Extending a Conceptual Modeling Language for Adaptive Web Applications

2010 ◽  
pp. 299-319
Author(s):  
Raoudha Ben Djemaa ◽  
Ikram Amous ◽  
Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Requirement Analysis ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Generation Level

The complexity of adaptive Web applications (AWA) is increasing almost every day. Besides impacting the implementation phase, this complexity must also be suitably managed while modeling the application. To this end, the paper proposes an approach for AWA called GIWA based on WA-UML (Web Adaptive Unified Modeling Language). This extension defines a set of stereotypes and constraints, which make possible the modeling of AWA. GIWA’s target is to facilitate the automatic execution of the design and the automatic generation of adaptable web interface. The GIWA methodology is based on different step: requirement analysis, conceptual design, adaptation design and generation. Using GIWA, designers can specify, at a requirement analysis, the features of web application to be generated. These features are represented, at the conceptual level using WA-UML. At the adaptation level, GIWA acquires all information about users’ preferences and their access condition to be used at the generation level. The last level is based on java swing interface to instantiate models which are translated in XML files. GIWA uses then XSL files (user preferences) and RDF files (devices’ capability) to generate the HTML page corresponding to the user.

Enterprise WAE: A Lightweight UML Extension for the Characterization of the Presentation Tier of Enterprise Applications with MDD-Based Mockup Generation

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (08) ◽  
pp. 1291-1331
Author(s):  
Humberto Cortés ◽  
Antonio Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Code Generation ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Role Based Access Control ◽  
Enterprise Applications ◽  
Uml Extension ◽  
Automatic Code

Nowadays, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the most successful notation for the design of object-oriented applications. However, plain UML is not enough to characterize the web presentation tier of enterprise applications, including the navigational, structural and role-based access control (RBAC) features present in these applications. In this paper, we present Enterprise Web Application Extension (E-WAE), a lightweight UML extension for the modeling of these elements, which permits the inclusion of multitier, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and security design-level patterns in the models. Our approach follows a Model-Driven Development (MDD) approach, which enables the automatic generation of intermediate platform-specific models and automatic code generation for JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Active Server Pages.NET Model-View-Controller (ASP.NET MVC) frameworks. In addition, this generated code can be used as a low-cost mockup for early client validation of the navigational, structural and RBAC features of enterprise applications. E-WAE has been used with different applications. In this paper, we refer to the checkout process in the Amazon website, the delete resources use case in OdAJ2EE, an educational application developed by us, and the US Library of Congress Online Catalog search facility as examples of its applicability.

Using Recommendation Systems to Adapt Gameplay

2011 ◽  
pp. 64-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Medler
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Recommendation Systems ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
The Other ◽  
User Input ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Research Communities ◽  
Game Developers

Recommendation systems are key components in many Web applications (Amazon, Netflix, eHarmony). Each system gathers user input, such as the products they buy, and searches for patterns in order to determine user preferences and tastes. These preferences are then used to recommend other content that a user may enjoy. Games on the other hand are often designed with a one-size-fits-all approach not taking player preferences into account. However there is a growing interest in both the games industry and game research communities to begin incorporating systems that can adapt, or alter how the game functions, to specific players. This paper examines how Web application recommendation systems compare to current games that adapt their gameplay to specific players. The comparison shows that current games do not use recommendation methods that are data intensive or collaborative when adapting to players. Design suggestions are offered within this manuscript for how game developers can benefit from incorporating the lesser used recommendation methods.

Adaptability and Adaptivity in The Generation of Web Applications

2011 ◽  
pp. 99-122
Author(s):  
Raoudha Ben Djemaa ◽  
Ikram Amous ◽  
Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Generation Level ◽  
The Creation

This article proposes a generator for adaptive Web applications called GIWA. GIWA‘s objective is to facilitate the automatic execution of the design and the generation of Adaptable Web Applications (AWA). Characteristically, the effort in this work has to be pursued with special attention to both issues applied to AWA: adaptability and adaptivity. The architecture of GIWA is based on three levels: the semantic level, the conceptual level and the generation one. Using GIWA, designers specifies, at the semantic level the features of Web application. The conceptual level focuses on the creation of diagrams in WA-UML language; the extended UML by our new concepts and new design elements for adaptation. At the generation level, GIWA acquires all information about users’ preferences and their access condition. Consequently, the generated pages are adaptable to all these information. An evaluation and a validation of GIWA are given in this article to prove our adaptation.

Designing and Mining Web Applications

2010 ◽  
pp. 401-417
Author(s):  
Rosa Meo ◽  
Maristella Matera
Keyword(s):  
Web Applications ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Frequent Patterns ◽  
Application Management ◽  
Modeling Methods ◽  
Web Logs ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
The Web

In this chapter, we present the usage of a modeling language, WebML, for the design and the management of dynamic Web applications. WebML also makes easier the analysis of the usage of the application contents by the users, even if applications are dynamic. In fact, it makes use of some special-purpose logs, called conceptual logs, generated by the application runtime engine. In this chapter, we report on a case study about the analysis of conceptual logs for testifying to the effectiveness of WebML and its conceptual modeling methods. The methodology of the analysis of the Web logs is based on the datamining paradigm of item sets and frequent patterns, and makes full use of constraints on the conceptual logs’ content. As a consequence, we could obtain many interesting patterns for application management such as recurrent navigation paths, the most frequently visited page’s contents, and anomalies.

Adaptability and Adaptivity in The Generation of Web Applications

2011 ◽  
pp. 681-705
Author(s):  
Raoudha Ben Djemaa ◽  
Ikram Amous ◽  
Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Generation Level ◽  
The Creation

This article proposes a generator for adaptive Web applications called GIWA. GIWA‘s objective is to facilitate the automatic execution of the design and the generation of Adaptable Web Applications (AWA). Characteristically, the effort in this work has to be pursued with special attention to both issues applied to AWA: adaptability and adaptivity. The architecture of GIWA is based on three levels: the semantic level, the conceptual level and the generation one. Using GIWA, designers specifies, at the semantic level the features of Web application. The conceptual level focuses on the creation of diagrams in WA-UML language; the extended UML by our new concepts and new design elements for adaptation. At the generation level, GIWA acquires all information about users’ preferences and their access condition. Consequently, the generated pages are adaptable to all these information. An evaluation and a validation of GIWA are given in this article to prove our adaptation.

Extended Spatiotemporal UML

2002 ◽  
pp. 143-170
Author(s):  
Rosanne Price ◽  
Nectaria Tryfona ◽  
Christian S. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Spatiotemporal Data ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Functional Specification ◽  
Small Base ◽  
Group Association

This chapter presents a conceptual modeling language for spatiotemporal applications that offers built-in support for capturing spatially referenced, time-varying information. More specifically, the well-known object-oriented Unified Modeling Language (UML) is extended to capture the semantics of spatiotemporal data. The extension, Extended Spatiotemporal UML, maintains language clarity and simplicity by introducing a small base set of fundamental modeling constructs: spatial, temporal, and thematic. These constructs can then be combined and applied at attribute, attribute group, association, and/or class levels of the object-oriented model; where the attribute group is an additional construct introduced for attributes with the same spatiotemporal properties. A formal functional specification of the semantic modeling constructs and their symbolic combinations is given and an example is used to illustrate the simplicity and flexibility of this approach.

scholarly journals Automatic Code Generation of MVC Web Applications

Computers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Gaetanino Paolone ◽  
Martina Marinelli ◽  
Romolo Paesani ◽  
Paolino Di Felice
Keyword(s):  
Code Generation ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Automatic Code Generation ◽  
Mvc Pattern ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Software Designers ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
Automatic Code

As Web applications become more and more complex, the development costs are increasing as well. A Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach is proposed in this paper since it simplifies modeling, design, implementation, and integration of applications by defining software mainly at the model level. We adopt the The Unified Modeling Language (UML), as modeling language. UML provides a set of diagrams to model structural and behavioral aspects of the Web applications. Automatic translation of UML diagrams to the Object-Oriented code is highly desirable because it eliminates the chances of introducing human errors. Moreover, automatic code generation helps the software designers delivering of the software on time. In our approach, the automatic transformations across the MDA’s levels are based on meta-models for two of the most important constructs of UML, namely Use Cases and classes. A proprietary tool (called xGenerator) performs the transformations up to the Java source code. The architecture of the generated Web applications respects a variant of the well-known Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

Mobile web application for students’ and lecturers’ portfolio gallery

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 14-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Yudi Adinugroho ◽  
Eileen Heriyanni ◽  
Tegar Aryo Sulthon Musthofa
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Unified Process ◽  
Uml Diagrams

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to curate and promote students’ and lecturers’ works and creations, and to provide pleasing user experience for mobile device users when browsing the portfolio gallery information. Design/methodology/approach The design of the mobile web application using Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology includes Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams. The evaluation is done in three steps: first step by comparing similar software, the second step by evaluate the interface using the eight golden rules and the last one by taking user questionnaire. Findings Evaluation of the application of Bina Nusantara University (BINUS) Store Mobile Web. Originality/value The authors report the development of BINUS Store Mobile web application by using Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) with Laravel framework and evaluate it in Android and iOS environments.

scholarly journals Sistem Informasi Penjualan Gitar Online

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Pradhika Ulil Albab ◽  
Ucuk Darussalam ◽  
Winarsih Winarsih
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
System Development ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Item Selection ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Development Method ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
System Data ◽  
System Program

Buying and selling guitars is already popular among the general public, but guitar sales are still a lot by visiting music stores. This sales system is still a habit of people. With that, do a solution to solve the problem. The solution given is to create an e-commerce web application. By using this application is expected to simplify the sales system, data search, making it easier to create reports. This system is also equipped with item selection, so it can assist in guitar selection. Through the tests carried out, it is proven that the e-commerce web application can be used to record information about buying and selling transactions, stockpiling of goods, conducting broader promotions and marketing as well as making order transaction reports and inventory reports. The Waterfall System Development Method is used as a stage of making an application and UML (Unified Modeling Language) is used as a modeling design for the Guitar Online Sales Information System program. From the discussion and implementation of the system that has been carried out, several conclusions can be drawn, including as follows; This application can simplify the sales system at a guitar shop by providing shopping cart, search features and is equipped with a payment confirmation process as well as making it easier for the admin to record transaction reports.Keywords:Sales System, E-Commerce, Transactions.

scholarly journals Design and Develop a Web-application for Providing Pharmaceutical Product Leaflets Information

2020 ◽  
pp. 224-236
Author(s):  
Hayfa Abdulaziz Almuhaisen ◽  
Aljoharah Farraj F Alzuabi ◽  
Halah Abdurabuh A Alshammari ◽  
Rola Khalid S Alghamdi ◽  
Mohammed Fahed Tayfour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Programming Languages ◽  
Patient Information ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Pharmaceutical Product ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Patient Information Leaflets ◽  
Information Leaflets

Information on pharmaceuticals is beneficial for patients, most patients like to read patient information leaflets for their pharmaceuticals. Nevertheless, the quality of the information written on pharmaceuticals gives space for improvement. To improve the inadequacies of patient information leaflets, an alternate approach for the provision of information on pharmaceuticals will be illustrated. This work aims to design and develop a web application that will provide pharmaceutical product leaflets information as well as the proposed web application will provide supplementary services. The proposed work was designed and developed using the Unified Modeling Language (UML), SQL, XML, and ASP.Net programming languages.

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