Open Source Software Integration Research Articles

Open-source software integration: A tutorial on species distribution mapping and ecological niche modelling

Over the last decade, access to global data has become increasingly critical for research, allowing insights into diverse biological, environmental and societal questions at a macro scale. Digitisation has greatly enhanced the use of herbarium data in the analysis of species distributions and ecological niche modelling. Yet, sources on modelling and mapping methodology using open-source software is greatly lacking for beginners. We have created a replicable and thorough tutorial to visualise species occurrence data and exploratory analysis that was developed by undergraduates with broad backgrounds and levels of experience. This tutorial integrates the open-source programmes QGIS, MaxEnt and R to develop distribution maps, using bryophytes as a case study, to promote the accessibility of open-source software and remote access learning. This tutorial has already set the foundation for further research into distribution modelling of rare Illinois bryophytes to better understand the potential impact of climate change.

Insights and innovations in human resource information systems: A systematic literature review

The aim of this systematic literature review is to consolidate existing knowledge and identify unexplored research areas in the field of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). The study examines the literature published between 2000 and 2024 to understand the evolution, influence, and potential advancements of HRIS. The methodology is consistent with the PRISMA principles, which ensure a meticulous selection process. Initially, 144 publications were identified through the Scopus database. Nevertheless, only 65 articles were ultimately included after the application of rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria. The findings suggest that HRIS is essential for the improvement of working standards, the facilitation of strategic decision-making, and the improvement of access to human resource data. Scholarly interest in HRIS has been on the rise, particularly since 2015, as it underscores the increasing utilization of technology in human resource management. The study also emphasizes critical areas for future research, such as the integration of open-source software and the service sector's role in the implementation of HRIS. This comprehensive assessment provides policymakers and HR professionals with valuable insights, aiding in the strategic development and management of human resources using advanced information systems.

Unveiling the Potential of Open-Source Software Integration in Education: Advantages, Challenges, and Effective Strategies

Unveiling the Potential of Open-Source Software Integration in Education: Advantages, Challenges, and Effective Strategies

Improved Accuracy in Determining the Acceleration Due to Gravity in Free Fall Experiments Using Smartphones and Mechanical Switches

This study presents an innovative methodology to augment the accuracy of gravitational acceleration (g) measurements in free fall experiments. Employing smartphones and integrating mechanical switches, our approach utilizes a built-in microphone for precise time measurements during the initiation of free fall. A meticulously designed mechanical switch controls the release of a steel sphere, triggering the timer upon the initiation of descent. Our experimental outcomes showcase a commendable congruence between the calculated g value and the locally accepted reference value, pinpointing g at 9.8274 ± 0.01 m/s2. A salient feature of our method is the utilization of the smartphone’s onboard microphone sensor, offering superior convenience to conventional sensor-based methodologies that require additional equipment. Additionally, our study introduces the seamless integration of open-source software on smartphones, facilitating the direct display and analysis of sound parameters. This integration streamlines the experimental process, contributing to the ongoing endeavors aimed at enhancing accuracy in free fall experiments. Our findings underscore the potential of smartphones and mechanical switches as accessible and effective tools in advancing physics education and scientific investigations.

Software Metric Analysis of Open-Source Business Software

Over the past decade, open-source software use has grown. Today, many companies including Google, Microsoft, Meta, RedHat, MongoDB, and Apache are major participants of open-source contributions. With the increased use of open-source software or integration of open-source software into custom-developed software, the quality of this software component increases in importance. This study examined a sample of open-source applications from GitHub. Static software analytics were conducted, and each application was classified for its risk level. In the analyzed applications, it was found that 90% of the applications were classified as low risk or moderate low risk indicating a high level of quality for open-source applications.

Integration of Open-Source Software (Koha, Greenstone and DSpace) with Library Discovery System (VuFind): A Future Library Solution

This paper demonstrates the design, workflow and integration methodology of open-source ILS (Koha), Digital library software (Greenstone), Institutional repository (DSpace) with open-source library discovery software (VuFind). A methodology of integration has been explained using available standards and technology. Main purpose of this research is to demonstrate single-window search interface, harvesting of metadata and full-text of resources. Integration of open-source library software with the discovery system (VuFind) can result significant cost reduction when compared with commercial discovery systems.

Downsides of Using Inadequate Open Source Software Processes and Licenses within Standard Development Organizations

Standard Development Organizations (SDO) and Open Source Software (OSS) Projects offer two different models for open and collaborative innovation. While SDO standards have interacted with independent OSS projects for a long time, an increasing number of SDOs are themselves hosting OSS projects, notably for the development tools or for reference implementations of their standards. While policy makers and industry stakeholders have rightly identified the potential benefits of tighter integration of OSS and SDO processes, the potential downsides of this integration are insufficiently understood. An OSS reference implementation sponsored by the SDO itself has the potential to dominate the market for standard-compliant implementations. SDO participants may feel compelled to participate in the OSS project, as decisions made in the development of the OSS implementation will influence standardization outcomes and determine how the standard will be used. It is thus a significant concern when formal and influential SDOs develop OSS reference implementations of their standards under a license that is incompatible with the SDO’s balanced patent policy, and using processes that do not reflect the SDO’s commitment to openness and consensus decision-making. When SDOs use inadequate licenses, owners of standard-essential patents (SEP) participating in the OSS project may be deprived of the possibility to collect royalty revenue from the licensing of their SEP. For SEP owners unwilling to forfeit this royalty revenue, participation in the standard development itself becomes unattractive, as they are excluded from significant parts of the decision-making, as well as from using the dominant implementation of the standard. We illustrate these potential risks using the case of Open Source MANO (OSM), an OSS project of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

İstanbul İlinde Hava Kalitesi İzleme ve Yönetimi için WebGIS Tabanlı Hava Kalite GeoPortalı Tasarımı

This study describes the development of an Air Quality GeoPortal (AQG) via a Web-basedGeographic Information System (WebGIS) in Istanbul in Turkey. The system has been developed for onlineuse to present the concentrations of PM10, SO2, NOX, NO, NO2 CO, as well as meteorological data(temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction) based on hourly data from each air quality monitoringstation. A prototype system is providing the viewing, querying and downloading of up-to-date air qualitymaps on web pages via a Web Based GIS system based on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) webservices. Furthermore, the integration of a Web Map Service-Time (WMS-T) with air quality data allowsusers to access previous data and related maps by specifying a time value on a web page. Thus, it ispossible to download air quality parameters in desktop GIS systems and web pages in map format for adesired time interval. The system architecture is based on open source software integration includingGeoServer and OpenLayers functions, MySQL database for data management, with HTML, JavaScript andPHP as programming languages in both the server and client scripting. Furthermore, the user interfacesare programmed to provide user-data interaction via web. The application includes the facility todownload air quality data on an hourly basis raster (Tiff, Bmp, and Jpeg) and vector (ShapeFile, GML, Jsonand CSV) format.

Realization of MATLAB Model Callaborative Simulation in Hopsan Environment based on Hopsan Framework

The design and simulation process of complex system is accelerated because of the general application of model-based system engineering method in industry. But new challenges arise along with it, such as joint simulation of multi-physical-domain models. Only by considering the coupling relationship among the physical domains, especially the Cyber-physical systems (CPS), can the simulation result be more consistent with the actual system so that can provide guidance for product design and manufacturing.Heterogeneous model is the key to solve the problem of multi-physical-domain coupling simulation [1]. Using tools integration[2] and semantic integration[3] are two mainly ways. Although the literature points out that using tools integration is challenging, the advantages of open source software integration at the source level make it possible for Hopsan software to realize joint simulation of heterogeneous models. This paper describes how to inherit a new one from the component class of Hopsan to realize the functions of second encapsulation of MATLAB model in the current Hopsan environment, the block diagram representation in the simulation schematic diagram, model scheduling in the simulation process, data input, output processing and data transmission, etc.

Repairnator patches programs automatically

Repairnator is a bot. It constantly monitors software bugs discovered during continuous integration of open-source software and tries to fix them automatically. If it succeeds in synthesizing a valid patch, Repairnator proposes the patch to the human developers, disguised under a fake human identity. To date, Repairnator has been able to produce patches that were accepted by the human developers and permanently merged into the code base. This is a milestone for human-competitiveness in software engineering research on automatic program repair.

Integration of Open Source GIS Software for Improving Decision Making in Small and Medium Companies


 
 
 
 In this paper, a prototype is proposed of integrating various features and functionalities of different open source GIS software to improve decision-making in small and medium companies. The paper shows possibilities of integrating various open source GIS software to support decision making. Open source software features is combined with the functionalities of GIS such as processing using Quantum GIS, storing and analyzing of spatial data to produce results using PostgreSQL, Providing and sharing Geo-data over the network locally or over the globe using Geoserver, The prototype is based on the three basics features low /free cost of using GIS open source software, simplicity and usability, multiplatform supporting. The integration of open source software is appropriate and successful for the use of companies in the field of GIS, this initiative represents a suitable business solutions that do not consume a lot of money and training to develop the skills of the technicians in this field, therefore, this will open the door for other companies to follow this trend. This prototype provides an opportunity for open source software components to process and store data in databases or shares the results over different networks.
 
 
 
 

CONNJUR Workflow Builder: a software integration environment for spectral reconstruction.

CONNJUR Workflow Builder (WB) is an open-source software integration environment that leverages existing spectral reconstruction tools to create a synergistic, coherent platform for converting biomolecular NMR data from the time domain to the frequency domain. WB provides data integration of primary data and metadata using a relational database, and includes a library of pre-built workflows for processing time domain data. WB simplifies maximum entropy reconstruction, facilitating the processing of non-uniformly sampled time domain data. As will be shown in the paper, the unique features of WB provide it with novel abilities to enhance the quality, accuracy, and fidelity of the spectral reconstruction process. WB also provides features which promote collaboration, education, parameterization, and non-uniform data sets along with processing integrated with the Rowland NMR Toolkit (RNMRTK) and NMRPipe software packages. WB is available free of charge in perpetuity, dual-licensed under the MIT and GPL open source licenses.

The ONCO-I2b2 project: integrating biobank information and clinical data to support translational research in oncology.

The University of Pavia and the IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri of Pavia (FSM), has recently started an IT initiative to support clinical research in oncology, called ONCO-i2b2. ONCO-i2b2, funded by the Lombardia region, grounds on the software developed by the Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) NIH project. Using i2b2 and new software modules purposely designed, data coming from multiple sources are integrated and jointly queried. The core of the integration process stands in retrieving and merging data from the biobank management software and from the FSM hospital information system. The integration process is based on a ontology of the problem domain and on open-source software integration modules. A Natural Language Processing module has been implemented, too. This module automatically extracts clinical information of oncology patients from unstructured medical records. The system currently manages more than two thousands patients and will be further implemented and improved in the next two years.

Research on the Application of Open Source Software in Digital Library

This paper provides a general history and description of open source software. In the construction of digital libraries, using OSS is a good way to take hold of the key software development technology, including the significant improvement on open source software systems, the integration of multiple open source software systems and the integration of open source software and other technologies, In the implementation of OSS, attention should be paid to aspects such as comparative study of license, the rule of license usage, the importance of standardization as well as ways of managing the legal risks.