This thesis presents work in two areas; Language Technology and Linguistic Typology. In the field of Language Technology, a specific problem is addressed: Can a computer extract a description of word conjugation in a ...

Multiple information technologies are converging. Crucial to organizations’ relentless struggle to remain competitive, IT innovation processes must now increasingly take into consideration a multitude of stationary, ...

Model-Based Engineering (MBE) aims at increasing the e↵ectiveness of engineering by using models as key artifacts in the development process. While empirical studies on the use and the e↵ects of MBE in industry generally ...

Context: Software design is considered an essential activity to analyze software requirements in order to produce a description of the software's internal structure that will serve as the basis for its construction. Models ...

We carried out a controlled experiment and an external replication to investigate whether the use of requirement diagrams of the SysML (System Modeling Language) helps in the comprehensibility of requirements. The ...

Background: Integration testing of vehicle software in the automotive industry relies heavily on simulation models. As they replicate actual vehicle functions in the testing process, they increase in size and amount of ...

The context of this thesis is digital distance education. Distance education has developed from correspondence courses, based on letters sent by mail between student and teacher, to digital distance education with ...

Context: In modern software development, software modeling is considered to be an essential part of the software architecture and design activities. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has become the de facto standard for ...

Large software development companies primarily deliver value to their customers by continuously enhancing the functionality of their products. Continuously developing software for customers insures the enduring success of ...