scholarly journals A Visualization Tool for Analyzing the Suitability of Software Libraries via Their Code Repositories

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey Haber ◽  
Robert Gove
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Visualization Tool ◽  
Software Library ◽  
Software Libraries ◽  
Key Aspects

Code repositories are a common way to archive software source code files. Understanding code repository content and his- tory is important but can be difficult due to the complexity of code repositories. Most available tools are designed for users who are actively maintaining a code repository. In contrast, external developers need to assess the suitability of using a software library, e.g. whether its code repository has a healthy level of maintenance, and how much risk the external developers face if they depend on that code in their own project. In this paper, we identify six risks associated with using a software library, we derive seven requirements for tools to assess these risks, and we con- tribute two dashboard designs derived from these requirements. The first dashboard is designed to asses a software library's usage suitability via its code repository, and the second dashboard visually compares usage suitability information about multiple soft- ware libraries’ code repositories. Using four popular libraries code repositories, we show that these dashboards are effective for understanding and comparing key aspects of software library us- age suitability. We further compare our dashboard to a typical code repository user interface and show that our dashboard is more succinct and requires less work.

scholarly journals A Visualization Tool for Analyzing the Suitability of Software Libraries via Their Code Repositories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 387-1-387-11
Author(s):  
Casey Haber ◽  
Robert Gove
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Visualization Tool ◽  
Software Library ◽  
Software Libraries ◽  
Key Aspects

Code repositories are a common way to archive software source code files. Understanding code repository content and history is important but can be difficult due to the complexity of code repositories. Most available tools are designed for users who are actively maintaining a code repository. In contrast, external developers need to assess the suitability of using a software library, e.g. whether its code repository has a healthy level of maintenance, and how much risk the external developers face if they depend on that code in their own project. In this paper, we identify six risks associated with using a software library, we derive seven requirements for tools to assess these risks, and we contribute two dashboard designs derived from these requirements. The first dashboard is designed to assess a software library's usage suitability via its code repository, and the second dashboard visually compares usage suitability information about multiple software libraries' code repositories. Using four popular libraries' code repositories, we show that these dashboards are effective for understanding and comparing key aspects of software library usage suitability. We further compare our dashboard to a typical code repository user interface and show that our dashboard is more succinct and requires less work.

scholarly journals CLINE: a web-tool for the comparison of biological dendrogram structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo S. Allendes Osorio ◽  
Lokesh P. Tripathi ◽  
Kenji Mizuguchi
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Visualization Tool ◽  
Web Tool ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Multiple Structures ◽  
Biological Interpretation

Abstract Background When visually comparing the results of hierarchical clustering, the differences in the arrangements of components are of special interest. However, in a biological setting, identifying such differences becomes less straightforward, as the changes in the dendrogram structure caused by permuting biological replicates, do not necessarily imply a different biological interpretation. Here, we introduce a visualization tool to help identify biologically similar topologies across different clustering results, even in the presence of replicates. Results Here we introduce CLINE, an open-access web application that allows users to visualize and compare multiple dendrogram structures, by visually displaying the links between areas of similarity across multiple structures. Through the use of a single page and a simple user interface, the user is able to load and remove structures form the visualization, change some aspects of their display and set the parameters used to match cluster topology across consecutive pairs of dendrograms. Conclusions We have implemented a web-tool that allows the users to visualize different dendrogram structures, showing not only the structures themselves, but also linking areas of similarity across multiple structures. The software is freely available at http://mizuguchilab.org/tools/cline/. Also, the source code, documentation and installation instructions are available on GitHub at https://github.com/RodolfoAllendes/cline/.

Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 3-36
Author(s):  
Miroslav Bures ◽  
Martin Filipsky ◽  
Ivan Jelinek
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Automated Testing ◽  
Test Automation ◽  
Specific Test ◽  
Automated Test ◽  
Test Sets ◽  
Automated Process

In the automated testing based on actions in user interface of the tested application, one of the key challenges is maintenance of these tests. The maintenance overhead can be decreased by suitably structuring the test scripts, typically by employing reusable objects. To aid in the development, maintenance and refactoring of these test scripts, potentially reusable objects can be identified by a semi-automated process. In this paper, we propose a solution that identifies the potentially reusable objects in a set of automated test scripts and then provides developers with suggestions about these objects. During this process, we analyze the semantics of specific test steps using a system of abstract signatures. The solution can be used to identify the potentially reusable objects in both recorded automated test sets and tests programmed in an unstructured style. Moreover, compared to approaches that are based solely on searching for repetitive source code fragments, the proposed system identifies potentially reusable objects that are more relevant for test automation.

Development of an Interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) for EnergyPlus

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiqun Pan ◽  
Qiqiang Li ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
Joe Huang ◽  
Sen Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Visualization Tool ◽  
Hvac System ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Building Geometry ◽  
System Module ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Space Conditions ◽  
Interactive Graphical User Interface

In order to make EnergyPlus easier to use in China, VisualEPlus, a Chinese graphical user interface for the program, has been developed. VisualEPlus is designed to be generic, so that it can be used in any country, as well as be linked to other modeling tools and interfaces for EnergyPlus. VisualEPlus has three main modules: (1) a Building Loads Module for defining the building geometry, envelope, and space conditions that has been adapted from an existing DOE-2 interface (DOE2IN); (2) a HVAC System Module with a drag-and-drop feature for defining the HVAC system; and (3) a View Report Module with a reporting and visualization tool for EnergyPlus reports and outputs. This paper presents the background and development of VisualEPlus, describes its main functions and features as compared to other existing interfaces for EnergyPlus, and discusses plans for the further development of VisualEPlus.

scholarly journals Temporal network alignment via GoT-WAVE

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (18) ◽  
pp. 3527-3529 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Aparício ◽  
Pedro Ribeiro ◽  
Tijana Milenković ◽  
Fernando Silva
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Network Alignment ◽  
Supplementary Information ◽  
Temporal Network ◽  
Temporal Networks ◽  
Supplementary Data ◽  
Node Similarity ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract Motivation Network alignment (NA) finds conserved regions between two networks. NA methods optimize node conservation (NC) and edge conservation. Dynamic graphlet degree vectors are a state-of-the-art dynamic NC measure, used within the fastest and most accurate NA method for temporal networks: DynaWAVE. Here, we use graphlet-orbit transitions (GoTs), a different graphlet-based measure of temporal node similarity, as a new dynamic NC measure within DynaWAVE, resulting in GoT-WAVE. Results On synthetic networks, GoT-WAVE improves DynaWAVE’s accuracy by 30% and speed by 64%. On real networks, when optimizing only dynamic NC, the methods are complementary. Furthermore, only GoT-WAVE supports directed edges. Hence, GoT-WAVE is a promising new temporal NA algorithm, which efficiently optimizes dynamic NC. We provide a user-friendly user interface and source code for GoT-WAVE. Availability and implementation http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/got-wave/ Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

scholarly journals ShelXle: a Qt graphical user interface forSHELXL

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1281-1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian B. Hübschle ◽  
George M. Sheldrick ◽  
Birger Dittrich
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Structure Refinement ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Graphical Display ◽  
Acta Cryst ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Difference Density

ShelXleis a graphical user interface forSHELXL[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008).Acta Cryst.A64, 112–122], currently the most widely used program for small-molecule structure refinement. It combines an editor with syntax highlighting for theSHELXL-associated .ins (input) and .res (output) files with an interactive graphical display for visualization of a three-dimensional structure including the electron density (Fo) and difference density (Fo–Fc) maps. Special features ofShelXleinclude intuitive atom (re-)naming, a strongly coupled editor, structure visualization in various mono and stereo modes, and a novel way of displaying disorder extending over special positions.ShelXleis completely compatible with all features ofSHELXLand is written entirely in C++ using the Qt4 and FFTW libraries. It is available at no cost for Windows, Linux and Mac-OS X and as source code.

scholarly journals Knowledge.Bio: A Web Application for Exploring, Building and Sharing Webs of Biomedical Relationships Mined from PubMed

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bruskiewich ◽  
Kenneth Huellas-Bruskiewicz ◽  
Farzin Ahmed ◽  
Rajaram Kaliyaperumal ◽  
Mark Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Text Mining ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Knowledge Networks ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Web Platform

AbstractKnowledge.Bio is a web platform that enhances access and interpretation of knowledge networks extracted from biomedical research literature. The interaction is mediated through a collaborative graphical user interface for building and evaluating maps of concepts and their relationships, alongside associated evidence. In the first release of this platform, conceptual relations are drawn from the Semantic Medline Database and the Implicitome, two compleme ntary resources derived from text mining of PubMed abstracts.Availability— Knowledge.Bio is hosted at http://knowledge.bio/ and the open source code is available at http://bitbucket.org/sulab/kb1/.Contact— [email protected]; [email protected]

scholarly journals Augmented reality implementation methods in mainstream applications

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Procházka ◽  
Tomáš Koubek
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Software Library ◽  
Software Libraries ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
Augmented Reality Application ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Processing Software ◽  
Image Processing Software

Augmented reality has became an useful tool in many areas from space exploration to military applications. Although used theoretical principles are well known for almost a decade, the augmented reality is almost exclusively used in high budget solutions with a special hardware. However, in last few years we could see rising popularity of many projects focused on deployment of the augmented reality on dif­ferent mobile devices. Our article is aimed on developers who consider development of an augmented reality application for the mainstream market. Such developers will be forced to keep the application price, therefore also the development price, at reasonable level. Usage of existing image processing software library could bring a significant cut-down of the development costs. In the theoretical part of the article is presented an overview of the augmented reality application structure. Further, an approach for selection appropriate library as well as the review of the existing software libraries focused in this area is described. The last part of the article out­lines our implementation of key parts of the augmented reality application using the OpenCV library.

scholarly journals Checking for Open Bisimilarity in the pi-Calculus

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrik Frendrup ◽  
Jesper Nyholm Jensen
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Iterative Method ◽  
Time Complexity ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Running Time ◽  
Pi Calculus ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Refinement Algorithm ◽  
Partition Refinement

<p>This paper deals with algorithmic checking of open bisimilarity in the pi-calculus. Most bisimulation checking algorithms are based on the partition refinement approach. Unfortunately the definition of open bisimulation does not permit us to use a partition refinement approach for open bisimulation checking directly, but in the paper 'A Partition Refinement Algorithm for the pi-Calculus' Marco Pistore and Davide Sangiorgi present an iterative method that makes it possible to check for open bisimilarity using partition refinement. We have implemented the algorithm presented by Marco Pistore and Davide Sangiorgi. Furthermore,<br />we have optimized this algorithm and implemented this optimized algorithm. The time-complexity of this algorithm is the same as the time-complexity for the first algorithm, but performance tests have shown that in many cases the running time of the optimized algorithm is shorter than the running time of the first algorithm. Our implementation of the optimized open bisimulation checker algorithm and a user interface have been integrated in a system called the OBC Workbench.The source code and a manual for it is available from http://www.cs.auc.dk/research/FS/ny/PR-pi/.</p>

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