Employee retention and turnover in global software development : comparing in-house offshoring and offshore outsourcing

Bass, J; Beecham, S; Razzak, MA; Noll, J

doi:10.1145/3196369.3196375

Building a Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem Framework through Design Science Research (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Iyawa, G. E., Herselman, M., & Botha, A. (2019). Building a Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem Framework through Design Science Research. . https://doi.org/10.1109/NEXTCOMP.2019.8883650

Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem is a relatively new concept, with studies describing it as an ecosystem that allows patients and other healthcare stakeholders take part in the healthcare delivery process using digital health technologies with the... Read More about Building a Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem Framework through Design Science Research.

Crowdsourcing historical tabular data : 1961 census of England and Wales (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Clausner, C., Hayes, J., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2019). Crowdsourcing historical tabular data : 1961 census of England and Wales. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing - HIP '19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3352631.3352643

This paper describes how crowdsourcing can be incorporated as an integral part of a comprehensive technical workflow to identify, extract and validate data from large volumes of printed tabular statistics, and transform them into operable digital dat... Read More about Crowdsourcing historical tabular data : 1961 census of England and Wales.

Future Trends in Agile at Scale: A Summary of the 7th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development (2019)
Conference Proceeding
M. Bass, J. (2019). Future Trends in Agile at Scale: A Summary of the 7th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30126-2_9

This workshop explored the main research challenges in conducting agile software development in large-scale software development. We considered multi-site companies with projects that include a large number of teams which develop sophisticated system... Read More about Future Trends in Agile at Scale: A Summary of the 7th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development.

Automatic recognition of feeding and non-nutritive feeding behaviour in pigs using deep learning (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Alameer, A., Dalton, H., & Kyriazakis, I. (2019). Automatic recognition of feeding and non-nutritive feeding behaviour in pigs using deep learning. . https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-890-2

Automated vision-based early warning systems have been developed to detect behavioural changes in groups of pigs to monitor their health and welfare status. However, automatic feed detection remains a problem in precision pig farming due to problems... Read More about Automatic recognition of feeding and non-nutritive feeding behaviour in pigs using deep learning.

BEM for low Reynolds number flow past a steady circular cylinder in an unbounded domain (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Dang, B., & Chadwick, E. (2019). BEM for low Reynolds number flow past a steady circular cylinder in an unbounded domain. In C. Fresneda-Portillo (Ed.),

Consider a two dimensional steady low Reynolds number flow past a circular cylinder. The theoretical treatment in Chadwick [1] is detailed and elaborated. A Boundary Integral representation that matches an outer Oseen flow and inner Stokes flow is gi... Read More about BEM for low Reynolds number flow past a steady circular cylinder in an unbounded domain.

The leading order equivalence of Oseen’s and Imai’s representations (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Adamu, H., & Chadwick, E. The leading order equivalence of Oseen’s and Imai’s representations. In C. Fresneda-Portillo (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods UKBIM12

Consider the far-field behind a body in a steady, two-dimensional uniform flow field. In the far-field the Oseen linearisation is valid, and in the far-field wake Imai’s asymptotic expansion is applicable. The fundamental solution Green’s function o... Read More about The leading order equivalence of Oseen’s and Imai’s representations.

A Green’s integral representation for the two-dimensional steady Navier-Stokes equation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Chadwick, E. (2019). A Green’s integral representation for the two-dimensional steady Navier-Stokes equation. In . C. Fresneda-Portillo (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods UKBIM12

Consider steady uniform flow past a fixed, closed body in an unbounded domain governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. A velocity representation is given as an integral distribution of Green’s functions of the Navier-Stokes equations... Read More about A Green’s integral representation for the two-dimensional steady Navier-Stokes equation.

Learning Control of Tandem-Wing Tilt-Rotor UAV with Unsteady Aerodynamic Model (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Govdeli, Y., Bin Muzaffar, S. M., Raj, R., Elhadidi, B., & Kayacan, E. (2019). Learning Control of Tandem-Wing Tilt-Rotor UAV with Unsteady Aerodynamic Model. . https://doi.org/10.1109/fuzz-ieee.2019.8859023

This paper presents a novel transition flight mathematical model of tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles and demonstrates an application of a novel learning controller on the developed model. Instead of conventional steady aerodynamic models, an unste... Read More about Learning Control of Tandem-Wing Tilt-Rotor UAV with Unsteady Aerodynamic Model.

The Role of Building Information Modelling on Assessing Healthcare Design (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Soliman-Junior, J., Parise Baldauf, J., Tzortzopoulos, P., T. Formoso, C., & kagioglou, M. (2019). The Role of Building Information Modelling on Assessing Healthcare Design.

The design of healthcare projects is complex and presents a number of difficulties related to requirements management, e.g. conflicting requirements by stakeholders and changes of requirements over time. Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been... Read More about The Role of Building Information Modelling on Assessing Healthcare Design.

Multiple Modeling and Fuzzy Switching Control of Fixed-Wing VTOL Tilt-Rotor UAV (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Govdeli, Y., Tran, A. T., & Kayacan, E. (2019). Multiple Modeling and Fuzzy Switching Control of Fixed-Wing VTOL Tilt-Rotor UAV. In Fuzzy Techniques: Theory and Applications (270-284). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21920-8_25

This paper presents a detailed aerodynamic modeling technique along with a fuzzy switching multi-model guidance and control strategy for a custom blended wing-body tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The tilt-rotor configuration affects the ove... Read More about Multiple Modeling and Fuzzy Switching Control of Fixed-Wing VTOL Tilt-Rotor UAV.

Towards the extraction of statistical information from digitised numerical tables - the Medical Officer of Health reports scoping study (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Clausner, C., Antonacopoulos, A., Henshaw, C., & Hayes, J. (2019). Towards the extraction of statistical information from digitised numerical tables - the Medical Officer of Health reports scoping study. In DATeCH2019 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Digital Access to Textual Cultural Heritage. https://doi.org/10.1145/3322905.3322932

Numerical data of considerable significance is present in historical documents in tabular form. Due to the challenges involved in the extraction of this data from the scanned documents it is not available to researchers in a useful representation tha... Read More about Towards the extraction of statistical information from digitised numerical tables - the Medical Officer of Health reports scoping study.

Southern theories in ICT4D (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Kreps, D., & Bass, J. (2019). Southern theories in ICT4D. In P. Nielsen, & H. Kimaro (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Dar es Salaam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_1

This paper suggests that the dominance of northern research paradigms in ICT4D may be viewed as a continuation of colonial sway over the endeavors of the global South. The notion of Southern Theory - as introduced in the work of Raewyn Connell, the... Read More about Southern theories in ICT4D.

Intelligent Control System to Identify Fault in Distribution Network of Smart Grid through Neural Network (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Saleem, M. H., & Uddin, R. (2019). Intelligent Control System to Identify Fault in Distribution Network of Smart Grid through Neural Network.

In distribution network of smart grid there are various type of fault occur in the network, which are challenge for the control system to identify its type of fault, location and restore the network automatically. In this paper we applied neural netw... Read More about Intelligent Control System to Identify Fault in Distribution Network of Smart Grid through Neural Network.

ICFHR 2018 Competition on recognition of historical Arabic scientific manuscripts - RASM2018 (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Clausner, C., Antonacopoulos, A., McGregor, N., & Wilson-Nunn, D. (2018). ICFHR 2018 Competition on recognition of historical Arabic scientific manuscripts - RASM2018. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICFHR-2018.2018.00088

This paper presents an objective comparative evaluation of page analysis and recognition methods for historical scientific manuscripts with text in Arabic language and script. It describes the competition (modus operandi, dataset and evaluation metho... Read More about ICFHR 2018 Competition on recognition of historical Arabic scientific manuscripts - RASM2018.

Evolutionary Computation for Optimal Component Deployment with Multitenancy Isolation in Cloud-hosted Applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Charles Ochei, L., Petrovski, A., & Bass, J. (2018). Evolutionary Computation for Optimal Component Deployment with Multitenancy Isolation in Cloud-hosted Applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/INISTA.2018.8466315

A multitenant cloud-application that is designed to use several components needs to implement the required degree of isolation between the components when the workload changes. The highest degree of isolation results in high resource consumption and... Read More about Evolutionary Computation for Optimal Component Deployment with Multitenancy Isolation in Cloud-hosted Applications.

Hierarchical multi-tenancy in business to businesssoftware services (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Abdul, A., & Bass, J. (2018). Hierarchical multi-tenancy in business to businesssoftware services. . https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2018.00085

The introduction of cloud computing has changed the provisioning and consumption of IT resources. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications provide functionality using internet connectivity and enable centralised management of executable code resourc... Read More about Hierarchical multi-tenancy in business to businesssoftware services.

A smart phone based multi-floor indoor positioning system for occupancy detection (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Mashuk, M., Pinchin, J., Siebers, P., & Moore, T. (2018). A smart phone based multi-floor indoor positioning system for occupancy detection. In 2018 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS)

At present there is significant research interest in simulating building environment with artificial agents and predicting energy usage and other building performance related factors that helps to promote understanding of more sustainable buildings.... Read More about A smart phone based multi-floor indoor positioning system for occupancy detection.

Evaluating the effect of multi-tenancy patterns in containerized cloud-hosted content management system (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Adewojo, A., & Bass, J. (2018). Evaluating the effect of multi-tenancy patterns in containerized cloud-hosted content management system. . https://doi.org/10.1109/PDP2018.2018.00047

Multi-tenancy in cloud computing describes the extent to which resources can be shared while guaranteeing isolation among components (tenants) using these resources. There are three multi-tenancy patterns: shared, tenant-isolated and dedicated compon... Read More about Evaluating the effect of multi-tenancy patterns in containerized cloud-hosted content management system.

Experience of industry case studies : a comparison of multi-case and embedded case study methods (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bass, J., Beecham, S., & Noll, J. (2018). Experience of industry case studies : a comparison of multi-case and embedded case study methods. In CESI '18 Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry (13-20). https://doi.org/10.1145/3193965.3193967

This research comprises a methodological comparison of two independent empirical case studies in industry: Case Study A and Case Study B. Case Study A, is a multiple-case study involving a set of short-duration data collections with 46 practitioners... Read More about Experience of industry case studies : a comparison of multi-case and embedded case study methods.

Employee retention and turnover in global software development : comparing in-house offshoring and offshore outsourcing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bass, J., Beecham, S., Razzak, M., & Noll, J. (2018). Employee retention and turnover in global software development : comparing in-house offshoring and offshore outsourcing. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3196369.3196375

Poor employee retention (high staff turnover) has a negative impact on software development productivity and product quality. Further, offshore outsourcing has a widely held reputation for particularly poor employee retention. Interestingly, in-house... Read More about Employee retention and turnover in global software development : comparing in-house offshoring and offshore outsourcing.

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