Abstract: A tool supports management of engineering project changes using a current design diagram with links to implementation components, a proposed design diagram, and a work list of tasks for transforming the current design into the proposed design. Tasks recite intended changes such as add, remove, or refactor, with reference to implementation components to be changed, and tracking information. Work list tasks may be automatically generated based on design model differences correlated with project code, automatically generated based on tracked user design actions correlated with project code, and/or manually generated by users. Work lists may be exported. Users can mark a relationship for removal and view a corresponding updated work list. Users can trace impact of a work list on project context such as testing coverage, database structures, and user scenarios.

Abstract: A tool for enabling a user, such as a programmer and a designer, to identify patterns in a program or model and to determine duplicated portions of the program or model that have the same or similar pattern is disclosed. The pattern may include the connectivity of the elements in the group as well as the attributes and parameters of the elements in the group. The tool may also enable the user to replace the duplicated portions of the program or model with a sub-program or sub-model that can be shared for the duplicated portions. Code for the sub-model may be used for the simulation or generated code for the duplicated portions of the program or model in the simulation or code generation of the program or model.

Abstract: A method is provided for interacting with the graphical model is provided. At least one of the plurality of views of the graphical model is parsed to create an intermediate representation. An interactive overlay is displayed using the display device. User interacts with the destination object based on an input instruction via the interactive overlay and modifies the destination object using the input instruction, the modifying allows the destination object to perform a modified operation when the model is executed. The graphical model includes execution semantics and a destination object, where the destination object is influenced by the execution semantics. The graphical model is rendered on a display device based on a selected view.

Abstract: System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for generating information models are described herein. In one aspect, the method includes determining a type of a to-be-generated. In one embodiment, the type of the to-be-generated model is determined by determining whether the to-be-generated model includes one or more quantifiable data fields and when the to-be-generated model includes the one or more quantifiable data fields, determining whether the quantifiable data fields are from a single source. Based upon the type of the to-be-generated model, a section of code is selected for generating a model corresponding to the to-be-generated model. The selected section of code is executed to generate the model.

Abstract: System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product that reduces the size of a failing test. A tree is created from the test's programming code, where the tree represents the syntactical and the semantic bounds between the programming code elements. By analyzing this tree and iteratively pruning the irrelevant sub-trees it is possible to eliminate many non necessary parts of the code, and recreate a new legal test, which represents the same error, but is potentially much smaller and therefore easier to understand and debug.

Abstract: A system to process unstructured data is provided. An example system to process unstructured data comprises a receiver to access a source of unstructured data, an entity extractor to extract entity instances from the source of unstructured data and organize the extracted entity instances into an entity instance table, a pattern generator to generate a pattern comprising a key entity and one or more non-key entities associated with the key entity based on the entity instance table, and a dataset generator to generate a two-dimensional table based on the pattern and the entity instance table.

Abstract: A graphical program is analyzed, where the graphical program includes an I/O interface including one or more ordered parameters for providing input to or receiving output from the graphical program. A function is generated in a textual programming language based on the analyzing, where the function implements the functionality of the graphical program, and includes a textual function I/O interface with the one or more ordered parameters of the I/O interface of the graphical program. User input is received specifying a modified textual function I/O interface that differs from the textual function I/O interface. A wrapper for the function is generated with the modified textual function I/O interface, where the wrapper includes the function, and where during execution the wrapper receives or outputs values in accordance with the modified textual function I/O interface, and provides values to or receives values from the function via the textual function I/O interface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for compiling a procedure for testing a page. In some implementations, a component definition for a component instance referred to in computer programming language instructions defining a test procedure for testing a page may be received. The page may be defined by a page description implemented in a markup language. The page description may include a reference to a first portion of a component instance. Compiled wrapper code operable to simulate the presence of the component instance may be generated. The compiled wrapper code may represent the first portion of the component instance referenced in the page description. A compiled test procedure may be generated based on the computer programming language instructions. The compiled test procedure may include the compiled wrapper code. The compiled test procedure may be capable of being executed to perform the test procedure.

Abstract: Methods and systems for verifying module codes are presented. The module code may be verified by associating the module code with a user interface screen and determining whether the module code was generated from the user interface screen. A module corresponding to the module code may be executed if the module code is verified. The module code may be verified by using routines from a user interface framework system. The module code may be verified by determining whether a user interface element associated with the module code is disabled. The module code may be verified by determining whether each user interface element associated with the module code is enabled. The module code may be verified by insuring that the module code was generated by the selection of a user interface element. The module codes may be received from a front-end system and verified on a back-end system.

Abstract: Data typing information for heterogeneous language components is obtained during software development without requiring executable regeneration. After source code is changed, dependent compiled components, which are written in multiple high-level programming languages, are identified. A query engine obtains data typing information of the dependent components, such as function signatures and class definition, directly from internal compiler-created structures for the respective programming languages. Through a synchronizer, a shared model is automatically populated with the data typing information. The updated model supports cross-language software development operations such as autocompletion, refactoring, dependency finding, and definition go-to, without regeneration of an executable code unit which reflects the changed source code. In cases involving SQL or Transact-SQL (T-SQL), a Data Definition Language file can be automatically generated from the data typing information.

Abstract: A system and method is presented that leverages independent innovation in entertainment content and graphics hardware. In this system and method, the current image generation run-time application is replaced with a new framework defining the connectivity, features, and behavior necessary to implement a graphics system. All this takes place in the context of a software platform utilizing a late-integration mechanism that dynamically integrates the various real-time components in a run-time application. Ultimately displacing hardware as the central focus of development efforts, this software platform functionally is the graphics application, at least as viewed by the simulation host computer, database developers, and those responsible for visual system procurement and maintenance. An innovative software architecture, the Graphical Application Platform (GAP) is presented.

Abstract: A computing-device implemented method may include receiving an instruction and dynamically performing tests in a modeling environment in response to the instruction. The dynamically performing tests may include selecting a polymorphic entity, displaying a context menu associated with the polymorphic entity on a display, activating in the context menu a menu item that is linked to one of one or more requirements, generating the test, and performing the test to produce a test result.

Abstract: A domain model generator (DMG) for an integrated development environment (IDE) guides a software engineer through a process of identifying domain-specific concepts for a domain of an object-oriented software application. The DMG also helps the engineer to classify the domain-specific concepts as pertaining to particular object-oriented modeling concepts for the object-oriented software application. Those modeling concepts may include classes, attributes, inheritance, etc. In addition, the DMG may automatically generate a Unified Modeling Language (UML) domain diagram, based at least in part on the domain-specific concepts and the corresponding modeling concepts. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: The preferred embodiment provides a system and method for automatically generating enterprise software applications with minimal level of manual coding. The preferred embodiment provide a graphical design tool that models an application using Unified Model Language (UML), validate the UML model, and automatically generate deployable application. The preferred embodiment also provides a framework of libraries that the target application can be build from.

Abstract: Methods, systems, frameworks, and software products for building well-defined software modules through aggregation of other similar modules at any depth. The system can provide visual methods of aggregation and nesting of software interfaces within composite software services with an automated runtime platform. Other aspects can include innovative methods for routing the flow of invocation, inter-service communication, and exception handling. Industry standards are leveraged to integrate the methods to any computer system, programming language or software platform. The semantic-based and visual nature of the methods can significantly reduce the complexity of building, maintaining and deploying computer systems and software products.

Abstract: A plurality of icons are presented via a graphical user interface, each of the icons representative of a template component that incorporates component-specific constraints representative of best practices in integration software development projects. Configuration information in response to configuration prompts related to a selected icon is received. In order to enforce best practices on the integration software development project, the configuration information may be compared with the component-specific constraints such that an error indication is displayed via the graphical user interface whenever the configuration information does not compare favorably with the component-specific constraints. Receipt of the selection information also causes an instance of the template component corresponding to the icon to be created, with the resulting instantiated component configured according to the configuration information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating code based on a graphical model may include: translating the graphical model into a graphical model code, the graphical model code including a first graphical model code function; performing a lookup of the first graphical model code function in a hardware specific library, the hardware specific library comprising a plurality of relationships between graphical model code functions and hardware specific functions, where the first graphical model code function is one of the graphical model code functions; obtaining a matched hardware specific function based on the lookup, wherein the matched hardware specific function is one of the hardware specific functions from the hardware specific library; and modifying the graphical model code based on the matched hardware specific function.

Abstract: A method of managing agile software development includes displaying a group of assets associated with an agile software development process. The group has a particular type and the assets include a first set of attributes selected for display. In response to detecting a request by a first user, a group of available attributes is displayed including the first set. De-selection of an attribute from the first set is detected. For other users accessing respective groups of assets of the particular type, the first set of attributes is displayed for assets in the respective groups, wherein the first set does not include the deselected attribute.

Abstract: A system for creating and viewing simulation models that are used for managing requirements and design specifications for complex systems. Users simultaneously collaborate on the description of a complex system such as an enterprise software project throughout its life cycle. User interfaces, designed to assist in the visualization of a particular form of knowledge, allow users to describe the complex system with simple interactive elements. Information in all perspectives is presented so that it is legible and discernable to a non-technical audience. Multi-dimensional data structures record all the resulting information, creating a simulation model of the complex system, and the tasks required for construction and maintenance. Tasks are driven from the specifications not as a separate activity, but as part of the same activity to facilitate project management by allowing decisions to be tracked virtually throughout the simulation model.

Abstract: A system associates at least one review indicator with at least one of multiple elements of a model, where the at least one review indicator indicates whether a corresponding element of the model has or has not been reviewed by a reviewer. The system further displays a status of the at least one review indicator in a user interface.

Abstract: The present invention is a system to develop mobile applications from a mobile device that includes a database with a memory, a hosting space, an app-creation application with a plurality of options stored on a mobile application repository on said memory over a communications network or within the mobile device. A client device downloads and installs the app-creation application from the mobile applications repository over a communications network to create said mobile applications. There are four methods for mobile application development created by the mobile device that utilize this system.

Abstract: A method for graphically developing a connectivity driver is provided. The method includes inputting a hardware message and a first delimiter into computer readable memory medium and generating a first graphical diagram in response. The graphical diagram includes a first branch having a primary parsing node. The first branch represents the discrete record field within the hardware message. The primary parsing node represents the discrete record field within the hardware message and contains information on how to separate the discrete record field from the hardware message. The method also includes graphically assembling a second graphical diagram in response to user input. The second graphical diagram includes a first state node and a second state node. The first state node is connected with the second state node via a transition. The method also includes converting the first and second graphical diagrams into program code from which the connectivity driver is executed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, related to extensibility of pattern components in a visual modeling language environment. A pattern component may implement an interface, the pattern component may be received (e.g., by a compiler), and a determination may be made as to whether components of the interface are implemented by the pattern component. If so, a reference to the interface is bound to the pattern component (e.g., a function call referencing a function signature of an interface may be substituted with a call to a function having the same name of the pattern component). A role may be assigned to a pattern component of a visual modeling environment of an application development system and a behavior may be performed based on the role assigned to the pattern component.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for detecting pattern occurrences utilizing a transformation software application on a computer. An input model is received in which the transformation software application is configured to detect model elements playing pattern roles, and report them in an output model (conforming to new pattern result language). A pattern specification is configured as a declarative transformation relation that is used by the transformation software application to detect pattern occurrences in the input model. Pattern occurrences are reported in the output model, where the pattern occurrences are instances of the pattern detected in the input model.

Abstract: A method for finding sequential patterns of attributes in a directed graph includes constructing a directed graph comprising multiple nodes and edges between the nodes. Each of the nodes may be assigned one or more attributes. Similarly, each of the edges may be assigned a weight value which may indicate the probably the edge will be traversed during traversal of the directed graph. The method may further include finding sequences of attributes in the directed graph that have some minimum amount of frequency and/or time support. In performing this step, the frequency support of each individual instance of a sequence of attributes may be calculated by multiplying the weight values along the edge or edges of the instance. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product modifies a master template for an executable document. A version architecture comprises a master template for a master document, a new variation document that describes what changes are to be made to the master template for a specific context, and a resulting modified template based on the master template and rule-based instructions found in the new variation document. A processor defines an executable master document from the master template that, when executed, produces a final product. Specific rules set out conditions for modifying the master template for the specific context. These specific rules are used to define a new variation document, which is applied against the master template to generate a context-specific modified template. The context-specific modified template is then used to generate a context-specific executable document that, when executed, generates a final context-specific product.

Abstract: The system includes a novel software application interactive representation modeling language, a software application (82) operative to use the modeling language to create, read and modify interactive representation models of the proposed applications, a memory (86) to store requirement data and interactive representation model data, a software application (92) operative to read and update the interactive representation model data across a computer network, a software application (76) operative to maintain a record of the requirements and to administer operation of the system, a software application (78) operative to render interactive representations of the proposed applications in browser readable format, a software application (82) operative to allow multiple instances of other applications to access interactive representation data and requirement data residing in the memory and a software application (84) operative to allow an individual user's interactions with the system to be broadcast across a network

Abstract: Implementations include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a lifecycle model, the lifecycle model including a representation of a lifecycle of an entity, the lifecycle including a plurality of states and transitions between states, receiving one or more artifacts, the entity including the one or more artifacts, each artifact of the one or more artifacts being associated with at least one state of the plurality of states, receiving a generic lifecycle management toolset, processing the lifecycle model and the one or more artifacts to configure the generic lifecycle management toolset and to define an adapted lifecycle management toolset that is specific to the entity, the adapted lifecycle management toolset including a lifecycle management interface, and providing the lifecycle management interface for display on a display device, the lifecycle management interface displaying representations of states of the plurality of states and a status of each state.

Abstract: A digital signage content management system is provided that uses existing interfaces such as web interfaces and turns existing commercially available graphics programs such as web based tools or locally run programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint® into a digital signage platform to facilitate developing and managing digital signage applications through the creation of smart objects and intelligent templates that are easy to create and easy to modify to suit different applications. This enables digital signage content to be professionally created without requiring custom programming for each and every stream of new and/or changing content. The smart objects and intelligent templates can also be used to provide content with changing elements in real-time.

Abstract: A mechanism in a block diagram environment allows the modeling of an execution behavior of a block in a block diagram, where a user selects the execution behavior from a plurality of functions related to the block diagram and where the execution behavior of the block is performed when at least one model variable associated with the block satisfies a user-specified condition is disclosed. States and other internal data in the designated block are initialized upon the satisfaction of the user-specified condition. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention also allows the internal data to be reset upon the ending of the event, such as the modeled introduction or withdrawal of power. The execution behavior may be suspended and resumed multiple times during the simulation in response to multiple occurrences of the specified event. The present invention also allows for selected data to be exempt from the reset process so that the selected data is nonvolatile.

Abstract: A method for finding sequential patterns of attributes in a directed graph includes constructing a directed graph comprising multiple nodes and edges between the nodes. Each of the nodes may be assigned one or more attributes. Similarly, each of the edges may be assigned a weight value which may indicate the probably the edge will be traversed during traversal of the directed graph. The method may further include finding sequences of attributes in the directed graph that have some minimum amount of frequency and/or time support. In performing this step, the frequency support of each individual instance of a sequence of attributes may be calculated by multiplying the weight values along the edge or edges of the instance. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a rule to a data object using a computing device having at least a processor, a computer-readable memory, a display device and an input device. A rule template is provided in the computer-readable memory, the rule template having attributes corresponding to attributes of at least one type of data object. A rule template icon associated with the rule template and a data object icon associated with a data object having corresponding attributes are also provided in the computer-readable memory. A developer of an application is allowed to associate the rule template icon with the data object icon and, as a result of the association of the rule template icon with the data object icon, the rule template is instantiated with the data object.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing timers for tasks of process models. In one aspect, an input representative of a temporal constraint for a task of a graph-process model may be received. The temporal constraint defines at least one of a delay or a deadline. The task may be associated with the temporal constraint created based on the received input. The temporal constraint defined to have a placement at the graph-process model based on the type of temporal constraint. The task and the temporal constraint may be provided to configure the process model. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are described.

Abstract: The present invention includes aspects of a designer program or tool for customizing a clinical trial program to a particular protocol of a particular clinical trial. The designer program includes visual cues or mechanisms for organizing trial components within the designer program in a straightforward manner such that technically low skilled designers can implement often complex trial protocols. In an embodiment, the designer program includes validation scripts that test functions, derivations, queries and the like. Moreover, use of the designer program can include development of trial libraries that can make customizations reusable, scalable, and highly efficient.

Abstract: A deployment modeling platform enables a user to model application characteristics of target software and to associate application modeling parameters to the modeled application characteristics. A user may also model environment characteristics of a target deployment environment and to associate environment modeling parameters to the modeled deployment environment characteristics. Still further, a user may create a deployment model that associates and maps selected parameters of the modeled application characteristics of the target software to associated parameters of the modeled environment characteristics of the deployment environment, and to verify that each parameter that relates to a requirement is mapped to and is fulfilled by an associated parameter that relates to a corresponding capability to determine whether validation problems exist in order to deploy the target software in the associated deployment environment.

Abstract: A method for the computer-aided generation of at least one part of an executable control program, particularly a measuring, control, regulating, and/or calibration program, for controlling a control system having at least one electronic processor unit is provided. The functionality of the control program is described at least partially in at least one graphical model and the graphical model is divided in hierarchical levels into submodels. A submodel can be divided nested into submodels of a lower hierarchical level, whereby values for options for the compiling of the graphical model to program code are preset and program code is generated from the model co-compiled to the executable control program. Values for options for the compiling of the graphical model to program code and to the executable control program can be preset thereby granularly with the automatic avoidance of conflicting presettings of values for these options.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention includes a block diagram dividing unit that divides a block diagram into a plurality of pieces at a branch point, connects a branch point block element to one end of a data line which has been connected to the branch point at each divided piece and thereby generates a plurality of block diagram pieces, a program instruction generator that generates program instructions for performing processing on each block diagram piece, an execution sequence determining unit that determines an execution sequence of generated program instructions, a structural information generator that generates structural information of each of the block diagram pieces and a program generator that arranges the program instructions according to the execution sequence, writes structural information of each block diagram piece into a comment line of each of the program instructions corresponding to each of the block diagram pieces and thereby generates a program.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements for employing telephonic voice commands in programming. A voice application is accessed and a program template is customized via selecting components from at least one palette. A program is created from the customized program template, and the created program is deployed and executed.

Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for generating compiled scripts from scripts that include at least one scripting-language instruction. The least one scripting-language instruction may include a script extension to specify a computational model of the application and/or a method extension to specify a function of the computational model. The script extension may be identified within the at least one scripting-language instruction and an identifier for the computational model specified by the script extension may be determined. A compiled script may be generated that includes scripting-language code for replacing the script extension by an access of the computational model identified by the identifier. The application may be executed by locating a compiled script for the application based on an identifier assigned to the compiled script, injecting the compiled script into the application, and executing the injected script in the application.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring test steps to determine whether the test steps are executable in a test environment are disclosed. The test environment tests various resources, such as programs, data and functions in the electronic devices. The test environment provides a user interface that enables users to edit a sequence of test steps executed in the test environment. The test environment may provide visual representations of the test steps in the sequence of test steps. When the users select a test step in the sequence of test steps, the selected test step is monitored to inform the users whether the selected test step is executable in the test environment. The properties of the selected test step may also be provided and, if the selected test step is not executable in the test environment, users may be informed of the properties that should be specified to make the selected test step executable in the test environment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for selecting execution environments. Each operation in a sequence of operations is implemented using a selected execution environment. Each operation is converted into code executable in the selected execution environment. If some operations in the sequence were implemented in different execution environments, execution of the operations is coordinated.

Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments, method and systems for software accessibility testing are provided. Aspects of the exemplary embodiments include: obtaining accessibility information on content of a graphical user interface (GUI) of software under test, wherein accessibility information is content of the GUI for which describing text is available or content of the GUI which is accessible by keyboard use; determining content of the GUI which should not be available in a test due to a lack of accessibility information; restricting the GUI to restrict access to the content not available; and providing the restricted GUI to a user for testing.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for staged validation of work packets within a software factory are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes creating a preliminary work packet. A validation constraint is appended to the preliminary work packet to create a constrained work packet. The constrained work packet is submitted to the software factory, within which the validation constraint is validated at different stages to confirm that the validation constraint is proper for the constrained work packet. If a validation result fails to meet all requirements of the validation constraint at each stage, the validation constraint is resolved, and the constrained work packet is re-submitted at that stage.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating embedded code from a graphical model which includes: acquiring at least one condition related to at least one code generation goal, the at least one code generation goal being used to generate embedded code from the graphical model in a graphical modeling environment, the at least one code generation goal relating to a characteristic of the code to be generated from the graphical model, the graphical model representing a dynamic system having time-changing behavior modeled with differential, difference, and/or algebraic equations, the graphical model being capable of simulation based on the equations; and identifying, using a microprocessor, conditions that are inconsistent with the at least one code generation goal.

Abstract: Automated application modeling for application virtualization (auto-modeling) may be incorporated into an application installer and/or other suitable component of a computer operating system. Auto-modeling may be performed by an auto-modeling agent. The auto-modeling agent may employ one or more of multiple auto-modeling strategies. The auto-modeling agent may assess one or more of a particular application, application installation package and/or application environment in order to determine a suitable auto-modeling strategy. Auto-modeling strategies may include active auto-modeling and passive auto-modeling. Active auto-modeling strategies may require at least partial installation and/or execution of the application to be modeled, whereas passive auto-modeling may generate corresponding auto-modeling data independent of application installation and/or execution, for example, by obtaining suitable data from a corresponding application installation package.

Abstract: A system and method enable a user to specify function signatures for automated code generators to generate code based on a model representation. The method for automatically generating a function based on the model representation includes providing at least a portion of the model representation. A function signature is received for the model representation. The function signature is generated by a user. The function is generated based on the model representation and the function signature. A user interface can be provided to enable the user to enter the function signature and also to present a preview of a function that results from the function signature as modifications are made to the function signature. The user can enter the function signature using regular expressions, if desired.

Abstract: A method and system for rapidly generating software applications is provided. An application model of a software application is generated which comprises modeled components and technology stack information. The modeled components correspond to functional and design aspects of the software application. The application model is generated by dragging and dropping multiple components into corresponding modeling perspectives defined in a visual modeling environment. Descriptors are generated for the application model which are logical representations describing each of the modeled components. Further, the descriptors are generated from application model object of the application model. Furthermore, technology templates are identified based on the technology stack information in the application model. The technology templates are predetermined templates comprising scripting languages for automatically transforming the application model into one or more technologies.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method and apparatus are provided to display to a developer, a list of business application user interface templates. a selected user interface template from the displayed list of business application user interface templates is received. Business logic definition parameters are also received. Based on the selected user interface template and the received business logic definition parameters, potential services available to be consumed by a business application from a suite of enterprise applications is determined and an indication of the list of potential services to the developer device is transmitted.