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#machine learning Review Open access Jun 2014

Why Early-Stage Software Startups Fail: A Behavioral Framework

This state-of-practice investigation was performed using a literature review followed by a multiple-case study approach and presents how inconsistency between managerial strategies and execution can lead to failure by means of a behavioral framework.

Carmine Giardino, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson · 175 citations · ⚡19
#computer vision Open access Mar 2014

Happy software developers solve problems better: psychological measurements in empirical software engineering

A study with 42 participants investigates the relationship between the affective states, creativity, and analytical problem-solving skills of software developers and offers support for the claim that happy developers are indeed better problem solvers in terms of their analytical abilities.

D. Graziotin, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson · 216 citations · ⚡13
#computer vision Open access Jul 2015

In Need of Creative Mobile Service Ideas? Forget Adults and Ask Young Children

This study shows that young children are better sources of novel and quality ideas than adults in the mobile services domain and indicates a new and valuable source for the companies that seek creative ideas for innovative products and services.

Ilona Kuzmickaja, Xiaofeng Wang, D. Graziotin et al. · 16 citations
#machine learning Open access Sep 2015

A Simultaneous, Multidisciplinary Development and Design Journey - Reflections on Prototyping

A wayfaring approach for the early concept creation stage of development projects that have a very high degree of intended innovation and thus uncertainty and the importance of including all the involved disciplines (knowledge domains) from the beginning of the project on.

Achim Gerstenberg, Heikki Sjöman, Thov Reime et al. · 36 citations · ⚡4

What leads developers towards the choice of a JavaScript framework?

A model of factors that are desirable to be found in a JSF and a representation of the decision makers involved in the frameworks selection is offered, which contributes to the body of knowledge related to the decision-making process when selecting aJSF.

Amantia Pano, D. Graziotin, P. Abrahamsson · 7 citations · ⚡1
#computer vision Review Sep 2017

Agile Software Development Methods: Review and Analysis

This publication proposes a definition and a classification of agile software development approaches and analyses ten software development methods that can be characterized as being "agile" against the defined criterion.

P. Abrahamsson, O. Salo, Jussi Ronkainen et al. · 727 citations · ⚡54
#computer vision Book Open access Jul 2015

Understanding the affect of developers: theoretical background and guidelines for psychoempirical software engineering

This paper highlights the challenges to conduct proper affect-related studies with psychology, provides a comprehensive literature review in affect theory, and proposes guidelines for conducting psychoempirical software engineering.

D. Graziotin, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson · 56 citations · ⚡4
#computer vision Open access May 2015

How do you feel, developer? An explanatory theory of the impact of affects on programming performance

This paper conducts a qualitative interpretive study based on face-to-face open-ended interviews, in-field observations, and e-mail exchanges to construct a novel explanatory theory of the impact of affects on development performance.

D. Graziotin, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson · 63 citations · ⚡5

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Looking beyond natural sequences

A new machine-learning framework aims to improve the success rate of computational protein design while moving away from results that reproduce sequences found in nature.

MIT News · Artificial Intelligence Aug 20, 2026

Paving the way for greener ammonia production

New MIT research could lead to better materials for a fossil-fuel-free process for making the chemical that's essential to fertilizer and other products.

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