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2019To Top
Markov, Georgi; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia
(2019).
2017To Top
Rapanotti, Lucia; Hall, Jon G.; Self, Steven; Slaymaker, Mark and King, David (2017). Measuring qualification effects of a new pedagogy which embeds learning and assessment activities within each students rich professional context of practice. Technical Report 2017/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
O'Halloran, Mark; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia
(2017).
Costantini, Silvana; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2017). Systematic concept identification and evaluation for IT/business alignment. Technical Report 2017/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2016To Top
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2016). A design theory for software engineering. Technical Report 2016/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Bennaceur, Amel; Tun, Thein; Bandara, Arosha; Yu, Yijun and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2016). Feature-driven Mediator Synthesis: Supporting Collaborative Security in the Internet of Things. Technical Report 2016/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2015To Top
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2015). A General Theory of Engineering: Thinking Bigger than Software. Technical Report 2015/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2014To Top
Yang, Mu; Yu, Yijun; Bandara, Arosha and Nuseibeh, Bashar
(2014).
Bellingham, Matt; Holland, Simon and Mulholland, Paul (2014). An analysis of algorithmic composition interaction design with reference to Cognitive Dimensions. Technical Report 2014/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Nhlabatsi, Armstrong; Tun, Thein; Khan, Niamul; Yu, Yijun; Bandara, Arosha; Khan, Khaled and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2014). Enriching Traceability with Context for Adaptive Information Security in the Cloud. Technical Report 2014/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Price, Blaine A. (2013). Life-logging: value and engagement without goal-setting? Technical Report 2013/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Williams, Sandra (2013). An Information Extraction System for English Ontology Identifier Names. Technical Report 2013/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Williams, Sandra (2013). An Analysis of POS Tag Patterns in Ontology Identifiers and Labels. Technical Report 2013/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2012To Top
Yu, Yijun; Lin, Yu; Hu, Zhenjiang; Hidaka, Soichiro; Hiroyuki, Kato and Montrieux, Lionel
(2012).
Lopez, Tamara (2012). Studying Things that Go Wrong in Software Development [Probation Report]. Technical Report 2012/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ince, Darrel (2012). The Problem of Reproducibility. Technical Report 2012/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Saleem, Saad bin; Yu, Yijun and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2012). An Empirical Study of Security Requirements in Planning Bug Fixes for an Open Source Software Project. Technical Report 2012/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Akiki, Pierre; Bandara, Arosha K. and Yu, Yijun (2012). Cedar: Engineering Role-Based Adaptive User Interfaces for Enterprise Applications. Technical Report 2012/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Akiki, Pierre A.; Bandara, Arosha K.; Maalouf, Hoda W. and Yu, Yijun (2012). A Systematic Framework For Assessing The Implementation Phase Of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. Technical Report 2012/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2012). eiπ + 1 = 0 for Computing. Technical Report 2012/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Tun, Thein Than; Bandara, Arosha K.; Price, Blaine A.; Yu, Yijun; Haley, Charles; Omoronyia, Inah and Nuseibeh, Bashar
(2012).
Yu, Yijun (2012). Faster Compilation through Lighter Precompilation. Technical Report 2012/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2011To Top
Mancini, Clara
(2011).
Angelis, Vassilis (2011). Clarifying assumptions behind the empirical testing of a physiologically plausible computational model of rhythm perception [PhD Probation Report]. Technical Report 2011/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Jedrzejczyk, L.; Mancini, C.; Corapi, D.; Price, B. A.; Bandara, A. K. and Nuseibeh, B. (2011). Learning from Context: A Field Study of Privacy Awareness System for Mobile Devices. Technical Report 2011/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Angelis, Vassilis (2011). Empirical testing of a physiologically plausible computational model of rhythm perception [PhD Probation Report]. Technical Report 2011/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Nguyen, Tu Anh T.; Power, Richard; Piwek, Paul and Williams, Sandra (2011). Justification Patterns for OWL DL Ontologies. Technical Report 2011/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Naish, James; Rapanotti, Lucia and Zhao, Liping eds. (2011). Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Applications and Advances of Problem Orientation. Technical Report (2011/03). Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2011). Supporting Computing professionals on part-time research degrees. Technical Report 2011/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Power, Richard (2011). Coherence relations in ontologies. Technical Report 2011/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2010To Top
Bin Saleem, Saad; Yu, Yijun; Nuseibeh, Bashar and De Roeck, Anne (2010). An Evaluation of the ReleasePlanner on the Treatment of Security and Evolving Requirements. Technical Report 2010/19; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ince, Darrel (2010). Heuristics and Software Design - A Case Study. Technical Report 2010/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Beatty, Michelle (2010). A Step Towards Reader Acceptance of Hypertext Fiction: From Annoying Distraction to Enjoyable Experience. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Clarke, M. (2010). IT Governance Design: An Application of Problem Oriented Engineering to Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF and SOA Development. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Taylor, Paul (2010). A study into the usability of the Formal Systems Model to investigate the Critical Success Factors that have been accepted for the management of an IT project. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Ince, Darrel (2010). Social Work, Chronicling and the Internet Age. Technical Report 2010/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2010). Give us a clue! Technical Report 2010/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hughes, Craig (2010). Sound Spheres A non-contact virtual musical instrument played using finger tracking. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Geier, Florian (2010). An investigation into recommendation algorithms with application to dynamic environments. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Matz, Kevin (2010). Designing and evaluating an intention-based comment enforcement scheme for Java. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Stoyanchev, Svetlana and Piwek, Paul (2010). Annotation Scheme for Authored Dialogues. Version 1.1. Technical Report 2010/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mahfouz, Ayman; Barroca, Leonor; Laney, Robin and Nuseibeh, Bashar
(2010).
Mahfouz, Ayman (2010). Requirements-Driven Design of Service-Oriented Interactions: An Evaluation. Technical Report 2010/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mancini, Clara; Jedrzejczyk, Lukasz; Thomas, Keerthi; Price, Blaine; Bandara, Arosha; Rogers, Yvonne; Joinson, Adam and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2010). Predators and Prey: Ubiquitous Tracking, Privacy and the Social Contract. Technical Report 2010/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ince, Darrel (2010). Latent Error Analysis and Child-Care Chronicling Systems. Technical Report 2010/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ince, Darrel (2010). The Re-development of a Problem System. Technical Report 2010/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ince, Darrel and Griffiths, Aled (2010). A Chronicling System for Children's Social Work: Learning from the ICS Failure. Technical Report 2010/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Collins, Tom (2010). Pattern matching in music and its use for automated composition [PhD Probation Report]. Technical Report 2010/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Overton, Jerry; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2010). Middle-out design: A proposed best-practice for GEOSS design. Technical Report 2010/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Tran, Minh (2010). Influence of 3D Virtual Worlds on Expectations in 2D E-Commerce Environments [PhD Probation Report]. Technical Report 2010/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Van Der Merwe, Rean (2010). Investigating direct deliberative governance in online social media [PhD Probation report]. Technical Report 2010/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Nkwocha, A.; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2010). Design rationale capture for process improvement in the globalised enterprise: an industrial study. Technical Report 2010/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Barroca, Leonor; Rapanotti, Lucia; Petre, Marian; Vargas-Vera, Maria and Reeves, Andrew (2010). Developing Research Degrees Online. Technical Report 2010/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Rapanotti, Lucia and Jackson, Michael (2010). Problem Oriented Software Engineering. Technical Report 2010/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ince, Darrel (2010). Victoria Climbié, Baby P and the Technological Shackling of British Childrens' Social Work. Technical Report 2010/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2009To Top
Jedrzejczyk, Lukasz; Price, Blaine A.; Bandara, Arosha K. and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2009). I Know What You Did Last Summer: risks of location data leakage in mobile and social computing. Technical Report 2009/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Bond, Bryon (2009). Critical Success Factors for enabling Packaged Software to realise the potential Business Benefits. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Flynn, Colin James (2009). Cross-Validation of Fitness Scores During Co-evolution Using the 'Trap-the-Cap' Board Game as a Testbed. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Lukeman, Chris (2009). Securing Cellular Access Networks against Fraud. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Meiers, Penny (2009). Assembling The Project Compendium. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Moore, Andrew John (2009). Development of an Immersive Environment to Teach Problem Oriented Engineering. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Rizzo, Davide (2009). Evaluating the influence of passenger behaviour on aircraft boarding strategies using multi-agent systems. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Rogenhofer, Thomas (2009). Model-based Testing: Transforming SDL-UML models to the Intermediated Format 2.0. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Tomlinson, Paul N. (2009). Virtually Delayed: An investigation into delay tolerant networks and their emulation in a virtual environment. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Wyse, Brendan (2009). Factive / non-factive predicate recognition within Question Generation systems. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Tun, Thein Tun; Jackson, Michael; Laney, Robin; Nuseibeh, Bashar and Yu, Yijun (2009). Are Your Lights Off? Using Problem Frames to Diagnose System Failures. Technical Report 2009/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Petre, Marian (2009). Representations for Idea Capture in Early Software and Hardware Development. Technical Report 2009/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Plüss, Brian (2009). Towards a Computational Pragmatics for Non-Cooperative Dialogue [PhD Probation Report]. Technical Report 2009/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mancini, Clara; Thomas, Keerthi; Rogers, Yvonne; Price, Blaine A.; Jedrzejczyk, Lukazs; Bandara, Arosha K.; Joinson, Adam N. and Nuseibeh, Bashar
(2009).
2008To Top
Pantidi, Nadia (2008). A Study of the Use and Appropriation of Multipurpose Technology-rich Spaces [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2008/20; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Morris, Richard (2008). Augmenting Collaborative Tasks with Shareable Interactive Surfaces [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2008/19; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Yu, Yijun; Wermelinger, Michel; Kaiya, Haruhiko and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2008). Depiction of Additional Node-related Elements in Graph-based Software Visualisations. Technical Report 2008/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Roberts, Patricia (2008). Criteria for assessing object-relational quality. Technical Report 2008/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G. (2008). Problem Oriented Engineering in action: experience from the frontline of postgraduate education. Technical Report 2008/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thorpe, Adam (2008). Synthesising Test-based justification of Problem Oriented Software Engineering. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Tredgold, J. (2008). An assessment of the analytical benefits afforded by a timeline visualisation of Semantic Web data with temporal properties. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2008). Using a New Inter-rater Reliability Statistic. Technical Report 2008/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2008). EMMA - a Computer Assisted Assessment System based on Latent Semantic Analysis. Technical Report 2008/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Tun, Thein Than; Laney, Robin; Jackson, Michael and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2008). Tool support to derive specifications for conflict-free composition. Technical Report 2008/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Kenny, Ian (2008). A brief history and critique of the developments in of particle swarm optimisation [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2008/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Tun, Thein Than; Chapman, Rod; Haley, Charles; Laney, Robin and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2008). Introducing new features to a critical software system. Technical Report 2008/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Tun, Thein Than; Yu, Yijun; Laney, Robin and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2008). Recovering Problem Structures from Execution Traces. Technical Report 2008/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Annis, Jeremy (2008). Zombie networks: An investigation into the use of anti-forensic techniques employed by botnets. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Dokler, J. (2008). Identification of User Information Needs Based in the Analysis of Local Web Search Queries. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Foreman, D. (2008). Evaluating semantic and rhetorical features to determine author attitude in tabloid newspaper articles. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Kemble, A. (2008). Forensic Computing: Use of Linux Log Data in USB Portable Storage Device Artefact Analysis. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Livermore, R. (2008). A multi-agent system approach to a sumulation study comparing the performance of aircraft boarding using pre-assigned seating and free-for-all strategies. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Nkwocha, Ann (2008). Design Rationale Capture with Problem Oriented Engineering: an Investigation into the Use of the POE Framework for the Capture of Design and Architectural Knoweldge for Reuse within an Organisation. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Ostacchini, Ireo (2008). Managing assumptions during agile software development. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Kenny, Ian (2008). Dynamic, hierarchical particle swarm optimisation. Technical Report 2008/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Tun, Thein Than; Yu, Yijun; Laney, Robin and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2008). Recovering Problem Structures to Support the Evolution of Software Systems. Technical Report 2008/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2008). POELog: a Prolog-based engine for Problem Oriented Engineering. Technical Report 2008/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hardcastle, David and Power, Richard (2008). Generating Conceptually Aligned Texts. Technical Report 2008/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Salifu, Mohammed; Yu, Yijun and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2008). Analysing Monitoring and Switching Requirements using Constraint Satisfiability. Technical Report 2008/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2008). Capturing Knowledge through Problem Oriented Engineering. Technical Report 2008/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete; Minocha, Shailey; King, David; Taylor, Josie; Sclater, Niall and Schencks, Mat (2008). Collaborative Learning in a Wiki Environment: Experiences from a Software Engineering Course. Technical Report 2008/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2007To Top
Haley, Debra Trusso (2007). Using a New Inter-rater Reliability Statistic. Technical Report 2007/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2007). Assurance-driven development in Problem Oriented Engineering. Technical Report 2007/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Banik, Eva (2007). Generating Parenthetical Constructions [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2007/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ball, Martin Huw (2007). Evaluation and Improvement of an Automatic Marking Tool for Diagrams. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Cullum, Stephen (2007). The Effect of Automatic Code Generation on Developer Job Satisfaction. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Erlank, J. (2007). Meta-Optimisation of Migration Topologies in Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Harper, A. L. (2007). The Impact Of Cultural Differences On Contracts Between Public Sector Police Forces And Private Sector Organisations. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Jacques, Y. (2007). Relation of Local Documents to Browsed Web Pages. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Kavanagh, F. (2007). Analysis of a phonetic and rule based algorithm approach to determine rhyme categories and patterns in verse. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Leach, J. (2007). The Persistence of Evolution. An Evolutionary Art Project: Creating artworks by evolving scripts for a ray-tracing program. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Lloyd, J. G. (2007). A Security Analysis of a Biometric Authentication System using UMLsec and the Java Modeling Language. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
McAleese, G. (2007). Improving Scansion with Syntax: an Investigation into the Effectiveness of a Syntactic Analysis of Poetry by Computer using Phonological Scansion Theory. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Sharp, Helen; Hall, Tracy; Baddoo, Nathan and Beecham, Sarah (2007). Exploring Motivational Differences between Software Developers and Project Managers. Technical Report 2007/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Abdelnour-Nocera, Jose and Sharp, Helen (2007). Adopting Agile in a large organization: balancing the old with the new. Technical Report 2007/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Grinyer, Antony R. (2007). Investigating the Adoption of Agile Software Development Methodologies in Organisations [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2007/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ellims, Michael (2007). The Csaw Mutation Tool Users Manual. Technical Report 2007/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ireland, Christopher J. (2007). Object-Relational Implementation Constructs: The role of a Structured User Defined Type in the resolution of an Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2007/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Aitken, E. (2007). An assessment of un-structured knowledge management techniques in the project management of software development. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2007). Seeing the Whole Picture: Comparing Computer Assisted Assessment Systems using LSA-based Systems as an Example. Technical Report 2007/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Tracy; Baddoo, Nathan; Beecham, Sarah; Robinson, Hugh and Sharp, Helen (2007). The Motivation of Software Engineers: Developing a Rigorous and Usable Model. Technical Report 2007/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hayes, Alan; Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2007). A Developmental Framework for Computer-based Automated Assessment. Technical Report 2007/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Mannering, Derek and Rapanotti, Lucia (2007). Arguing safety with Problem Oriented Software Engineering. Technical Report 2007/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mannering, Derek; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2007). SIL4 process improvement with POSE and Alloy. Technical Report 2007/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Rapanotti, Lucia; Cox, Karl and Bleistein, Steven J. (2007). Towards Normal Organisational Problem Solving. Technical Report 2007/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Jørgensen, Jens Baek and Rapanotti, Lucia (2007). On the use of Coloured Petri Nets in Problem Oriented Software Engineering: the Package Router Example. Technical Report 2007/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ellims, Michael; Ince, Darrel and Petre, Marian (2007). AETG vs. Man: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of Combinatorial Test Data Generation. Technical Report 2007/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mannering, Derek; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia
(2007).
2006To Top
Salifu, Mohammed; Nuseibeh, Bashar and Rapanotti, Lucia (2006). Towards Context-Aware Product-Family Architectures Pilot Study Device Mobility Management Problems. Technical Report 2006/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete (2006). A Revision Tool for Learning Data Modelling with Diagrams. Technical Report 2006/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2006). An approach to the automatic grading of imprecise diagrams. Technical Report 2006/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
King, David J. (2006). The Role of Information Design on Pedagogical Effectiveness and User Interface Usability of Web-based E-learning [Student Research Proposal]. Technical Report 2006/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Brier, John; Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G. (2006). Capturing Change Descriptions as Patterns in an Organisation's Changing Socio-Technical System. Technical Report 2006/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Rapanotti, Lucia and Jackson, Michael (2006). Problem-oriented software engineering. Technical Report 2006/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hill, Pat; Holland, Simon and Laney, Robin (2006). Tutorial: An Introduction to AspectMusic. Technical Report 2006/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Beecham, Sarah; Baddoo, Nathan; Hall, Tracy; Robinson, Hugh and Sharp, Helen (2006). Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review of Motivation in Software Engineering. Technical Report 2006/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Brennan, Kieran (2006). Pragmatic problems in designing large-scale location based mobile games. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Cornwall, Mark D. (2006). Determining the Feasibility of Achieving Graceful System Degradation Through The Use of Automatic Reconfigurable Designs and Software. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Doran, Michele (2006). A comparison of Problem Frames, a problem-based method, and KAOS, a goal-based method, for Requirements Analysis within a financial environment. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Gorman, Richard (2006). An Empirical Comparison of Subjective Evaluation and Metrics in the Maintenance of COBOL software. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Hlousek, Milan (2006). Suitability of a Problem Frames framework for Intelligent Building services requirements engineering. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Supple, Sakib (2006). Evaluation of the Model-View-Controller design pattern when applied to a heterogeneous application to distribute newspaper textual content to mobile devices. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Swaby, Roger (2006). How Can Defect Analysis Help To Improve Risk Management Techniques In IT Projects? Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Vincent, Mark (2006). Communicating Software Requirements: A Comparison of Problem Frames and the UML for Domain Modelling and Requirements Analysis in Commercial Business Projects. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Wilson, Patricia (2006). The use of computing technology in a challenging environment: an investigation in the emergency services in Northern Ireland. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Bedford, Gareth (2006). Investigating the Attractors in Off-Line and On-Line (B2C) Music Shopping. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Cleyndert, Ben (2006). The Role of Ontology in an Extendible Tool for Capturing Statistical Information. Student dissertation for The Open University module M801 MSc in Software Development Research Dissertation.
Mannering, Derek; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2006). Relating Safety Requirements and System Design through Problem Oriented Software Engineering. Technical Report 2006/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Scott, Donia and Moore, Johanna (2006). An NLG evaluation competition? Eight reasons to be Cautious. Technical Report 2006/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rapanotti, Lucia; Hall, Jon G. and Jackson, Michael (2006). Problem transformations in solving the Package Router Control problem. Technical Report 2006/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Piwek, Paul; Power, Richard and Williams, Sandra (2006). Generating scripts for personalised medical dialogues for patients. Technical Report 2006/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Ahlfeldt, Hans; Borin, Lars; Daumke, Philipp; Grabar, Natalia; Hallett, Catalina; Hardcastle, David; Kokkinakis, Dimitrios; Mancini, Clara; Marko, Kornel; Merkel, Magnus; Pietsch, Christian; Power, Richard; Scott, Donia; Silvervarg, Annika; Gronostaj, Maria Toporowska; Williams, Sandra and Willis, Alistair (2006). Literature Review on Patient-Friendly Documentation Systems. Technical Report 2006/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mellish, Chris; Scott, Donia; Cahill, Lynn; Paiva, Daniel; Evans, Roger and Reape, Mike
(2006).
Rapanotti, Lucia; Hall, Jon G. and Li, Zhi (2006). Problem Reduction: a systematic technique for deriving Specifications from Requirements. Technical Report 2006/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hallett, Catalina; Scott, Donia and Power, Richard (2006). Evaluation of the CLEF query interface. Technical Report 2006/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Yu, Yijun; Strohmaier, Markus; Mcarthur, Greg; Lu, Jianguo and Mylopoulos, John (2006). Literature programming-tool support for authoring and reviewing a scientific paper. Technical Report 2006/19; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Willis, Alistair (2005). Can Online Learning Materials Improve Student Access to Digital Libraries? Technical Report 2005/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; De Roeck, Anne and Petre, Marian (2005). A Research Taxonomy for Latent Semantic Analysis-Based Educational Applications. Technical Report 2005/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Laney, Robin; Jackson, Michael and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2005). Composing Problems: Deriving specifications from inconsistent requirements. Technical Report 2005/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2005). Using PADL to specify AFrames. Technical Report 2005/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2005). A framework for software problem analysis. Technical Report 2005/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, Charles B.; Laney, Robin C. and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2005). Validating Security Requirements Using Structured Toulmin-Style Argumentation. Technical Report 2005/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Chantree, Francis; Nuseibeh, Bashar; De Roeck, Anne and Willis, Alistair (2005). Nocuous Ambiguities in Requirements Specifications. Technical Report 2005/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Chantree, Francis; Kilgarriff, Adam; De Roeck, Anne and Willis, Alistair (2005). Using a Distributional Thesaurus to Resolve Coordination Ambiguities. Technical Report 2005/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Brier, John; Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G. (2005). Capturing Change in Socio-technical System with Problem Frames. Technical Report 2005/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
2004To Top
Thomas, Pete (2004). Comparing machine graded diagrams with human markers: some observations. Technical Report 2004/27; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Li, Zhi; Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2004). A Constructive Approach to Problem Frame Semantics. Technical Report 2004/26; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Segal, Judith (2004). Professional end user developers and software development knowledge. Technical Report 2004/25; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Rapanotti, Lucia; Cox, Karl; Bleistein, Steven and Verner, June (2004). An Example of Domain Decomposition through Application of the Problem Frames Approach to a Complex Problem. Technical Report 2004/24; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Laney, Robin; Barroca, Leonor; Jackson, Michael and Nuseibeh, Bashar
(2004).
Moffett, Jonathan D.; Haley, Charles B. and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2004). Core Security Requirements Artefacts. Technical Report 2004/23; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Seago, Allan (2004). Electronic Sound Synthesizer Interface Design. Technical Report 2004/22; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Seago, Allan; Holland, Simon and Mulholland, Paul (2004). Synthesizer user interface design - lessons learned from a heuristic review. Technical Report 2004/20; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, Debra T.; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Sharp, Helen C. and Taylor, Josie T. (2004). Managing Requirements for Mobile Learning. Technical Report 2004/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Seago, Allan (2004). Analysis of the synthesizer user interface: cognitive walkthrough and user tests. Technical Report 2004/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Day, Robert; Holland, Simon; Bowers, David and Dil, Anton (2004). Audio Navigation: Using Spatial Audio In Ubiquitous Interfaces. Technical Report 2004/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete (2004). Drawing Diagrams in an Online Examination. Technical Report 2004/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Barroca, Leonor; Fiadeiro, José L.; Jackson, Michael and Laney, Robin (2004). Dynamic Assembly of Problem Frames. Technical Report 2004/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Minocha, Shailey; Dawson, Liisa; Roberts, Dave and Millard, Nicola (2004). Integrating Service Quality into Customer-Centred Design Approach of E-Commerce Environments. Technical Report 2004/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Minocha, Shailey; Dawson, Liisa; Roberts, Dave and Petre, Marian (2004). E-SEQUAL: A Customer-Centred Approach to Providing Value in E-Commerce Environments. Technical Report 2004/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Sharp, Helen; Robinson, Hugh and Segal, Judith (2004). Customer collaboration: successes and challenges in practice. Report of an activity session held at XP 2003. Technical Report 2004/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian J and Hall, Jon G. (2004). Developing Critical Systems with PLD Components. Technical Report 2004/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Day, Robert; Holland, Simon; Bowers, David and Dil, Anton (2004). Using Spatial Audio in Minimal Attention Interfaces: Towards An Effective Audio GPS Navigation System. Technical Report 2004/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
De Roeck, Anne; Sarkar, Avik and Garthwaite, Paul H.
(2004).
Garagnani, Max (2004). A Framework for Hybrid Planning. Technical Report 2004/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
De Roeck, Anne; Sarkar, Avik and Garthwaite, Paul (2004). Frequent Term Distribution Measures for Dataset Profiling. Technical Report 2004/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Sarkar, A.; De Roeck, A. and Garthwaite, P. (2004). Easy measures for evaluating non-English corpora for language engineering. Some lessons from Arabic and Bengali. Technical Report 2004/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete (2004). Grading Diagrams Automatically. Technical Report 2004/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hill, Patrick; Holland, Simon and Laney, Robin C.
(2004).
Hill, Patrick; Holland, Simon and Laney, Robin C.
(2004).
Holland, Simon (2004). A Simple Taxonomy of Search Reduction in Direct Combination. Technical Report 2004/19; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Seago, Allan; Holland, Simon and Mulholland, Paul
(2004).
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Hill, Patrick; Holland, Simon and Laney, Robin C. (2003). Using Aspects to Help Composers. Technical Report 2003/21; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Logie, Robert; Hall, Jon G. and Waugh, Kevin G (2003). Using safety and liveness properties to drive learning in a multi-agent system. Technical Report 2003/20; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, Charles B.; Jackson, Michael A.; Laney, Robin C. and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2003). An Example Using Problem Frames: Analysis of a Lighting Control System. Technical Report 2003/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, Charles B.; Laney, Robin C.; Moffett, Jonathan D and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2003). Picking Battles: the Impact of Trust Assumptions on the Elaboration of Security Requirements. Technical Report 2003/19; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Morse, David R,; Ytow, Nozomi; Roberts, David McL. and Sato, Akira (2003). Comparison of multiple taxonomic hierarchies using TaxoNote. Technical Report 2003/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Dyke, John (2003). Issues in Creating HTML Pages with Welsh or bilingual Content. Technical Report 2003/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Garagnani, Max (2003). Planning with Hybrid and Analogical Representations. Technical Report 2003/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Segal, Judith (2003). When software engineers met research scientists: a field study. Technical Report 2003/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Laney, Robin C.; van der Linden, Janet and Thomas, Pete (2003). Evolving Legacy System Security Concerns Using Aspects. Technical Report 2003/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2003). Problem Frames for Socio-technical Systems. Technical Report 2003/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Haley, C. B.; Laney, R. C. and Nuseibeh, B. A, (2003). Deriving Security Requirements from Crosscutting Threat Descriptions. Technical Report 2003/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian; Townson, Gemma and Hall, Jon G. (2003). FPGAs in Critical Hardware/Software Systems. Technical Report 2003/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Cockram, T; Hall, P. A. V. and Ince, D. C. (2003). A model for inspection efficiency prediction. Technical Report 2003/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2003). A Reference Model for Requirements Engineering. Technical Report 2003/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2003). Towards a semantics of Problem Frames. Technical Report 2003/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Silva, Andres (2003). A Requirements-based Framework for the Analysis of Socio-technical System Behaviour. Technical Report 2003/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian and Hall, Jon G. (2003). Mandated Requirements for Hardware/Software Combination in Safety-Critical Systems. Technical Report 2003/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Lin, Lun-Cheng; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Ince, Darrel; Jackson, Michael and Moffett, Jonathan (2003). Analysing Security Threats and Vulnerabilities Using Abuse Frames. Technical Report 2003/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Logie, Robert; Hall, Jon G. and Waugh, Kevin G. (2003). Beliefs, desires and intentions in a hybrid coached agent architecture. Technical Report 2003/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rapanotti, Lucia; Hall, Jon G.; Jackson, Michael and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2003). Architecture-driven Problem Decomposition. Technical Report 2003/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Dunckley, Lynne; Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G. (2002). Low Cost Remote Evaluation with Synchronous Groupware. Technical Report 2002/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Dunkley, Lynne; Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G. (2002). Extending Low-Cost Remote Evaluation with Synchronous Communication. Technical Report 2002/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Gedenryd, Henrik; Holland, Simon and Morse, David (2002). Meeting the software engineering challenges of interacting with dynamic and ad-hoc computing environments. Technical Report 2002/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Gedenryd, Henrik S. (2002). Beyond Inheritance, Aspects & Roles: A Unified Scheme for Object and Program Composition. Technical Report 2002/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Jackson, Michael; Laney, Robin C.; Nuseibeh, Bashar and Rapanotti, Lucia (2002). Relating Software Requirements and Architectures Using Problem Frames. Technical Report 2002/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian and Hall, Jon G. (2002). Targetting PLDs for high-level High Integrity Systems Development. Technical Report 2002/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian and Hall, Jon G. (2002). Refining Specifications to Programmable Logic. Technical Report 2002/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Holland, Simon; Morse, David R. and Gedenryd, Henrik (2002). The application of Direct Combination to Mobile and Ubiquitous Human Computer Interaction. Technical Report 2002/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Morse, David R.; Gedenryd, Henrik and Holland, Simon (2002). A simple, technology-neutral lingua franca for location systems, applied to combined indoor-outdoor navigation. Technical Report 2002/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rapanotti, Lucia; Blake, Canan Tosunoglu and Griffiths, Robert
(2002).
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Hall, J. G. and Gurukumba, T. (2001). Decomposing the DSub Retrenchment. Technical Report 2001/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian and Hall, Jon G. (2001). Proving Safety Properties of FPGAs. Technical Report 2001/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Paine, Carina and Thomas, Pete (2001). Observations of Study Time Behaviour Comparisons of 1998 data & 2000 data. Technical Report 2001/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G. (2001). Educational Java Beans. Technical Report 2001/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2001). How Students learn to program: Observations of practical work based on tasks completed. Technical Report 2001/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Hall, Jon G. and Rapanotti, Lucia (2000). The Triangulation Calculus. Technical Report 2000/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hilton, Adrian and Hall, Jon G. (2000). On Applying Software Development Best Practice to FPGAs in Safety-Critical Systems. Technical Report 2000/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Logan, Kit (2000). Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool. Technical Report 2000/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Logan, Kit and Paine, Carina (2000). The Computing General Demographic Questionnaire. Technical Report 2000/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Paine, Carina (2000). Data collection techniques used to study programming - and AESOP. Technical Report 2000/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rapanotti, Lucia and Hall, Jon G.
(2000).
Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2000). The Coach: Overview. Technical Report 2000/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2000). How students learn to program: observations of study time behaviour. Technical Report 2000/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2000). How students learn to program: Observations of practical work based on tasks completed. Technical Report 2000/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Holland, Simon and Oppenheim, Daniel
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Baker-Finch, Clem; King, David; Hall, Jon G. and Trinder, Phil (1999). An Operational semantics for parallel call-by-need. Technical Report 1999/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Watkins, Kevin; Ince, Darrel and Woodman, Mark (1999). The Performance of Gall-back locking in an Object-Oriented Database Management System. Technical Report 1999/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Barroca, Leonor and Henriques, Pedro R. (1998). Using Frameworks to Describe Software. Technical Report 1998/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia (1998). Sources of Inspiration in Knitwear Design. Technical Report 1998/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia and Hall, Jon G. (1998). Shape Grammars for Knitwear Cable Design. Technical Report 1998/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia and Stacey, Martin (1998). Fortune Favours only the Prepared Mind - Why Sources of Inspiration are Essential for Continuing Creativity. Technical Report 1998/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Glancy, Maxine (1998). Raising and Meeting users' expectations: how characteristics and qualities of the graphical user interface enhance learning by eliciting responses in the user. Technical Report 1998/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G.; Baker-Finch, Clem; Trinder, Philip W. and King, David J. (1998). An Operational semantics for parallel lazy evaluation. Technical Report 1998/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. and Barroca, Leonor (1998). A Coloured Petri Net Seminatics of Software Architectures. Technical Report 1998/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Pat; Hovenden, Fiona; Robinson, Hugh and Rachel, Janet (1998). Postmodern Software Development. Technical Report 1998/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Holland, Simon (1998). A Visual Representation for Interaction Scenarios. Technical Report 1998/19; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hovenden, Fiona M.; Sharp, Helen C. and Woodman, Mark (1998). Vulcan's versus Humans: the tension between software management systems and software developers. Technical Report 1998/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Mitic, Peter (1998). A computer Proof of the Central Limit Theorem. Technical Report 1998/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Petre, Marian; Carswell, Linda; Price, Blaine and Thomas, Pete (1998). Innovations in large-scale supported distance teaching: transformation for the Internet, not just translation. Technical Report 1998/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Sharp, Helen C. and Griffyth, Jacqui (1998). Acquiring Object Technology Concepts: The role of previous software development experience. Technical Report 1998/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Sharp, Helen C.; Hovenden, Fiona M. and Woodman, Mark (1998). Factors affecting the adoption of software. Technical Report 1998/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete (1998). Electronic Audio-Graphic Tutorials: A Teacher's Perspective. Technical Report 1998/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete; Carswell, Linda; Price, Blaine and Petre, Marian (1998). A Holistic approach to supporting distance learning using the Internet: transformation, not translation. Technical Report 1998/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Thomas, Pete G.; MacGregor, Malcolm and Martin, Michael S. (1998). Observing Students as they learn to Program. Technical Report 1998/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Traxler, John (1998). Courseware Engineering: a paradigm for Courseware Development. Technical Report 1998/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Trinder, P. W.; Hammond, K.; Loidl, H.W. and Peyton-Jones, S. (1998). Algorithm + Strategy = Parallelism. Technical Report 1998/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
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Carswell, Linda (1997). What is the impact of individual student differences in providing strategies to teach introductory programming? Technical Report 1997/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Carswell, Linda (1997). Does Internet Communication Affect Performance? Some Results for Distance Learning Introductory Computer Students (2). Technical Report 1997/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Carswell, Linda (1997). Supporting Student Diversity Through On-Line Learning Materials. Technical Report 1997/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Cook, John (1997). Mentoring, Metacognition and Music - An analysis of the Interactions used to Support creative reflexion. Technical Report 1997/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia (1997). Design Inspiration and Design Performance. Technical Report 1997/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia (1997). Understanding Design Creativity by Researching Intelligent Computer Support Strategies. Technical Report 1997/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia (1997). Design Inspiration and Design Performance. Technical Report 1997/08; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia and Demaid, Adrian (1997). Concurrent Design. Technical Report 1997/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Eckert, Claudia and Stacey, Martin (1997). Fortune Favours Only The Prepared Mind. Technical Report 1997/11; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. (1997). From Concrete Phase Transition Systems to ERTL. Technical Report 1997/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Hall, Jon G. (1997). An Algebra of High Level Petri Nets. Technical Report 1997/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Petre, Marian; Carswell, Linda and Price, Blaine (1997). Innovations in large-scale supported distance teaching transformation for the Internet, not just translation. Technical Report 1997/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Petre, Marian; Carswell, Linda; Price, Blaine and Thomas, Pete (1997). The MZX Trials: Update April 1997. Technical Report 1997/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Petre, Marian and Cole, Paula (1997). Summary of a preliminary comparison of costs for a conventional and Internet delivery of M205. Technical Report 1997/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.
Rzevski, George; Sharp, Helen; Petre, Marian and Buckland, Rodney (1997). Intelligent Support for Conceptual Design: A flow modeling approach. Technical Report 1997/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.