Search Results - "Kiper, James"

A User Interface (UI) and User eXperience (UX) evaluation framework for cyberlearning environments in computer science and software engineering education by Alomari, Hakam W., Ramasamy, Vijayalakshmi, Kiper, James D., Potvin, Geoff

“…Despite the widespread availability and increasing use of cyberlearning environments, there remains a need for more research about their usefulness in…”
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Analyzing Link Dynamics in Student Collaboration Networks using Canvas-A Student-Centered Learning Perspective by Ramasamy, Vijayalakshmi, Kiper, James D., Ojha, Hemraj, Desai, Urvashi

“…A variety of cyberlearning environments and online student collaboration techniques are used in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) courses to…”
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A minimally disruptive approach of integrating testing into computer programming courses by Ramasamy, Vijayalakshmi, Alomari, Hakam W., Kiper, James D., Potvin, Geoffrey

“…The problem of finding and evaluating effective ways of integrating software testing concepts and related techniques into introductory programming courses is…”
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A Broad, Quantitative Model for Making Early Requirements Decisions by Feather, M.S., Cornford, S.L., Hicks, K.A., Kiper, J.D., Menzies, T.

“…Although detailed information is typically scarce during a project's early phases, developers frequently need to make key decisions about trade-offs among…”
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Development of an Assessment of Quantitative Literacy for Miami University by Ward, Rose Marie, Schneider, Monica, Kiper, James

“…Quantitative Literacy is a competence as important as general literacy; yet, while writing requirements are seemingly ubiquitous across the college curriculum,…”
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Visual Depiction of Decision Statements: What is Best for Programmers and Non-Programmers? by Kiper, James D, Auernheimer, Brent, Ames, Charles K

“…This paper reports the results of two experiments investigating differences in comprehensibility of textual and graphical notations for representing decision…”
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Undergraduate Software Engineering Programs by Taylor, Chris, Gary, Kevin, Kiper, James, Wellington, Carol, Villegas, Norha M., Chang, Lily

“…Undergraduate programs in software engineering are relatively new. The first ABET accredited programs received accreditation in 2001. There are currently 31…”
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A comparison of computer-generated and naturally occurring foraging patterns in route-network-constrained spider monkeys by Suarez, Scott A., Karro, John, Kiper, James, Farler, David, McElroy, Blaine, Rogers, Benjamin C., Stockwell, Ben, Young, Taylor

“…The attribution of goal‐directed behavior to observations of primate foraging and ranging requires that simpler explanations for observed behavior patterns be…”
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Technology transfer issues for formal methods of software specification by Abernethy, K., Kelly, J., Sobel, A., Kiper, J.D., Powell, J.

“…Accurate and complete requirements specifications are crucial for the design and implementation of high-quality software. Unfortunately, the articulation and…”
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Using Gray Literature to Influence Software Engineering Curricula by Kiper, James D, Sultana, Simon, Auernheimer, Brent, Walia, Gursimran Singh

“…Software engineering (SE) evolves rapidly, with changing technology and industry expectations. The curriculum review bodies (e.g., ACM and IEEE-CS working…”
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Finding robust solutions in requirements models by Gay, Gregory, Menzies, Tim, Jalali, Omid, Mundy, Gregory, Gilkerson, Beau, Feather, Martin, Kiper, James

“…Solutions to non-linear requirements engineering problems may be “brittle”; i.e. small changes may dramatically alter solution effectiveness. Hence, it is not…”
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Modeling Student Collaboration Network to Enhance Student Interactions by Ojha, Hemraj, Ramasamy, Vijayalakshmi, Kiper, James, Walia, Gursimran S.

“…The Covid-19 pandemic, as Henry Kissinger mentions, will not only "forever alter the world order," but also potentially transform the ever-changing higher…”
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A Broad, Quantitative Model for Making Early Requirements Decisions : Quality Requirements by FEATHER, Martin S, CORNFORD, Steven L, HICKS, Kenneth A, KIPER, James D, MENZIES, Tim

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TP-GraphMiner: A Clustering Framework for Task-Based Information Networks by Ramasamy, Vijayalakshmi, Desai, Urvashi, Alomari, Hakam W., Kiper, James D.

“…Clustering similar entities in relational tables is an open challenge to the research community due to the representation of transactional data as tables where…”
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Design and Development Assessment by Cornford, Steven L., Feather, Martin S., Kelly, John C., Larson, Timothy W., Sigal, Burton, Kiper, James D.

“…An assessment methodology is described and illustrated. This methodology separates assessment into the following phases (1) Elicitation of requirements; (2)…”
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First year engineering: Exploring engineering through the engineering design loop by Troy, D., Keller, D.S., Kiper, J., Kerr, L.

“…Over the past few years, the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at Miami University has moved toward the principle of a common first year…”
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A Risk-Based Approach to Strategic Decision-Making for Software Development by Kiper, J.D., Feather, M.S.

“…In any software system development, the most important strategic decisions are, by definition, those made early in the lifecycle. However, these early…”
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THE ERGONOMIC, EFFICIENT, AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF EXISTING TOOLS INTO A SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT (ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING) by KIPER, JAMES DENNIS

“…Software tools form an integral part of any software development system. These tools, e.g. compilers, editors, source code managers, version control systems,…”
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4.6.1 Combining Heuristic Search, Visualization and Data Mining for Exploration of System Design Spaces by Feather, Martin S., Kiper, James D., Kalafat, Selcuk

“…Finding a near‐optimal solution to a complex design problem is challenging. On the one hand the problem space is too large and convoluted for human…”
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Big shrimp: America's number 1 seafood by Kiper, James

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