• An Analysis of Data Production Based on the Consistency of Decision Matrices 

      Sahin, Bekir; Yazidi, Anis; Roman, Dumitru; Uddin, Md Zia; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Multi-criteria decision making methods are used to solve numerous problems related to several disciplines such as engineering, management and business. Consistency of a decision making application is of crucial importance ...
    • Big data workflows: Locality-aware orchestration using software containers 

      Corodescu, Andrei-Alin; Nikolov, Nikolay; Khan, Akif Quddus; Soylu, Ahmet; Matskin, Mihhail; Payberah, Amir H.; Roman, Dumitru (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The emergence of the Edge computing paradigm has shifted data processing from centralised infrastructures to heterogeneous and geographically distributed infrastructures. Therefore, data processing solutions must consider ...
    • Conceptualization and scalable execution of big data workflows using domain-specific languages and software containers 

      Nikolov, Nikolay; Dessalk, Yared Dejene; Khan, Akif Quddus; Soylu, Ahmet; Matskin, Mihhail; Payberah, Amir; Roman, Dumitru (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Big Data processing, especially with the increasing proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and convergence of IoT, edge and cloud computing technologies, involves handling massive and complex data sets on ...
    • Evolution of Software Testing Strategies and Trends: Semantic Content Analysis of Software Research Corpus of the Last 40 Years 

      Gurcan, Fatih; Dalveren, Gonca Gokce Menekse; Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      From the early days of computer systems to the present, software testing has been considered as a crucial process that directly affects the quality and reliability of software-oriented products and services. Accordingly, ...
    • Locality-Aware Workflow Orchestration for Big Data 

      Corodescu, Andrei-Alin; Nikolov, Nikolay; Khan, Akif Quddus; Soylu, Ahmet; Matskin, Mihhail; Payberah, Amir; Roman, Dumitru (Chapter, 2021)
      The development of the Edge computing paradigm shifts data processing from centralised infrastructures to heterogeneous and geographically distributed infrastructure. Such a paradigm requires data processing solutions that ...
    • On Converting Crisp Failure Possibility into Probability for Reliability of Complex Systems 

      Sahin, Bekir; Yazidi, Anis; Roman, Dumitru; Uddin, Md Zia; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The reliability of complex systems is analyzed based on several systematic steps using many safety engineering methods. The most common technique for safety system analysis and reliability, vulnerability and criticality ...
    • Ontology-Based Fault Tree Analysis Algorithms in a Fuzzy Environment for Autonomous Ships 

      Sahin, Bekir; Yazidi, Anis; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This study deals with fault tree analysis algorithms based on an ontology-based approach in a fuzzy environment. We extend fuzzy fault tree analysis by embedding ontology-based fault tree structures. The ontology-based ...
    • An Overview of the Linked Data AppStore 

      Roman, Dumitru; Pop, Claudia D.; Roman, Roxana I.; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Wienhofen, Leendert Wilhelmus Marinus; Elvesæter, Brian; Berre, Arne- Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      This demo/poster paper provides an overview of a Software-as-a-Service platform prototype for data integration on the Web – The Linked Data AppStore (LD-AppStore). It builds upon Linked Data technologies, targets data ...
    • Smart Data Placement for Big Data Pipelines with Storage-as-a-Service Integration 

      Khan, Akif Quddus (Master thesis, 2022)
      Big data pipelines are developed to process big data and turn it into useful information. They are designed to support one or more of the three big data features commonly known as the three Vs (Volume, Velocity, and Variety). ...
    • Smart Data Placement for Big Data Pipelines: An Approach based on the Storage-as-a-Service Model 

      Khan, Akif Quddus; Nikolov, Nikolay Vladimirov; Matskin, Mihhail; Prodan, Radu; Song, Hui; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Chapter, 2022)
      The development of big data pipelines is a challenging task, especially when data storage is considered as part of the data pipelines. Local storage is expensive, hard to maintain, comes with several challenges (e.g., data ...
    • Smart Data Placement Using Storage-as-a-Service Model for Big Data Pipelines 

      Khan, Akif Quddus; Nikolov, Nikolay; Matskin, Minhail; Prodan, Radu; Roman, Dumitru; Sahin, Bekir; Bussler, Christoph; Soylu, Ahmet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Big data pipelines are developed to process data characterized by one or more of the three big data features, commonly known as the three Vs (volume, velocity, and variety), through a series of steps (e.g., extract, ...
    • A Taxonomy for Cloud Storage Cost 

      Khan, Akif Quddus; Nikolov, Nikolay Vladimirov; Matskin, Mihhail; Prodan, Radu; Bussler, Christoph; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The cost of using cloud storage services is complex and often an unclear structure, while it is one of the important factors for organisations adopting cloud storage. Furthermore, organisations take advantage of multi-cloud ...
    • Towards Cloud Storage Tier Optimization with Rule-Based Classification 

      Khan, Akif Quddus; Nikolov, Nikolay Vladimirov; Matskin, Mihhail; Prodan, Radu; Bussler, Christoph; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Cloud storage adoption has increased over the years as more and more data has been produced with particularly high demand for fast processing and low latency. To meet the users’ demands and to provide a cost-effective ...
    • Towards Graph-based Cloud Cost Modelling and Optimisation 

      Khan, Akif Quddus; Nikolov, Nikolay Vladimirov; Matskin, Mihhail; Prodan, Radu; Bussler, Christoph; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet (Chapter, 2023)
      Cloud computing has become an increasingly popular choice for businesses and individuals due to its flexibility, scalability, and convenience; however, the rising cost of cloud resources has become a significant concern ...