouring terrainsegments and allows a segmentation of the whole terrain.
The second upgrade fuses laserdata with pictures from cameras to obtain additional terrainfeatures.
To meet the growing demands in the automotive industry, car manufacturers constantly reduce the depth of production and shift value-adding processes to the suppliers. This requires that companies work together more closely and promotes the creation of complex logistics networks. To meet the requirements for information exchange, a consortium of automobile manufacturers launched the project RFID-based Automotive Network (RAN) in 2009. The initiative aims at creating a standardized architecture for efficient material flow management along the entire supply chain. Core component of this architecture is the Informationbroker, an information unit which automatically communicates data which is captured via Auto-ID technology to supply chain participants. The thesis focuses in cooperation with the IBS AG, a software company and consortium partner in the project, on the exchange of goods data.
At first, theoretical foundations are presented by describing the characteristics of a supply chain and explaining standardization efforts and related processes. The chapter on the supply chain focuses on trends in the automotive industry to create a link to the project. The topic of standardization provides in-depth information on electronic data exchange standards in order to additionally create a transition to the Informationbroker concept. In the analytical part, reference projects will be presented with a similar problem and set in relation to RAN. According to project documents, system requirements will be defined and models will be created in order to illustrate the problem. Rich Pictures are used to describe the basis and target state.
Based on these models, the flow of goods related data is depicted between two companies and the role of the Informationbroker for the information exchange is clarified. The thesis aims at establishing an understanding of the challenges of the project and how the proposed concepts of the initiative can lead to an optimization of an automotive supply chain.
This bachelor thesis deals basically with the design and the implementation of a data structure describing maneuvers for car-like robots. This data structure affords planning feasible routes which admit a continuous modification of the steering angle.
The focus of this thesis rests on turn maneuvers, which consist of two clothoid arcs and one circular arc. One of the key aspects is the design of a concept for creating a corridor for these maneuvers. A corridor shall enclose the area which the vehicle covers during the corresponding maneuver. It finally provides a basis to guarantee collision freedom. Furthermore, a planning module is designed and implemented within this bachelor thesis. Based on specified construction lines, the planning module creates feasible routes made up of maneuvers.
In this study, the author evaluates four visualization methods (FlexViz, the Jambalaya applet, Experimental jOWL TouchGraph, and Plone ontology) from the pool of currently available web based visualization methods.
Further, this study attempts to answer of the following research questions: 1. What are the requirements for ontology visualization? 2. How is comparative analysis and evaluation carried out? 3. How can a chosen method be tested? Based on the results of the evaluation, the visualization method FlexViz was found to be the most suitable for the given scenario. The deployment of FlexViz was carried out and integrated within Plone CMS and logical parts of the VCD ontology are tested. Finally, FlexViz was analyzed from different stakeholder- perspectives. Results showed that FleViz is a reliable tool for visualizing, understanding and analyzing a developed ontology because of its user-friendly and interactive interface, but performs poorly in regards to the editing, extension and development process.
In the "Institut MTI Mittelrhein" the impact of training and experience on motion and motion planning in sports is examined. As a part of these investigations, the motion behaviour of a sports climber is analyzed on a sports climbing wall. The aim of this thesis is the segmentation and marker-based detection of the movement of a climber in video recordings. The segmented markers from each image are tracked by a tracking procedure over time. The motion tracks will be exported to the motion analysis software Simi Motion in a format suitable for further analysis.
The RoboCup Rescue League was founded with the intention to serve as an international communication platform for development of rescue robots. In regions hit by catastrophes, those robots are meant to find buried people, detect their physical condition and send the proper information to rescue teams.
At the university of Koblenz the rescue robot "Robbie" has been in development for years. Robbie accumulates information about his environment by targeted control of sensors and can act autonomous in unknown regions with help of the previous collected data. He creates an internal 2D map of his environment. This map provides enough information to navigate through space and to localize himself. Unfortunately, 2D maps have a huge drawback. When confronted with uneven terrain or even multilayered disaster areas, this technique will meet its limitations. Considered that most afflicted areas will probably have a bumpy ground, it is important to improve this technique.
That is why 3D-mapping is being required. With the help of RoboCup Rescue Scenario this Bachelor Thesis is going to implement a 3D-mapping algorithm and evaluate the flaws of 2D- and 3D-mapping problems thoroughly.
This paper describes results of the simulation of social objects, the dependence of schoolchildren's professional abilities on their personal characteristics. The simulation tool is the artificial neural network (ANN) technology. Results of a comparison of the time expense for training the ANN and for calculating the weight coefficients with serial and parallel algorithms, respectively, are presented.
This thesis deals with the distribution of large virtual networks to multiple physical hosts using the virtualization tools VNUML and EDIV. While VNUML is responsible for simulating the network, EDIV has its focus primarily on the distributiion. After a short explanation of basic terms and concepts from the field of network simulation, the two previously mentioned virtualization tools are described in detail. This starts in both cases with a detailed description regarding the proper installation and configuration, followed by a demonstration of the most important functions, such as starting or stopping a simulation. The creation of a suitable network scenario and the information scripts provided by EDIV are two further points described in this context. To use the presented possibilities of those tools in practice, an own network scenario is designed and distributed to several hosts, so that the different functions of EDIV can be shown and described accurately.
We present a non-linear camera pose estimator, which is able to handle a combined input of point and line feature correspondences. For three or more correspondences, the estimator works on any arbitrary number and choice of the feature type, which provides an estimation of the pose on a preferably small and flexible amount of 2D-3D correspondences. We also give an analysis of different minimization techniques, parametrizations of the pose data, and of error measurements between 2D and 3D data. These will be tested for the usage of point features, lines and the combination case. The result shows the most stable and fast working non-linear parameter set for pose estimation in model-based tracking.
The paper is devoted to solving a problem of the development of the website of Russian municipal policlinics and provides a selection of a set of elements which should be posted on a website. Such elements are necessary to provide citizens with correct and ergonomic e-services. The insufficient development of an infrastructure of institutions of public and municipal administration (particularly, healthcare institutions) in Russia made it necessary to analyze webresources used in different countries at different levels of providing medical services. The information resources of medical treatment facilities of the United Kingdom, of the United Statesrnof America and of the Federal Republic of Germany were researched separately for three existing economic models of healthcare. A set of criteria for the assessment of medical webresources was developed.
Der neue Personalausweis bietet mit der eID-Funktion die Möglichkeit sich online gegenüber anderen auszuweisen. Dafür ist eine Software notwendig, die auf dem lokalen Computer installiert ist. Diese Arbeit zeigt eine mögliche Vorgehensweise beim Entwurf und der Implementierung der notwendigen Funktionen solch einer Software.
Expert-driven business process management is an established means for improving efficiency of organizational knowledge work. Implicit procedural knowledge in the organization is made explicit by defining processes. This approach is not applicable to individual knowledge work due to its high complexity and variability. However, without explicitly described processes there is no analysis and efficient communication of best practices of individual knowledge work within the organization. In addition, the activities of the individual knowledge work cannot be synchronized with the activities in the organizational knowledge work.rnrnSolution to this problem is the semantic integration of individual knowledgernwork and organizational knowledge work by means of the patternbased core ontology strukt. The ontology allows for defining and managing the dynamic tasks of individual knowledge work in a formal way and to synchronize them with organizational business processes. Using the strukt ontology, we have implemented a prototype application for knowledge workers and have evaluated it at the use case of an architectural fifirm conducting construction projects.
In this diploma thesis a skeleton-based matching technique for 2D shapes is introduced. First, current approaches for the matching of shapes will be presented. The basics of skeleton-based matchings will be introduced. In the context of this thesis, a skeleton-based matching approach was implemented as presented in the original paper. This implementation is evaluated by performing a similarity search in three shape databases. Strengths and limitations of the approach are pointed out. In addition, the introduced algorithm will be examined with respect to extending it towards matching of 3D objects. In particular, the approach is applied to medical data sets: Pre- and postoperative CT images of the abdominal aorta of one patient will be compared. Problems and approaches for matching of 3D objects in general and blood vessels in particular will be presented.
MapReduce with Deltas
(2011)
The MapReduce programming model is extended slightly in order to use deltas. Because many MapReduce jobs are being re-executed over slightly changing input, processing only those changes promises significant improvements. Reduced execution time allows for more frequent execution of tasks, yielding more up-to-date results in practical applications. In the context of compound MapReduce jobs, benefits even add up over the individual jobs, as each job gains from processing less input data. The individual steps necessary in working with deltas are being analyzed and examined for efficiency. Several use cases have been implemented and tested on top of Hadoop. The correctness of the extended programming model relies on a simple correctness criterion.
This paper introduces Vocville, a causal online game for learning vocabularies. I am creating this application for my master thesis of my career as a "Computervisualist" (computer visions) for the University of Koblenz - Landau. The application is an online browser game based on the idea of the really successful Facebook game FarmVille. The application is seperated in two parts; a Grails application manages a database which holds the game objects like vocabulary, a Flex/Flash application generates the actual game by using these data. The user can create his own home with everything in it. For creating things, the user has to give the correct translation of the object he wants to create several times. After every query he has to wait a certain amount of time to be queried again. When the correct answer is given sufficient times, the object is builded. After building one object the user is allowed to build others. After building enough objects in one area (i.e. a room, a street etc.) the user can activate other areas by translating all the vocabularies of the previous area. Users can also interact with other users by adding them as neighbors and then visiting their homes or sending them gifts, for which they have to fill in the correct word in a given sentence.
This paper describes a parallel algorithm for selecting activation functionsrnof an artifcial network. For checking the efficiency of this algorithm a count of multiplicative and additive operations is used.
The Budget Management System IRM@ doesn"t comply anymore with the needs of Rhineland-Palatinate for a modern management information system. Therefore this bachelor thesis introduces the concept "KoRe Light" as a reporting system for cost accounting, which is based on the data of the system IRM@. For the public budget management, this system should be used as a base for decision making. System analysis is the type of systems engineering used, which consists of analysis, conceptual design and implementation.
Implementation is no part of this thesis anymore. Focus of the conceptual design is in the enhanced search function, which allows more comprehensive and easier to read reports. The result contains the components use case diagram, requirements definition, data model, process model and mock-ups for "KoRe Light". In conclusion recommendations for the implementation and a short résumé are given.
Diese Arbeit beschreibt einen Ansatz zur webbasierten und GPU-unterstützten medizinischen Visualisierung. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der client-seitigen Ausführung von direktem Volumen-Rendering mittels WebGL und der Übertragung von medizinischen Datensätzen von Server zu Client. Die Motivation dieser Arbeit liegt vor allem in den neuesten Entwicklungen von Webtechnologien begründet, da es bisher nicht möglich war hardwarebeschleunigte 3D-Grafik direkt im Webbrowser darzustellen. Erst seit der Entwicklung der 3D-Grafik-Programmierschnittstelle WebGL besteht die Möglichkeit GPU-unterstütztes Volumenrendering im Browser-Kontext ohne den Einsatz zusätzlicher Software zu realisieren. Es wird ein webbasiertes Volumenrendering-System vorgestellt, das die Umsetzung von Volumen-Raycasting mit WebGL zur direkten Darstellung von Volumendaten in Echtzeit behandelt. Für die technische Umsetzung wurden das Google Web Toolkit und die Google App Engine als Infrastruktur verwendet.
Im Rahmen dieser Abschlußarbeit wurde ein Plugin zur Visualisierung/Simulation von Public-Key-Infrastrukturen für die Kryptographie-Lernsoftware JCryp-Tool entwickelt und implementiert. Public-Key-Infrastrukturen stellen einen Bereich in der Kryptographie dar, mit dem viele Anwender von IT-Systemen in Berührung kommen.
The estimation of various social objects is necessary in different fields of social life, science, education, etc. This estimation is usually used for forecasting, for evaluating of different properties and for other goals in complex man-machine systems. At present this estimation is possible by means of computer and mathematical simulation methods which is connected with significant difficulties, such as: - time-distributed process of receiving information about the object; - determination of a corresponding mathematical device and structure identification of the mathematical model; - approximation of the mathematical model to real data, generalization and parametric identification of the mathematical model; - identification of the structure of the links of the real social object. The solution of these problems is impossible without a special intellectual information system which combines different processes and allows predicting the behaviour of such an object. However, most existing information systems lead to the solution of only one special problem. From this point of view the development of a more general technology of designing such systems is very important. The technology of intellectual information system development for estimation and forecasting the professional ability of respondents in the sphere of education can be a concrete example of such a technology. Job orientation is necessary and topical in present economic conditions. It helps tornsolve the problem of expediency of investments to a certain sphere of education. Scientifically validated combined diagnostic methods of job orientation are necessary to carry out professional selection in higher education establishments. The requirements of a modern society are growing, with the earlier developed techniques being unable to correspond to them sufficiently. All these techniques lack an opportunity to account all necessary professional and personal characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to use a system of various tests. Thus, the development of new methods of job orientation for entrants is necessary. The information model of the process of job orientation is necessary for this purpose. Therefore, it would be desirable to have an information system capable of giving recommendations concerning the choice of a trade on the basis of complex personal characteristics of entrants.
Domestic robots will become more important in current time. They will find use in everyday situations like cleaning the floor, mowing the lawn or helping to monitor buildings and outdoor installations. However, most of these robots lack in a "human" face, a crucial factor.
In this bachelor thesis a virtual, exchangeable face for the robot Lisa of the study group "Active Vision" of the University Koblenz will be developed. Psychological studies by Krach et al. (2008) have shown that robots with features attractrnattention of the observers and are considered to be more intelligent.
Computerfaces or also Talkingheads are not only used with robots but also in videogames and animation movies. But the movement and mime of the face is usually constructed by hand that provides a fixed course of motions. More interesting is the usage in applications free of barrier. In this field the phonemes are extracted from an incoming audio signal and are assigned to the appropriate visemes.
Within this bachelor thesis this occurrence is achieved with the help of the Text-to-Speech-Synthesizer Festival whereby the movement of the lips change dynamically according to the given text. Not only is the correct movement of the lips of great importance, but also the showingrnof emotions. With the help of a special emoticon arithmetic which is added to the text that is to be synthesized the visualization of emotions is possible.
This bachelor thesis deals with the comparison related to the similarity of recorded WiFi patterns during the tracing of a path through the streets of a large city. Both MAC address only comparison has been investigated as well as the incorporation of RSSI values, whereby the localization accuracy has been evaluated. Methods for the detection of different types and combinations of loops in the path are demonstrated likewise the attempt to estimate the degree of urban development in the environment of the user by assessing the received signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio of GPS satellites and GSM cell towers.
In order to observe a user- proximity to a certain spot on a large public square the absorption of WiFi signals by the human body has been taken into account. Finally, the results of a comparison of the computing performance of a modern smartphone versus the alternative of remote calculation on a server including data transmission via cellular data network are presented.
Identifying reusable legacy code able to implement SOA services is still an open research issue. This master thesis presents an approach to identify legacy code for service implementation based on dynamic analysis and the application of data mining techniques. rnrnAs part of the SOAMIG project, code execution traces were mapped to business processes. Due to the high amount of traces generated by dynamic analyses, the traces must be post-processed in order to provide useful information. rnrnFor this master thesis, two data mining techniques - cluster analysis and link analysis - were applied to the traces. First tests on a Java/Swing legacy system provided good results, compared to an expert- allocation of legacy code.
With the ongoing process of building business networks in today- economy, business to-business integration (B2B Integration) has become a strategic tool for utilizing and optimizing information exchange between business partners. Industry and academia have made remarkable progress in implementing and conceptualizing different kinds of electronic inter-company relationships in the last years. Nevertheless, academic findings generally focus exclusively on certain aspects of the research object, e.g. document standards, process integration or other descriptive criteria. Without arncommon framework these results stay unrelated and their mutual impact on each other remains largely unexplained. In this paper we explore motivational factors of B2B integration in practice. In a research project using a uniform taxonomy (eXperience methodology) we classified real-world B2B integration projects from a pool of over 400 case studies using a pre-developed framework for integration scenarios. The result of our partly exploratory research shows the influence of the role of a company in the supply chain and its motive to invest in a B2B solution.
Im Vergleich zu herkömmlicher Computergrafik (perspektivische Projektion) bietet Raytracing entscheidende Vorteile, die hauptsächlich in der vergleichsweise hohen physikalischen Korrektheit der Methode begründet sind. Die Schwächen liegen hingegen im immensen Rechenaufwand.
Ein Raytracer ist vergleichsweise so rechenintensiv, weil für jeden Pixel mindestens ein Strahl verschickt werden muss. Dieser muss gegen alle Objekte im Raum geschnitten werden. Hinzu kommen noch die Strahlen, die entstehen, wenn Strahlen an Objekten reflektiert werden (Rekursion). Um diesen Rechenaufwand zu verkleinern und zusätzlich ein besseres Bild zu erzeugen, soll der adaptive Sampler den Raytracer unterstützen. Der adaptive Sampler soll während des Rendervorgangs den progressiven Fortschritt in der Bildgenerierung beobachten und Pixel von der weiteren Berechnung ausschließen, für die sich ein zusätzliches Verschießen von Strahlen nicht mehr lohnt.
Anders als der rein progressive Raytracer hört der adaptive Sampler mit dem Konvergieren des Bildes auf zu rechnen. Der adaptive Sampler soll so dafür sorgen, dass schneller ein besseres Bild erzeugt wird und somit die Performanz gesteigert wird. Insgesamt erwartet man sich vom adaptiven Sampler Vorteile bei der Berechnung von bestimmten Szenen. Unter anderem eine Verbesserung bei Szenen mit rein diffus beleuchteten Bildbereichen, sowie eine Verbesserung bei Szenen mit unterschiedlich rechenintensiven Bildbereichen. Ein normaler Raytracer kann nicht beurteilen, wie sinnvoll seine Schüsse sind. Er kann nur mehr Strahlen verschießen, in der Hoffnung, das Bild damit effektiv zu verbessern.
Es gibt jedoch viele Szenarien, bei denen eine linear steigende Schussanzahl pro Pixel keine gleichmäßige Verbesserung im Bild erzeugt. Das bedeutet, dass Bereiche im Bild schon gut aussehen, während andere noch sehr verrauscht sind. Man möchte nun Bildbereiche, die bereits konvergiert sind, in denen sich ein weiterer Beschuss also nicht mehr bemerkbar macht, ausschließen und die Rechenleistung dort nutzen, wo man sie noch braucht.
Wichtig dabei ist, dass Pixel nicht ungewollt zu früh von der Berechnung ausgeschlossen werden, die nicht weit genug konvergiert sind. Der adaptive Sampler soll so lange arbeiten, bis jeder Pixel dauerhaft keine Änderungen mehr vorweist. Das bedeutet, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit für eine signifikante Farbänderung eines Pixels durch Verschießen eines Strahls (bei mehreren Lichtquellen in RenderGin mehrere Strahlen pro Pixel) klein genug ist. Es wird zwar intern keine Wahrscheinlichkeit berechnet, jedoch bekommt der Raytracer eine Art Gedächtnis: Er speichert die Veränderungen im beleuchteten Bild und deren Verlauf in eigenen Gedächtnisbildern. Das "Gedächtnis" für das alte Bild (Zustand des Bildes in der letzten Iteration über die Pixel) repräsentiert dabei das Kurzzeitgedächtnis. Es ist absolut genau. Das Langzeitgedächtnis wird von drei verschiedenen Bildern repräsentiert. Das erste gibt die Anzahl der verschossenen Strahlen pro Pixel an. Das zweite ist ein Wahrheitswertebild, das für jeden Pixel angibt, ob dieser noch in die Berechnung einbezogen werden soll. Das dritte Bild gibt an, wie oft jeder Pixel eine Farbänderung vollzogen hat, die geringer ist als der geforderte Maximalabstand eines Pixels zu sich selbst (vor und nach dem Verschießen eines weiteren Strahls).
Mit diesen drei Bildern ist es möglich, zusätzliche quantitative Informationen zu den qualitativen Informationen des Vergleichs vom neuen und alten Bild zu berücksichtigen.
In dieser Arbeit kläre ich die Frage, ob die gewünschten Effekte eintreten und ob bei Integration in die bestehende Struktur von RenderGin ein Performanzgewinn möglich ist. Die Umsetzung eines adaptiven Samplers ist als Plug-In in der Software RenderGin von Numenus GmbH geschehen. RenderGin ist ein echtzeitfähiger, progressiver Raytracer, der sich durch seine Performanz auszeichnet. Die Bildgenerierung geschieht allein auf der CPU, die Grafikkarte wird lediglich zur Anzeige des erzeugten Bildes benötigt.
Die Umsetzung und Programmierung des Plug-Ins ist in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 geschehen unter Verwendung des RenderGin SDK der Numenus GmbH.
Due to the incorrect allocation management and the continuous increase of internet-capable devices, IPv4-adresses are nearly exhausted. For this reason and because of new requirements demanded by the technique of the internet the IPv6-protocol has been developed. The IPv6-protocol provides a larger adress space and will gradually replace the IPv4-protocol. However, the routing-protocols have to be adapted to the new internetprotocol. This paper will introduce and analyse the dynamic Routing-Information-Protocol RIPng which in itself is an inter-gateway protocol (IGP). The routers inside the network can exchange information about their different connections over this protocol. Furthermore, this paper will explain the basics of the IPv6-protocol, of the used protocol-algorithm as well as of the RIPv2-protocol. In the practical part of the paper the Counting-to-Infinity-Problem and some attributes of RIPng will be reviewed under the IPv6-protocol.
Diese Arbeit hat die Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zum Ziel, dass Bewegung und auftretende Bewegungsunschärfe durch Verfahren des Non-Photorealistic Renderings darstellt. Dabei soll das angestrebte Verfahren den Verlauf der Bewegung für ein dargestelltes Bild ermitteln und mit Speed Lines annähern. Das sich bewegende Objekt bzw. der sich bewegende Teil des Objekts wird abhängig von der Stärke der Bewegung teilweise bis komplett ausgeblendet. Das Verfahren soll echtzeitfähig sein. Aufgrund von vorgestellten Verfahren im Bereich NPR und Motion Blur entwickelt die Arbeit eigene Ansätze, die die genannten Anforderungen umsetzen. Dabei beachtet die Arbeit zwei Aspekte: Sie nimmt so wenige Änderungen wie möglich am verwendeten Szenegraphen vor und führt nach Möglichkeit zur Laufzeit keine Berechnungen auf Seiten der CPU durch. So soll ein Verfahren entstehen, das als Post-Processing Verfahren in Anwendungen integriert werden kann, interaktive Wiederholungsraten ermöglicht und damit auch in Spielen zur Anwendung kommen kann.
API migration refers to the change of a used API to a different API in a program. A special case is called wrapper-based API migration. The API change is done without touching the program but the old API is reimplemented by means of the from now on used one. This so called wrapper has the interface of the reimplemented API but uses the implementation of the new one.
This is an interesting approach because the wrapper can be used in each program, which uses the old API.
To make this approach reproducible we study a ranking-based method for implementing a wrapper, where we always implement the method with the highest priority depending on failing test cases. Thus, we can reconstruct each implementation step.
We first develop an infrastructure to run and log test suites of Java projects that use an API, which we want to change.
We then build a wrapper for a given API using the ranking-based approach.
We present the user-centered, iterative design of Mobile Facets, a mobile application for the faceted search and exploration of a large, multi-dimensional data set of social media on a touchscreen mobile phone. Mobile Facets provides retrieval of resources such as places, persons, organizations, and events from an integration of different open social media sources and professional content sources, namely Wikipedia, Eventful, Upcoming, geo-located Flickr photos, and GeoNames. The data is queried live from the data sources. Thus, in contrast to other approaches we do not know in advance the number and type of facets and data items the Mobile Facets application receives in a specific contextual situation. While developingrnMobile Facets, we have continuously evaluated it with a small group of fifive users. We have conducted a task-based, formative evaluation of the fifinal prototype with 12 subjects to show the applicability and usability of our approach for faceted search and exploration on a touchscreen mobile phone.