• A Functional Size Measurement Procedure for MVC Applications from Source Code: Design, Automation and Empirical Evaluation 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises (2014-09)
      Software size has proved to be one of the main effort-and-cost drivers. It is widely accepted that software size is one of the key factors that has the potential to affect the effort and cost of the software projects. ...
    • A Model Proposal for Augmented Reality Game Creation to Incentivize Physical Activity 

      Cicció Cabezas, José Antonio; Quesada Quirós, Luis (2017)
      Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are relevant issues in today’s society. Even though different resources can be used to approach this problem, technology provides endless possibilities to fight against this problem. This ...
    • A Prototype Mobile Expert System for Nutritional Diagnosis 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2013)
      This paper describes NUTRITION UCR, a prototype expert system for human nutritional diagnosis developed in Java on Android using a service-oriented architecture. The system runs on mobile devices and offers smart features ...
    • A survey of software testing practices in Costa Rica 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Hernández Agüero, Erika; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2019-04-24)
      Software testing is an essential activity in software development projects for delivering high quality products. In a previous study, we reported the results of a survey of software engineering practices in the Costa Rican ...
    • A tertiary study on model-based testing areas, tools and challenges: Preliminary results 

      Villalobos Arias, Leonardo; Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Martínez Porras, Alexandra; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2018-04-24)
      Context: Model-based testing (MBT) is one of the most studied approaches by secondary studies in the area of software testing. A tertiary study that aggregates knowledge from secondary studies on MBT can be useful to both ...
    • Adaptacão de um modelo de temperatura dos grãos de café na torrefação 

      Vargas Elías, Guillermo Asdrúbal (2018-10-12)
      Objetivou-se com este trabalho ajustar um modelo de aquecimento para representar a cinética da temperatura dos grãos durante a torração do café. Foram usadas amostras de 350 g de grãos beneficiados retidos em peneira 17 e ...
    • Alzheimer’s Disease Early Detection Using a Low Cost Three-Dimensional Densenet-121 Architecture 

      Solano Rojas, Braulio José; Villalón Fonseca, Ricardo; Marín Raventós, Gabriela (2020-06-23)
      The objective of this work is to detect Alzheimer’s disease using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. For this, we use a three-dimensional densenet-121 architecture. With the use of only freely available tools, we obtain good ...
    • An Empirical Evaluation of Automated Function Points 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Madrigal Sánchez, Denisse; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2016)
      Background: Function point analysis (FPA) has become widely used to measure software functional size in the industry. FPA is usually performed manually, which is a time consuming and expensive process. Automated Function ...
    • An Empirical Validation of an Automated Genetic Software Effort Prediction Framework Using the ISBSG Dataset 

      Murillo Morera, Juan; Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Castro Herrera, Carlos; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2016-04)
      The complexity of providing accurate software effort prediction models is well known in the software industry. Several prediction models have been proposed in the literature using different techniques, with different ...
    • An Empirical Validation of Function Point Structure and Applicability: A Replication Study 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2015-04)
      Background: The complexity of providing accurate software size estimation and effort prediction models is well known in the software industry. Function point analysis (FPA) is currently one of the most accepted software ...
    • An evaluation of functional size measurement methods 

      Quesada López, Christian Ulises; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2015-04)
      Background: Software size is one of the key factors that has the potential to affect the effort of software projects. Providing accurate software size estimation is a complex task. A number of functional size measurement ...
    • 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 ...
    • Approaching the wave energy potential in a coastline section of the Nicoya peninsula 

      Alfaro Chavarría, Henry Gustavo; Govaere Vicarioli, Georges; Zumbado González, Javier (2020-02-12)
      The present work aims to generate an additional input to previous studies as well as deepens into the wave energy potential available. To reach this objective, it is projected to apply hybrid downscaling ...
    • Aprender árboles de búsqueda binaria a través de juegos serios 

      Rojas Salazar, Alberto; Ramírez Alfaro, Paula María; Haahr, Mads (2020-06-15)
      Las estructuras de datos y los algoritmos son temas centrales en Ciencias de la Computación, pero son temas difíciles de comprender. Las estructuras de datos y los conceptos algorítmicos son abstractos y difíciles de ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Desarrollo de Tecnologías del Habla en Costa Rica 

      Coto Jiménez, Marvin (2020)
      Las tecnologías del habla son un conjunto de conocimientos, técnicas y recursos empleados para propiciar la interacción de las personas con dispositivos electrónicos, o bien entre personas con mediación de un dispositivo. ...
    • Design and Implementation of a Software Testing Training Course 

      López Herrera, Gustavo; Cocozza Garro, Francisco José; Martínez Porras, Alexandra; Jenkins Coronas, Marcelo (2015)
      This paper presents the design and implementation of a software testing training course for software developers with little or no background on software testing. The design of this training course is modular, so that it ...