Browsing by Author "Akman,I."

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Analyzing the Requirements for E-Government Transition of Iraqi Ics Services: an Iraqi Correction Services Case Study
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Alameri,M.A.; Bostan, Atila; Bostan,A.; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
Iraqi Correction Services (ICS) is a department within the Ministry of Justice. Most services are provided through traditional paper and pen system. This system causes delays in service provision time and work over-load on ICS staff which translates into a high cost of service provision. E-government applications represent an opportunity to automate governmental services while improving both effectiveness and efficiency. This work presents the approach taken to determine the priority to automate ICS service from the perspective of service beneficiaries. The research is yet to be completed, however, up to this point we developed four different questionnaire-sets in order to collect the requirements from the shareholders, verified them and implemented the actual survey in the field. The experience gained throughout these steps and the future analysis plan is reported in this paper. © 2017 IEEE.
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A Cognitive Evaluation for Meetings in Software Development Process
(Springer Verlag, 2009) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
Software development includes number of different type of meetings in the whole development process. The cognitive activities also play an important role in decision making activities in these meetings since they are carried out by human being. In this paper, we evaluated the relevance of meetings in different phases of the software development process with reference to cognitive aspects. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Count: 7
Comparative Study of Cognitive Complexity Measures
(2008) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
Complexity metrics are used to predict critical information about reliability and maintainability of software systems. Cognitive complexity measure based on cognitive informatics, plays an important role in understanding the fundamental characteristics of software, therefore directly affects the understandability and maintainability of software systems. In this paper, we compared available cognitive complexity measures and evaluated cognitive weight complexity measure in terms of Weyuker's properties. © 2008 IEEE.
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An Evaluation of Ict Infrastructure and Application in Nigeria Universities
(Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution, 2014) Egoeze,F.; Mısra, Sanjay; Misra,S.; Akman,I.; Colomo-Palacios,R.; Computer Engineering
The need for adequate ICT infrastructure/facility in higher education institutions cannot be overemphasized, even as availability and utilization of these facilities are at times the indices for rating universities. In this descriptive survey study, ICT infrastructure and the extent of usage in Nigeria universities were investigated. Questionnaire was the instrument used for gathering information and based on related literature. A total of 452 respondents comprised of students, lecturers and administrators randomly selected from a total of 15 universities from different regions of Nigeria participated. Data collected were analyzed using mean statistic analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). © 2014 Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution. All rights reserved.
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(IGI Global, 2023) Akman,I.
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Green Information Technology Practices Among It Professionals: Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective;
(Politechnika Lubelska, 2014) Akman,I.; Mıshra, Alok; Mishra,A.; Software Engineering
According to the existing literature, the determinants of environmental attitudes and behavior are important. In this paper impact of information technology adoption environment has been investigated. Some of the studies have successfully utilized Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) for adoption behavior. This study proposed TPB to explain IT professionals' intentions for Green Information Technology (GIT) practices. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among IT professionals from public and private sector organizations. Core factors of TPB were included in the analysis. Overall, results revealed that the TPB model explains behavioral intent, and all four core constructs were significant predictors of the intent. Limitations of the study, and implications for theory are also discussed.
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The Impact of Cognitive and Socio-Demographic Factors at Meetings During Software Development Process;
(Strojarski Facultet, 2011) Akman,I.; Mısra, Sanjay; Misra,S.; Altındağ, Tuğba; Altindag,T.; Computer Engineering
Most of the important decisions are taken at team meetings during software development process (SDP) and the way of thinking of project leader plays an important role in achieving quality objectives at these team meetings. Considering this important issue, this paper investigates the impact of cognitive and socio-demographic factors on manager's simple thinking style towards improving the quality of team meetings in SDP.We have performed experimentations among Information and Communication Technologies' (ICT) senior professionals and managers from government and private sector organizations for this purpose. The hypotheses have been developed under different empirical categories and then statistical analysis techniques have been used to draw inferences. The results indicate that "type of team meetings", "project leader's cognitive characteristics" and "adoption of a cognitive model at team meetings" have statistically significant impact on manager's simple thinking in terms of improving productivity and contribution of team meetings.
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Information System Process Improvement: a Managerial Perspective and Proposal of a General Framework
(2006) Mishra,A.; Mıshra, Alok; Mishra,D.; Mıshra, Deepti; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering; Software Engineering
System process improvement is a continuous strategy in organizations for reducing overall cost, shortening cycle times, and improve quality and user satisfaction. There are various models like Capability Maturity Model (CMM), ISO, etc. available to measure process improvement. However management role is vital for effective process improvement implementation strategy. This paper briefly presents an assessment of all the factors which, if taken care by the management effectively, can ensure success in information system process improvement and proposes a general 2-stage framework for process improvement. The framework presents stochastic simulation model which is tailored to the dynamics of software projects, and which takes management plan and individual processes as input to show how simulation can be used to achieve effective project management.
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Integration of Social Media Into Engineering Education: a Comparative Study on Perceptions of Faculty and Students
(Tempus Publications, 2018) Turhan,C.; Turhan, Cihan; Akman,I.; Energy Systems Engineering
For a number of years, the effects of incorporating social media into education systems has invoked the interest of researchers, academicians and students. Yet, the enthusiasm of students in utilizing social media for learning is met with reluctance on the faculty's part in abandoning the traditional ways of teaching. This study compares the students' and faculty's acceptance of the utilization of social media in engineering education from different perspectives. A survey approach has been used for this purpose and 57 faculty and 85 students from the engineering faculties participated in the study. The research model used was tested using the least square regression technique. The results show existence of significant diversity between the faculty and students in the factors affecting the ethical usage. Concerning the general usage, this diversity exists in only the awareness. These results are expected to provide insight into the issues that act as barriers towards a more open, collaborative and learner-centered higher education platform. © 2018 TEMPUS Publications.
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Lossless Text Compression Technique Using Syllable Based Morphology
(2011) Akman,I.; Mısra, Sanjay; Bayindir,H.; Ozleme,S.; Akin,Z.; Misra,S.; Computer Engineering
In this paper, we present a new lossless text compression technique which utilizes syllable-based morphology of multi-syllabic languages. The proposed algorithm is designed to partition words into its syllables and then to produce their shorter bit representations for compression. The method has six main components namely source file, filtering unit, syllable unit, compression unit, dictionary file and target file. The number of bits in coding syllables depends on the number of entries in the dictionary file. The proposed algorithm is implemented and tested using 20 different texts of different lengths collected from different fields. The results indicated a compression of up to 43%.
Citation Count: 7
Measuring Complexity of Object Oriented Programs
(2008) Mısra, Sanjay; Misra,S.; Akman,I.; Mısra, Sanjay; Mısra, Sanjay; Computer Engineering; Computer Engineering
In this paper, a metric for object oriented language is formulated and validated. On the contrary of the other metrics used for object oriented programming (OOPs), the proposed metric calculates the complexity of a class at method level and hence considers the internal architecture of the classes, subclasses and member functions. The proposed metric is evaluated against Weyuker's proposed set of measurement principles through examples and validated through experimentation, case study and comparative study with similar measures. The practical usefulness of the metric is evaluated by a practical framework. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Count: 7
Measuring Complexity of Object Oriented Programs
(2008) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
In this paper, a metric for object oriented language is formulated and validated. On the contrary of the other metrics used for object oriented programming (OOPs), the proposed metric calculates the complexity of a class at method level and hence considers the internal architecture of the classes, subclasses and member functions. The proposed metric is evaluated against Weyuker's proposed set of measurement principles through examples and validated through experimentation, case study and comparative study with similar measures. The practical usefulness of the metric is evaluated by a practical framework. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Count: 10
A Model for Measuring Cognitive Complexity of Software
(Springer Verlag, 2008) Mısra, Sanjay; Misra,S.; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
This paper proposes a model for calculating cognitive complexity of a code. This model considers all major factors responsible for (cognitive) complexity. The practical applicability of the measure is evaluated through experimentation, test cases and comparative study. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Count: 10
A Model for Measuring Cognitive Complexity of Software
(Springer Verlag, 2008) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
This paper proposes a model for calculating cognitive complexity of a code. This model considers all major factors responsible for (cognitive) complexity. The practical applicability of the measure is evaluated through experimentation, test cases and comparative study. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Count: 3
A Multi-Paradigm Complexity Metric (mcm)
(2011) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Akman,I.; Cafer,F.; Computer Engineering
Huge amount of researches and software metrics have been proposed for procedural and object-oriented languages. However, there are only few metrics available in the literature related with multi-paradigm programming languages. In this paper, we propose a metric to evaluate the code written in multi-paradigm language. Our proposed metric can be used for most of the programming paradigms, including both procedural and object-oriented languages. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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A Multi-Paradigm Complexity Metric (mcm)
(2011) Mısra, Sanjay; Misra,S.; Akman,I.; Cafer,F.; Computer Engineering
Huge amount of researches and software metrics have been proposed for procedural and object-oriented languages. However, there are only few metrics available in the literature related with multi-paradigm programming languages. In this paper, we propose a metric to evaluate the code written in multi-paradigm language. Our proposed metric can be used for most of the programming paradigms, including both procedural and object-oriented languages. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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Multi-Paradigm Metric and Its Applicability on Java Projects
(Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution, 2013) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Cafer,F.; Akman,I.; Fernandez-Sanz,L.; Computer Engineering
JAVA is one of the favorite languages amongst software developers. However, the numbers of specific software metrics to evaluate the JAVA code are limited. In this paper, we evaluate the applicability of a recently developed multi paradigm metric to JAVA projects. The experimentations show that the Multi paradigm metric is an effective measure for estimating the complexity of the JAVA code/projects, and therefore it can be used for controlling the quality of the projects. We have also evaluated the multi-paradigm metric against the principles of measurement theory.
Citation Count: 5
A new complexity metric based on cognitive informatics
(2008) Mısra, Sanjay; Misra,S.; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
In this paper, a new complexity metric based on cognitive informatics is proposed for object oriented(OO) code. This is the single metric, which covers cognitive complexity of the OO system, method complexity and complexity due to inheritance together. The proposed metric was evaluated against Weyuker set of measurement principles. It was found that seven Weyuker properties are satisfied by this measure. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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A New Complexity Metric Based on Cognitive Informatics
(2008) Misra,S.; Mısra, Sanjay; Akman,I.; Computer Engineering
In this paper, a new complexity metric based on cognitive informatics is proposed for object oriented(OO) code. This is the single metric, which covers cognitive complexity of the OO system, method complexity and complexity due to inheritance together. The proposed metric was evaluated against Weyuker set of measurement principles. It was found that seven Weyuker properties are satisfied by this measure. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Count: 7
Predictive Effect of Gender and Sector Differences on Internet Usage Among Employees;
(Kaunas University of Technology, 2010) Akman,I.; Mıshra, Alok; Mishra,A.; Software Engineering
Internet has become the foundation for the world's new information infrastructure. This impact could be attributed to the Internet's universal access to information as well as its applications in all walks of life. Various services of the Internet and tools (chat rooms, e-mails, etc.) provide users with a wide range of benefits. In their study, Colley and Maltby (2008) indicated that one important research area over the last decade has been the impact of the Internet upon different social groups in the society. The differences in various aspects of Internet usage across demographic groups have also become an interesting research area (Yang and Tung, 2007; Jaeger, 2003) because demographic attributes were found to influence individuals' actions before they engage in a given behaviour (Ajzen and Fishbein, 1980; Zhang, 2005; Jaeger, 2003). Zhang (2005) reported that although studies of computer and Internet attitudes are abundant, the majority of these researches use college students (Zhang, 2005; Hwang et al., 2006; Li and Kirkup, 2007; Chen, 2008) or ordinary citizens (Fisher and Jacob, 2006; Fang and Yen, 2006; Colley and Maltby, 2008) as samples. However, employee populations constitute one of the largest groups and play a very important role in the adoption of new technologies. Additionally, employees' use of Internet services may show entirely different patterns than other groups in the society (Jin et al., 2007). Furthermore, the basic concepts of the Internet have been developed in the Western World and most of the empirical research focusing on Internet usage is either US/EU or Far East based (Teo and Lim, 2000; Usiner, 2005). Although they cover very valuable territory and provide useful insights that can provide direction in the examination of the issues from a global perspective, the results of these studies may not be applicable to other parts of the world due to the existence of social and economic differences (Bertot, McClure and Owens, 1999; Zhang, 2005). Nowadays, there is a growing divide between Western countries and the developing countries and, comparatively, very little has been researched in the field of ICT in the latter. Keeping these in view, the present study was undertaken to investigate the predictive effect of employees' gender and sector in their Internet usage and purpose of using the Internet. For the purpose of this study, "public sector" refers to national government departments and "private sector" comprises private corporations (Akman et al., 2005). Here, it is important to note that institutions providing nonprofit public services (e.g. universities, local government, etc.) have been categorized as a public sector. Our study focused on employees from private and public sector organizations. A sample of employees was used for this purpose. The independent (decision) variables were gender and sector of employees. The dependent variables were categorized into two empirical factors: (i) usage profile (average daily use of Internet and reason for using Internet) and (ii) usage pattern (average daily use of Internet for communication services, average daily use of Internet for information services and average daily use of Internet for electronic services). For this purpose, a survey was conducted among employees from public and private sector organizations. Interestingly, the results indicated that gender and sector both have significant impact on average daily use of Internet for communication services. This impact is significant for gender on average daily use of Internet for information services and for sector on average daily use of Internet. Another interesting finding is that there is no significant predictive effect of gender and sector on the reason for using Internet.