There will be presented the types of distributed applications. The quality characteristics for distributed applications will be analyzed. There will be established the ways to assign access rights. The authentication category will be analyzed. We will propose an algorithm for the optimization of...

The basic concepts for model generators and model management are presented. An analysis regarding model complexity and performance is made. The model refinement concept is defined. Three refinement models are being proposed for software quality metric: refinement through variable elimination,...

Basic aspects concerning distributed applications are presented: definition, particularities and importance. For distributed applications linear, arborescent, graph structures are defined with different versions and aggregation methods. Distributed applications have associated structures which...

The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach enables the development of flexible distributed applications. Auditing such applications implies several specific challenges related to interoperability, performance and security. The service oriented architecture model is described and the...

The need for orthogonality analysis for structured entities is presented. The paper presents the basic aspects involving data files. The basic concepts of data files are presented. The paper defines a method for analyzing the orthogonality of structured entities. A model for the orthogonality...

Using a set of well-known complexity metrics, the current paper proposes an alternative method for computing the software complexity, using the cognitive logic. An experiment is made to validate the developed metric using 640 open source classes and 8 experienced software developers. The results...

The paper presents the process of acquiring knowledge. The evolution of the human society is presented from the resource exploitation and industrialization to the information society and the knowledge based society. On the basis of the knowledge society and the information one is the computing...

Knowledge is quantified according to [1] as expertise and skills acquired by a person, the theoretical understanding of a specific subject or facts and information with respect to a specific field or domain. According to [2] knowledge is information possessed by an individual which can be used...

Defining elements of the information society are presented. The development stages of the information society are discussed. The defining principles of knowledge-based society are stated. The paper discusses the elements that led to the formation of the knowledge-based society. The paper...

Authentication methods for informatics applications are presented. The functioning mechanism of the knowledge based authentication is analyzed. The implications of the knowledge based authentication in informatics applications are analyzed. Methods for improving the informatics applications...