Essays about: "software and society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 227 essays containing the words software and society.

  1. 1. Adaptive Tactics in Software Operations: How People Manage Complexity by Asking for Help

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Michael Vincent Wettick; [2024]
    Keywords : Recruitment; Software Operations; Anomaly Response; Incident Response; Escalation; Adaptive Capacity; Decision Making; Tacit Knowledge; Complexity; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Society relies on the continued operation of software systems, from healthcare to social media platforms. These systems can be engineered to be highly reliable, but complexity assures surprise. People have the ability to manage this complexity, filling gaps in design by recognizing, diagnosing and correcting anomalies. READ MORE

  3. 2. To Deploy, or Not to Deploy, That is the Question A qualitative study of the decision-making experiences of engineers deploying software changes in production

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jessica Ann DeVita; [2024]
    Keywords : Automation; Common ground; Complexity; Coordination; COVID19 pandemic; Deployment decision; Incident response; Mental model; Naturalistic decision-making; Phenomenology; Resilience; Risk; Software engineering; SRE; Strategy; Temporal reasoning; Uncertainty; Web operations; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The web services that millions of people count on require large-scale computer resources (servers, nodes, networking) and an intricate set of interdependent software services. Under pressure to continually improve these services, code and configuration changes are deployed hundreds or thousands of times every day. READ MORE

  4. 3. Service Adoption in The Agricultural Sector - A case study about the role of product-service offerings for Swedish cattle farmers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Emma Larsson; John Larsson; [2023-07-19]
    Keywords : Agriculture; Cattle farmers; Business model change; Digital servitization; Product-service-software systems; Product-service adoption; Value co-creation; Servitization;

    Abstract : Even in traditional sectors such as the agricultural sector, digitalization has significantly impacted operations. Because of the sector’s fundamental role in society, understanding this digital evolvement to support further development is of essence on a grand societal level. READ MORE

  5. 4. Streamlining the Process of Surveying Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in OT

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Willem Brahmstaedt; Eira Höglund; Caspian Kullgren; Simon Larsson; Hanna Schaff; Johanna Thall; [2023-03-03]
    Keywords : operational technology; cybersecurity standards; containerization; computer aided process optimization; software development; application; web server;

    Abstract : Operational Technology, OT, is the backbone of the 21st-century society since it eases access for managing critical infrastructure like water, transportation, and energy supply. Therefore, the security of such systems is of utmost importance. READ MORE

  6. 5. On The Evaluation of District Heating Load Predictions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för energivetenskaper

    Author : Herman Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : District Heating is a technology with the potential to enable a fossil-free society. However, to realize this potential, some improvements need to be made in order to improve District Heating operation at large, decrease losses in the systems, and thus increase the competitiveness of District Heating as a technology. READ MORE