156 research outputs found
Intellectual property laws and Islam in Malaysia.
No full textPhDThis study is undertaken on the premise that Islam and Islamic law is to be taken into
serious consideration in any future legislative reform of laws in Malaysia. Islam being
the religion of the country and the strong religious sentiment of the Muslims (who
form the majority in Malaysia) cannot be overlooked or dismissed lightly by the
legislators in Malaysia. Reformation of intellectual property laws is timely, as we are
now approaching to the dateline set by GATF-Trips agreement which aim is to
improve our standard of intellectual property protection. This study seeks to analyze
and evaluate the current legislation pertaining to intellectual property in Malaysia in
terms of the philosophy and rules governing the existence, ownership and exercise of
these rights and their consistency and inconsistency with Islam and Islamic law. The
main objective of this study is to prove that a coherent and logical conceptual
framework of ownership of intellectual property can be derived from an Islamic
perspective which not only offers the basis of rights but also defines the scope of
these rights. From the point of ownership of rights, support can be obtained from the
normative framework of property rights within the traditional classification of 'mal'
(property) and 'haqq al-milkiyyah' (ownership rights) under Islamic law. From the
point of exercise of rights, the exact scope can be defined from the analysis of
fundamental concepts which have been developed by Muslim jurists. It has been
established that Islam and Islamic law offers a sound and systematic paradigm, which
in deeper analysis, can satisfy both our current obligations under international
treatises, as well as our responsibility to practise our religion to the fullest
An attribute grammar approach to specifying Halstead\u27s metrics
No full textAttribute grammars have been used in defining
programming languages and constructing compilers.
Since these are concerned with the syntax and static
semantics of the source code of the language, attribute
grammars can be effectively used to define source code
metrics on it. Most of the source code metrics are based
on measuring models of the source code. However, there
is no formal way of specifying the mapping of the source
code onto the models. This paper attempts to provide an
approach using an attribute grammar to demonstrate how
Halsteads metrics may be specified in an unambiguous
manner on the source code itself
Development of Expert Database System for Environmental Impact Assessment (EDEIA)
No full textExpert Database System for Environmental Impact
Assessment (EDEIA) was developed using FoxPro and
CLIPS. It consists of a database and an expert system
prototype. The EDEIA system developed a database system
that allows an EIA expert to manage EIA report
information and produced a set of rules that enable the ES
to be aware of the existing environment component classes.
The rules were developed according to the environmental
component classification characteristics. The system is
based on three assumptions: the environmental components
and prescribed activities should be classified, the
description of environmental component classes as well as
the prescribed activities information must be collectedand
finally, the potential impact, mitigation measures and
residual impact have to be clearly specified. The main role
for EDEIA is to assist EIA experts and companies in
producing complete and efficient EIA reports. The system
is very useful in supporting EIA expert prediction of
expected potential environment impact and best method for
mitigation measures. The EDEIA system has friendly
graphical user interface, as well as satisfying EIA report
requirement
OSS Jimat Kos Pelajar dan Universiti
Get PDFSERDANG, 25 Feb – Perisian Sumber Terbuka (OSS) dapat menjimatkan kos pelajar dan universiti kerana menawarkan pakej harga murah dan percuma berbanding perisian proprietary (berlesen).
Dekan Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat (FSKTM), Prof. Madya Dr. Abdul Azim Abd Ghani berkata fakulti menanggung kos yang tinggi untuk membuka sebuah makmal komputer kerana harga perisian proprietary mencecah sehingga RM 250 ribu setahun
Towards semantic mutation testing of aspect-oriented programs
Get PDFAspect-oriented programs have received much attention from software testing researchers. Various testing techniques
and approaches have been proposed to tackle issues and challenges when testing aspect-oriented programs including
traditional mutation testing. In traditional mutation testing of aspect-oriented programs, mutants are generated by making small changes to the syntax of the aspect-oriented language. Recently, a new approach known as semantic mutation testing has been proposed. This approach mutates the semantics of the language in which the program is written. The mutants generated misunderstandings of the language which are different classes of faults. Aspect-oriented programming presents itself with different properties that can be further explored with respect to semantic mutation testing. This paper describes various possible scenarios that semantic mutation testing strategy might have particular value in testing aspect-oriented programs
A Survey on Ambiguity Awareness towards Malay System Requirement Specification (SRS) among Industrial IT Practitioners
No full textAbstractWe conducted a survey amongst software development's IT practitioners on their awareness towards the ambiguity that occurs in the System Requirement Specification (SRS) written in the Malay language. Previous research shows that there exists an acknowledged and unacknowledged ambiguity when people deal with SRS. Our objective is to investigate and confirm that most likely IT practitioners in Malaysia tend to overlook the potential of ambiguities in the documentation of SRS written in the Malay language. Inaccurate SRS will usually give an impact towards an end product of software systems. We believe it can complicate software development processes and result in an unsatisfying agreement between user and software product team. The result shows that there exist ambiguity and vagueness in industrial Malay textual SRS in the form of multiple interpretations as users faced difficulties in understanding what the requirements of the SRS thereby significantly affecting the designing process
Requirements engineering problems in 63 software companies in Malaysia
Get PDFIt is widely acknowledged that problems associated with Requirements Engineering affect the quality of software and the effectiveness of the software development process. Malaysia is fast becoming an IT outsourcing heaven yet there is a lack of published studies on these problems in the region. This paper presents exploratory survey results of project and Requirements Engineering problems as identified by 63 Malaysian software development companies
Adoption of requirements engineering practices in Malaysian software development companies
Get PDFThis paper presents exploratory survey results on Requirements Engineering (RE) practices of some software development companies in Malaysia. The survey attempted to identify patterns of RE practices the companies are implementing. Information required for the survey was obtained through a survey, mailed self-administered questionnaires distributed to project managers and software developers who are working at software development companies operated across the country. The results showed that the overall adoption of the RE practices in these companies is strong. However, the results also indicated that fewer companies in the survey have use appropriate CASE tools or software to support their RE process and practices, define traceability policies and maintain traceability manual in their projects
AJcFgraph - AspectJ control graph builder for aspect-oriented software.
Get PDFThe ever-growing usage of aspect-oriented development methodology in the field of software engineering requires tool support for both research environments and industry. So far, tool support for many activities in aspect-oriented software development has been proposed, to automate and facilitate their development. For instance, the AJaTS provides a transformation system to support aspect-oriented development and refactoring. In particular, it is well established that the abstract interpretation of programs, in any paradigm, pursued in static analysis is best served by a high-level programs representation, such as Control Flow Graph (CFG). This is why such analysis can more easily locate common programmatic idioms for which helpful transformation are already known as well as, association between the input program and intermediate representation can be more closely maintained. However, although the current researches define the good concepts and foundations, to some extent, for control flow analysis of aspectoriented programs but they do not provide a concrete tool that can solely construct the CFG of these programs. Furthermore, most of these works focus on addressing the other issues regarding Aspect- Oriented Software Development (AOSD) such as testing or data flow analysis rather than CFG itself. Therefore, this study is dedicated to build an aspect-oriented control flow graph construction tool called AJcFgraph Builder. The given tool can be applied in many software engineering tasks in the context of AOSD such as, software testing, software metrics, and so forth
Hybrid LTE-802.11ac network: Qos optimality evaluation of the voip codecs techniques
Get PDFIn response to the growing demand for higher quality Voice over IP (VoIP) communication, there are multiple high-speed access links, including Wi-Fi and Long Term Evolution (LTE) for the mobile end-users. The combination of the access links provides a hybrid network environment in which the end-users can switch from one to another, whichever provides a higher level of VoIP quality of service (QoS). Apart from the type of the access link, the VoIP codecs are also another key factor that directly affects the overall QoS of the voice communication. Due to inherent characteristics, different networks have distinct limitations and requirements. Considering these differences, the visualizing and analysing the performance and behaviour of each codec on its underlying network will lead to a proper VoIP codec selection, which in turn will result in optimal voice QoS for the mobile end-users. This study proposes a method to quantify and analyse the performance of different VoIP codecs in a hybrid LTE-802.11ac network in which the mobile end-users have two corresponding network interface cards. The aim is to find the codecs that suit the most for LTE and 802.11ac networks and thereby optimize the QoS of the VoIP communication. The NS3 tool is used to develop and implement a variety of distinct scenarios within which different QoS performance metrics are precisely measured. The obtained results signify the extensive impact of the codecs on the QoS of the voice communication for both LTE and 802.11ac users and also the importance of the VoIP codec selection procedure for each network
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