In this paper, we present an FP-like approach, named Class Point, which was conceived to estimate the size of object-oriented products. In particular, two measures are proposed, which are theoretically validated showing that they satisfy well-known properties necessary for size measures. An initial empirical validation is also performed, meant to assess the usefulness and effectiveness of the proposed measures to predict the development effort of object-oriented systems. Moreover, a comparative analysis is carried out, taking into account several other size measures

We show how declarative diagnosis techniques can be extended to cope with verification of operational properties, such as computed and correct answers, and of abstract properties, such as depth(k) answers and groundness dependencies. The extension is achieved by using a simple semantic framework, based on abstract interpretation. The resulting technique (abstract diagnosis) leads to elegant bottom-up and top-down verification methods, which do not require to determine the symptoms in advance, and which are effective in the case of abstract properties described by finite domains. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved

Abstract. In the paper we address the problem of estimating the effort required to develop dynamic web applications. In particular, we provide an adaptation of the Cosmic Full Function Point method to be applied on design documents for counting data movements. We also describe the empirical analysis carried out to verify the usefulness of the method for predicting web application development effort.

In the domain of emergency management, in addition to the constant technical skill-upgrade required by the nature of the humanitarian context, the importance of an appropriate training is widely recognized. In particular, giving responders information technology skills so that they are well prepared to address health, security and managerial concerns represents a key factor by which the goal of an efficient and effective humanitarian emergency response can be pursued. In this paper we propose the adoption of augmented reality mobile interfaces to enhance the training efficacy for on-site crisis preparedness activities. The system we propose originated from the idea to allow trainees to exploit Augmented Reality (AR) interaction and become quickly familiar with the mobile technology adopted today in emergency response activities

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