Title: GJOIN

• An Evaluation of Selected FEMP Software Programs: Results of a 1998 Customer Survey on Building Life Cycle Costing Software Federal Energy Decision System Software

  G. B. Jordan ; N. Hall April 1999

  This report presents the results of a customer telephone survey of the users of two software programs provided by the U. S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) during calendar years 1995 and 1996. The primary purpose for the survey is to provide the Team Leader to FEMP Technical Assistance and members of the team with detailed customer feedback pertaining to how well selected FEMP software programs are being used and to identify areas for improvement. The information presented enables managers to see both the strengths of their software programs and software components that can be improved. Themore » survey was conducted during the fall of 1997 in conjunction with a FEMP workshop attendee survey. The results of the workshop survey are presented is a sister document entitled, ''An Evaluation of the Federal Energy Management Program's Technical Assistance Workshops.« less

  • DOI: 10.2172/5997
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• Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Survey and assessment of conventional software verification and validation methods. Volume 2

  Mirsky, S.M. ; Groundwater, E.H. ; Hayes, J.E. ; ... March 1995

  By means of a literature survey, a comprehensive set of methods was identified for the verification and validation of conventional software. The 153 methods so identified were classified according to their appropriateness for various phases of a developmental life-cycle -- requirements, design, and implementation; the last category was subdivided into two, static testing and dynamic testing methods. The methods were then characterized in terms of eight rating factors, four concerning ease-of-use of the methods and four concerning the methods` power to detect defects. Based on these factors, two measurements were developed to permit quantitative comparisons among methods, a Cost-Benefit metricmore » and an Effectiveness Metric. The Effectiveness Metric was further refined to provide three different estimates for each method, depending on three classes of needed stringency of V&V (determined by ratings of a system`s complexity and required-integrity). Methods were then rank-ordered for each of the three classes by terms of their overall cost-benefits and effectiveness. The applicability was then assessed of each for the identified components of knowledge-based and expert systems, as well as the system as a whole.« less

  • DOI: 10.2172/42513
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• Guidelines for the verification and validation of expert system software and conventional software: Volume 2, Survey and assessment of conventional software verification and validation methods Revision 1, Final report

  Miller, L.A. ; Groundwater, E.H. ; Hayes, J.E. ; ... May 1995

  By means of a literature survey, a comprehensive set of methods was identified for the verification and validation of conventional software. The 153 methods so identified were classified according to their appropriateness for various phases of a developmental life-cycle -- requirements, design, and implementation; the last category was subdivided into two, static testing and dynamic testing methods. The methods were then characterized in terms of eight rating factors, four concerning ease-of-use of the methods and four concerning the methods` power to detect defects. Based on these factors, two measurements were developed to permit quantitative comparisons among methods, a Cost-Benefit Metricmore » and an Effectiveness Metric. The Effectiveness Metric was further refined to provide three different estimates for each method, depending on three classes of needed stringency of V&V (determined by ratings of a system`s complexity and required-integrity). Methods were then rank-ordered for each of the three classes in terms of their overall cost-benefits and effectiveness. The applicability was then assessed of each method for the four identified components of knowledge-based and expert systems, as well as the system as a whole.« less

• Proceedings of the Fifth Triennial Software Quality Forum 2000, Software for the Next Millennium, Software Quality Forum

  Scientific Software Engineering Group, CIC-12 April 2000

  The Software Quality Forum is a triennial conference held by the Software Quality Assurance Subcommittee for the Department of Energy's Quality Managers. The forum centers on key issues, information, and technology important in software development for the Nuclear Weapons Complex. This year it will be opened up to include local information technology companies and software vendors presenting their solutions, ideas, and lessons learned. The Software Quality Forum 2000 will take on a more hands-on, instructional tone than those previously held. There will be an emphasis on providing information, tools, and resources to assist developers in their goal of producing nextmore » generation software.« less

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• IMAGE information monitoring and applied graphics software environment. Volume 2. Software description

  Hallam, J.W. ; Ng, K.B. ; Upham, G.L. September 1986

  The EPRI Information Monitoring and Applied Graphics Environment (IMAGE) system is designed for 'fast proto-typing' of advanced concepts for computer-aided plant operations tools. It is a flexible software system which can be used for rapidly creating, dynamically driving and evaluating advanced operator aid displays. The software is written to be both host computer and graphic device independent.

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