• Aportes de la psicología cognitiva a la comprensión del fenómeno perceptual de deshumanización 

      Chacón, Roberto; del Río Urrutia, María Ximena; Pérez Sánchez, Rolando; Smith Castro, Vanessa (2017)
      En el presente trabajo se hace una revisión teórica de las aproximaciones a la deshumanización desde la psicología cognitiva, empezando con teoría infrahumanización de Leyens et al. (2000), el modelo deshumanización de ...
    • Application of GQM+Strategies in a Multi-industry State-Owned Company 

      López Herrera, Gustavo; Aymerich Fuentes, Brenda; Garbanzo Quirós, Diana; Pacheco Hernández, Alexia (2016)
      Technological applications have an increasingly important role in most companies. Investment in Information Technologies (IT) is also growing in most of them. The need to align IT-related goals with the company’s strategic ...
    • Applying a Verification Protocol to Evaluate the Accuracy of Functional Size Measurement Procedures: An Empirical Approach 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2016-01-05)
      This paper presents a verification protocol for analyzing the source of inaccuracy in measurement activities of Function Points Analysis (FPA) and Automated Function Point (AFP). An empirical study was conducted with the ...
    • Assessing two graph-based algorithms in a model-based testing platform for Java applications 

      Villalobos Arias, Leonardo; Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Martínez Porras, Alexandra; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2020)
      Model-based testing (MBT) is an approach for auto- matically generating test cases from a model of the system under test. Existing MBT tools support the automation of this process at varying degrees. One such tool is ...
    • Aud-SWIPE-P: A parallelization of the Aud-SWIPE pitch estimation algorithm using multiple processes and threads 

      Camacho Lozano, Arturo; Calderón Ramírez, Saúl; Alvarado Méndez, Gabriel (Acta Press. Artificial Intelligence and Applications / 794: Modelling, Identification and Control / 795: Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks / 796: Software Engineering / 792: Web-based Education (AIA 2013), 2013-02-11)
      In this work we implement a parallel version of the pitch estimation algorithm Aud-SWIPE. The new implementation, Aud-SWIPE-P produces a remarkable acceleration, making it usable in applications where it was not efficient ...
    • Automated Testing of Mobile Applications: A Systematic Map and Review 

      Méndez Porras, Abel; Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2015-04)
      Context: Software testing is a costly and time-consuming activity. Automated testing of mobile applications is considered complex and difficult. Indeed, several factors such as a variety of inputs (user, context, and ...
    • Automatic recognition of accessible pedestrian signals 

      Ruiz Blais, Sebastián; Camacho Lozano, Arturo; Fonseca Solís, Juan Manuel (2018)
      Accessible pedestrian signals (APS) enhance accessibility in streets around the world. Recent attempts to extend the use of APS to people with visual and audible impairments have emerged from the area of audio signal ...
    • Automatic recognition of the American sign language fingerspelling alphabet to assist people living with speech or hearing impairments 

      Quesada Quirós, Luis; López Herrera, Gustavo; Guerrero Blanco, Luis Alberto (2017-03-22)
      Sign languages are natural languages used mostly by deaf and hard of hearing people. Different development opportunities for people with these disabilities are limited because of communication problems. The advances in ...
    • Automatically recovering students’ missing trace links between commits and user stories 

      Hamer Campos, Sivana Alexa; Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2021)
      Trace links between commits and user stories can be used in educational software engineering projects to track progress and determine the students’ contribution to projects’ requirements. Thus, traceability can be helpful ...
    • Building a Personalized Cancer Treatment System 

      Martínez Porras, Alexandra; López Herrera, Gustavo; Bolaños Araya, Constantino; Alvarado González, Daniel; Solano Portuguez, Andrés; López Quirós, Mariana; Báez Astúa, Andrés; Quirós Barrantes, Steve; Mora Rodríguez, Rodrigo Antonio (2016)
      This paper reports the process by which a personalized cancer treatment system was built, following a user-centered approach. We give some background on personalized cancer treatment, the particular tumor chemosensitivity ...
    • Cancelación del ruido de ambiente en grabaciones de vocalizaciones de manatíes antillanos 

      Castro Castro, Jorge Mario; Camacho Lozano, Arturo; Rivera Chavarría, Mario (2015-03)
      El manatí antillano es una especie que se encuentra amenazada a lo largo de su ámbito de distribución. Para promover su conservación, es importante localizar y contar individuos. La estimación de población a través de sus ...
    • Catching up with Method and Process Practice: An Industry-Informed Baseline for Researchers 

      Klünder, Jil; Hebig, Regina; Tell, Paolo; Kuhrmann, Marco; Nakatumba Nabende, Joyce; Heldal, Rogardt; Krusche, Stephan; Fazal Baqaie, Masud; Felderer, Michael; Genero Bocco, Marcela Fabiana; Küpper, Steffen; Licorish, Sherlock A.; López Herrera, Gustavo; McCaffery, Fergal; Özcan Top, Özden; Prause, Christian R.; Prikladnicki, Rafael; Tüzün, Eray; Pfahl, Dietmar; Schneider, Kurt; MacDonell, Stephen G. (2019)
      Software development methods are usually not ap- plied by the book. Companies are under pressure to continuously deploy software products that meet market needs and stakehold- ers’ requests. To implement efficient and ...
    • Cloud Management Platform Selection: A Case Study in a University Setting 

      Cocozza Garro, Francisco José; López Herrera, Gustavo; Marín Raventós, Gabriela; Villalón Fonseca, Ricardo; Arroyo Mora, Rafael Francisco (2015-03-22)
      Cloud Computing has gained importance in recent years. There are many implementations' analyses and evaluations of Cloud Management Platforms (CMPs) in the literature. Moreover, the context and characteristics differ ...
    • Comparing the effort and effectiveness of automated and manual tests. An industrial case study 

      Dobles Solano, José Ignacio; Martínez Porras, Alexandra; Quesada López, Christian (2019)
      This paper presents three case studies that compare the effort and effectiveness of automated versus manual testing, in the context of a multinational services organization. Effort is measured in terms of the total test ...
    • Comparing written and voice captured responses of the user experience questionnaire (UEQ) 

      Mata Serrano, Jean Carlo; Díaz Oreiro, Ignacio; López Herrera, Gustavo; Guerrero Blanco, Luis Alberto (2022-03)
      Standardized questionnaires are widely used instruments to evaluate UX and their capture mechanism has been implemented in written form, either on paper or in digital format. This study aims to determine if the UX evaluations ...
    • Constructing an architecture-based cybersecurity solution for a system 

      Mora Castro, Alejandro; González Herrera, Andrés; Villalón Fonseca, Ricardo (2023-01-19)
      Cybersecurity can be effectively managed with an architecture-based approach, composed with three viewpoints, namely system, security and process. Using models for describing a system and its security objectives enables a ...
    • COSMIC Base Functional Components in Functional Size Based Effort Estimation Models 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Murillo Morera, Juan; Castro Herrera, Carlos; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2016-11-09)
      Software effort estimation models has been an area of considerable research for many years and it is still a challenge for software engineering. Although Functional Size Measurement (FSM) methods have become widely used, ...
    • Creating a protocol for collaborative mobile applications for kids between 4 and 6 years old 

      Ramírez Benavides, Kryscia Daviana; García, Franklin; Guerrero Blanco, Luis Alberto (2015)
      One of the basic requirements in education is to prepare students for participation in an information society in which knowledge will be the most important resource for development. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning ...
    • Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome 

      Jadán Guerrero, Janio; Guerrero Blanco, Luis Alberto; López Herrera, Gustavo; Cáliz Ramos, Doris; Bravo Rodríguez, José (2015)
      Teaching children with intellectual disabilities is a big challenge for most parents and educators. Special education teachers use learning strategies to develop and enhance motivation for complex learning tasks. Literacy ...
    • Design and Evaluation of a Personalized Cancer Treatment System using Human-Computer Interaction Techniques 

      Martínez Porras, Alexandra; Mora Rodríguez, Rodrigo Antonio; López Herrera, Gustavo; Bolaños Araya, Constantino; Alvarado González, Daniel; Solano Portuguez, Andrés; López Quirós, Mariana; Quirós Barrantes, Steve; Báez Astúa, Andrés (2016)
      This paper presents a case study where Human-Computer Interaction techniques were applied in the design and evaluation of a health system. The system consisted of a software platform that supports personalized cancer ...