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Thanh Tung Nguyen Research Institute
Vietnam National University Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
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Technology Department, Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam; Dr. Tran Duc
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University; Mr. Lai Hong Anh, Head of Admission, Swinburne; the event man-
agement support staffs from Swinburne Vietnam: Ms. Dang Thi Phuong, Ms. Tran
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Seok-Joo Koh
Thi Dieu Linh Nguyen
Jaime Lloret
Thanh Tung Nguyen
Contents
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viii Contents
Dr. Seok-Joo Koh received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Management Science from
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, in 1992 and
1994, respectively. He received Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from
KAIST, Korea, in 1998. From August 1998 to February 2004, he worked for the
Protocol Engineering Center in Electronics and Telecommunication Research
Institute (ETRI). Since March 2004, he has been with the school of Computer
Science and Engineering (CSE) at the Kyungpook National University (KNU) as a
professor (http://cse.knu.ac.kr). In KNU, he has also been working for Software
Education Center as the director. (http://swedu.knu.ac.kr).
He has so far published over 70 international papers. His current research
interests include the Internet of things (IoT) and IoT-related protocols and services,
such as in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) services. He has also been interested in the
newly emerging communication protocols (such as SCTP, CoAP, and QUIC) and
the Internet mobility management and multicasting.
He has also been participating in the International Standardization as an editor
(and published over 20 international standards) in the ITU-T SG13, SG20, IEC
TC100, and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 and SC41.
xv
xvi About the Editors
Dr. Thi Dieu Linh Nguyen is Deputy Head of Science and Technology
Department, Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam (HaUI). She has more than 20
years of academic experience in electronics, IoT, smart garden, and telecommu-
nication. She received Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2013; she has authored or
co-authored many research articles that are published in journals, books, and
conference proceedings. She is editor for many books and also a board member for
the International Journal of Hyperconnectivity and the Internet of Things (IJHIoT)
IGI Global, USA; Information Technology Journal; Mobile Networks and
Application Journal and some other reputed journals and international conferences.
She has attended many conferences as keynote speaker, conference chair, guest
honor; and chaired many technical events in different universities in Vietnam.
She can be contacted at nguyen.linh@haui.edu.vn/nguyenlinh79.haui@gmail.-
com.
Dr. Jaime Floret received his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in Physics in 1997, his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in
electronic Engineering in 2003 and his Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering
(Dr. Ing.) in 2006. He is a Cisco Certified Network Professional Instructor. He
worked as a network designer and administrator in several enterprises. He is cur-
rently Associate Professor in the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is the
Chair of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute (IGIC) since
January 2017and he is the head of the “Active and collaborative techniques and use
of technologic resources in the education (EITACURTE)” Innovation Group. He is
the director of the University Diploma “Redes y Comunicaciones de Ordenadores”
and he has been the director of the University Master “Digital Post Production” for
the term 2012–2016. He was Vice-chair for the Europe/Africa Region of Cognitive
Networks Technical Committee (IEEE Communications Society) for the term
2010–2012 and Vice-chair of the Internet Technical Committee (IEEE
Communications Society and Internet society) for the term 2011–2013. He has been
Internet Technical Committee chair (IEEE Communications Society and Internet
society) for the term 2013–2015. He has authored 14 books and has more than 600
research papers published in national and international conferences, international
journals (more than 300 with ISI Thomson JCR). He has been the co-editor of 54
conference proceedings and guest editor of several international books and journals.
He is editor-in-chief of the “Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks” (with ISI
Thomson Impact Factor), the international journal “Networks Protocols and
Algorithms”, and the International Journal of Multimedia Communications.
Moreover, he is Associate editor of “Sensors” in the Section sensor Networks, he is
advisory board member of the “International Journal of Distributed Sensor
Networks” (both with ISI Thomson Impact factor), and he is IARIA Journals Board
Chair (8 Journals). Furthermore, he is (or has been) associate editor of 46 inter-
national journals (16 of them with ISI Thomson Impact Factor). He has been
involved in more than 500 Program committees of international conferences, and
more than 160 organization and steering committees. He has led many local,
regional, national and European projects. He was the chair of the Working Group
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of the Standard IEEE 1907.1 from 2013 to 2018. Since 2016 he is the Spanish
researcher with highest h-index in the TELECOMMUNICATIONS journal list
according to Clarivate Analytics Ranking. He has been general chair (or co-chair)
of 61 International workshops and conferences. He is IEEE Senior, ACM Senior
and IARIA Fellow.
Abstract. The chapter tests elements influencing a decision to choose the con-
venience store chain in the context of the Vietnam market. The study’s data was
compiled by the author from a variety of credible sources, as well as primary data
obtained via a survey of 210 Vietnamese customers. The findings of exploratory
factor analysis using independent and dependent variables all demonstrate sig-
nificant convergence of factors in the research model, and the tests all yield
the required reliability. Factors discovered through independent variable analy-
sis include Brand (BD), Social influence (SI), Quality Perception (QP), and Price
Perception (PP), Distribution density (DD), Responsiveness (RE), and Promotion
Perception (PPE). The results of regression analysis showed that factors in the
research model could explain 63.73% of the variation in factors affecting shopping
decisions at the convenience store chain in the area. A relatively high percentage
shows that the suitability of the theoretical model with the actual data is quite
good. The chapter uses an optimal choice by the AIC Algorithm for a decision to
choose the convenience store chain in the context of the Vietnam market.
1 Introduction
Vietnam has the fastest-growing middle class in Southeast Asia, and the country’s retail
industry has exploded. Given its exceedingly young populace demographics and high
client purchasing conduct, this fashion appears to be destined to remain in the future.
Indeed, the upward thrust of e-trade and virtual retail channels is one of the most critical
developments to comply within Vietnam: with the aid of 2025, the use of a’s e-commerce
area maybe second only to Indonesia in Southeast Asia [1]. Along with the development
of the economy in recent years, the modern distribution channel, especially the conve-
nience store model, has positively contributed to promoting the consumption of goods
- food, at the same time bringing [2]. People add a new choice in deciding where to
buy food besides traditional markets or grocery stores. With the advantages of store size
and convenient service hours, convenience stores are increasingly present in residential
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areas, near schools, to meet the needs of compact and economical shopping. time, but
still ensure the high requirements for the quality of the goods[3]. Overcoming the disad-
vantages of traditional markets as well as supermarkets, convenience stores will likely
dominate the retail market shortly. This is an extended arm of businesses and suppli-
ers to bring goods closer to consumers, step by step changing the shopping habits of
Vietnamese people [4]. Bui et al. [5] investigate the elements that determine trademark
choice behavior among retail chains in Vietnam, as well as the extent to which these
factors influence client decision intentions According to the findings, the eight criteria of
store image, price perception, risk perception, trademark attitude, trademark awareness,
and brand familiarity were strong-minded. In particular, this type of convenience store
still has a lot of land for development, with great potential for development. It realizes
the importance of how to give consumers more access to safe food products at conve-
nience stores and how to help businesses run the modern retail system. In particular, the
convenience store chain captures the key factors that are critical to customers’ purchas-
ing decisions scientifically to offer solutions to increase their capacity. Therefore, this
paper uses the AIC algorithm for a decision to choose the convenience store chain in the
context of the Vietnam market.
2 Literature Review
2.1 Brand (BD)
Shopping trends of customers are often interested in reputable brands. Because the
reputable brand there believes that the product quality will be guaranteed, the quality of
service is good [6]. Therefore, the selection of reputable and branded convenience stores
to shop for customers is always important when shopping at convenience stores [7].
cost they must pay to obtain the product or service; and being affected by relatives,
friends, and coworkers; Unexpected situations arise and the risks customers perceive
before making purchasing decisions if the products or services provided are worthy and
meet previous needs and expectations. They will continue to use that product or service
in the future and they will advertise on behalf of the supplier to other customers [21].
3 Methodology
Bollen [22] states that for one factor to be assessed, a minimum sample size of 5 samples
is required. Table 1 suggests sample traits information.
The sample size is 5: 1 (five observations per one variable) [23]. The information
gathered will be encrypted and inserted into Table 2.
AIC Algorithm for a Decision to Choose the Convenience Store Chain 5
Table 2. (continued)
Factor and Item are coded in Table 2. All study staff and respondents were blinded
for the length of the trial. The study participants had no touch with anyone from the
outside world.
4 Results
4.1 AIC Algorithm
The R software used AIC (Akaike’s Information Criteria) to choose the most beneficial
version. In the theoretical environment, AIC has been used to choose fashions. The AIC
AIC Algorithm for a Decision to Choose the Convenience Store Chain 7
method can also cope with several unbiased variables when multicollinearity develops.
AIC may be used as a regression model to estimate one or extra based variables from
one or extra independent variables. The AIC is a vital and useful metric for determining
a full and easy version. A model with a lower AIC is selected based on the AIC statistics
general. When the minimum AIC cost is reached, the exceptional version will come to a
cease [24–26]. Every step of the search for the fine version is documented in R reports.
With 4 independent variables, the step comes to a halt with AIC = −489.36 for CD = f
(QP + PP + RE + DD + BR + SI + PPE).
All variables have a P-value lower than 0.05 [27], so they are associated with Choos-
ing Decision (CD) in Table 3 was influenced Brand (BD), Social influence (SI), Quality
Perception (QP), Price Perception (PP), Distribution density (DD), Responsiveness (RE),
and Promotion Perception (PPE).
VIF QP PP RE DD BR SI PPE
1.511921 1.347734 1.390825 1.267445 1.461458 1.188374 1.265013
Autocorrelation Durbin-Watson = 1.7789 Test for autocorrelation
p-value = 0.04297
Model R-squared F-statistic p-value: 0.00000
evaluation 0.6373 50.69
When there may be a substantial degree of correlation among the independent vari-
ables in regression fashions, the phenomenon of multicollinearity emerges. When the
8 N. T. Ngan and H. Khoi
VIF coefficient is extra than 10, Gujarati and Porter [28] discovered a few signs of mul-
ticollinearity within the version. Table four indicates that the VIF (variance inflation
aspect) for unbiased variables is much less than 10 [29], indicating that there may be
no collinearity between them. Because the p-price = 0.04297 is less than zero.05, the
Durbin-Watson test shows that the version in table four has autocorrelation [30]. Table
4 shows that Brand (BD), Social Influence (SI), Quality Perception (QP), Price Percep-
tion (PP), Distribution Density (DD), Responsiveness (RE), and Promotion Perception
(PPE) have a 63.73% impact on Choosing Decision (CD). The regression equation is
statistically large, consistent with the analyses above [31].
5 Conclusions
This paper showed the AIC algorithm for a decision to choose the convenience store
chain in the context of the Vietnam market. It brings convenience and quality products to
the Vietnamese market with a completely new model. Open 24 h a day and 7 days a week
with specialized client service style - warm, fast, clean, neat and safe environment, con-
venience store chain brings customers with genuine and diversified products including
cold drinks, beer, confectionery, snacks, phone cards, food, personal care products and
more…This is an advanced business model that has been developed in many countries
around the world, bringing added value to the business as well as the development and
penetration of the convenience store chain brand in the Vietnamese market.
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A Simple and Automatic Method to Estimate
Lung Volume Based on Thoracic Computed
Tomography Images
Tran Anh Vu1(B) , Pham Duy Khanh1 , Hoang Quang Huy1 , Nguyen Tuan Dung2 ,
and Pham Thi Viet Huong3
1 School of Electronics and Telecommunications, Hanoi University of Science and Technology,
Hanoi, Vietnam
vu.trananh@hust.edu.vn
2 Radiology Center - Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
3 International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Abstract. The CT scan of the chest is a useful tool for diagnosing and analyz-
ing thoracic illnesses. For an automated scan of lung information, a number of
techniques have been devised. The majority of these approaches need a substan-
tial dataset with accurate information. We make an effort to support fundamental
statistics in order to assist medical practitioners in the healing process. The focus
of this study is on image processing methods and algorithms for working with
image pixels value arrays. Our technique can segment the lung mask, separate
the left and right lungs, and compute the volume of each lung portion as well as
the overall lung volume. The average accuracy of the segmentation procedure is
99.18%, with a mean F1-score of 98.31%.
1 Introduction
Lungs are key respiratory organs in humans, and a high degree of accuracy in total
lung capacity (TLC) is required to detect symptoms of a ventilatory malfunction and
give information for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes [1]. According to the Global
Impact of Respiratory Disease, over 65 million people worldwide suffer from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with 3 million dying each year [2]. COPD is
the third largest cause of death. Furthermore, in the year 2021, our planet is endangered
by an epidemic produced by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which will spread
globally. Therefore, early detection and estimation of lung volume is critical for patients,
which helps increase the chance of recovery and survival.
For pulmonary imaging, high-resolution computed tomography (CT) is the gold stan-
dard. Initially, we can estimate lung capacity in adults [3–5] and children [6–8] using a
number of approaches based on chest radiographs. Then, using chest radiographs and
thoracic CT scans, the validity of imaging techniques for assessing lung capacity was
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2.1 Databases
The CT scans of the lungs will be examined using the procedure shown in Fig. 3.
The DICOM files are read and converted into an array in the first phase, with each
element corresponding to a pixel’s Hounsfield Unit (HU) value. Then, as described in
our earlier study [12], we analyze these arrays to extract the lung mask from original
CT images. The left and right halves of the lung mask are then separated. Multiple
image processing methods are used to segment the image, and the features selection is
generated by repeating our experiment. The whole lung, left, and right sections of the
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segmented mask are then utilized to assess our approach and build the three-dimensional
model. To evaluate our approach, the computed volume is compared to the data supplied
by Bach Mai Hospital. The goal is to create two major approaches for analyzing chest
CT images: segmentation, and computing volume, which are the essential information
to assist medical practitioners in diagnosing and treating patients.
Fig. 4. (a) Original thoracic computed tomography image. (b) Lung mask segmented by our
method.
image processing approach within the lung. In this research, we have increased the size
of retained nodule to eliminate more noise and reduce the radius of filling holes circle
to ensure that the lung mask’s border is clearly defined and not overextended.
Fig. 5. Left lung and right lung are not attached and divided directly
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There is no lung mask detected in this situation, so we do not have to process the
division step.
2, With the lung image, the left lung and right lung regions are clearly differentiated
It’s worth noting that this only applies if the labeling phase names precisely three
regions: the background, the left lung, and the right lung. As seen in the first left image in
Fig. 5, the two sections of the lung are separated. Because the two halves of the lung are
not attached, we may use the connected region labeling approach to separate the right
and left halves of the lung (Fig. 5(c) and Fig. 5(d)) and then label them with distinct
colors as in Fig. 5(b). The rectangular border box of the two regions is compared next,
and the region with the smaller min column is designated as the right lung, while the
other is designated as the left lung. However, certain small distinct parts of the lung may
show early in the scan, increasing the number of identified areas to more than 3. In this
example, the right lung mask is defined as an area with a minimum column of less than
4/10 of the total column of the image and a maximum column of less than 7/10. The
opposite half of the lung mask is the left mask.
It means that we have 2 labeled region: the lung mask and the background. As seen
in the first image in Fig. 6, the two sections of the lung are connected.
In this situation, we must first locate and highlight the linked region so that it may
be easily handled. In our study, we discovered the position of the column, which is the
shallowest section of the lung mask. The lung mask’s vertical and horizontal ranges
are then calculated using the formulas max column minus min column and max row
minus min row. Finally, the connected region is determined by the rectangular box with
horizontal dimension starting from the min row of the original lung mask to the row
index equal to the sum of the min row and 1/10 horizontal range of the lung mask. In
terms of the vertical dimension of the connected region box, we receive a 1/10 vertical
range of lung mask on both sides of the shallowest lung part’s column index. Figure 7(a)
shows the connected region of lung mask in Fig. 6.
A Simple and Automatic Method to Estimate Lung Volume 17
Fig. 7. (a) Connected region of the lung mask. (b) The junction region after applying new
threshold. (c) The new lung mask.
According to research [13], the HU value of the junction is much higher than the
surrounding section of the lung, thus we need to establish a threshold that will allow us
to remove the junction region while keeping the majority of the lung. To determine the
threshold, we multiply Fig. 7(a) by the original CT image to obtain the HU value of the
linked region, and set the threshold equal to the region’s mean HU value. Figure 6(a)
and 6(b) are multiplied and a new threshold is used to generate a new lung mask image
(Fig. 7(c). On Fig. 7(c), we apply connected region labeling; if it labels more than two
sections, we proceed to the next stage. If there are still two regions labeled, we must
lower the HU by a fair amount (in our study, we chose 10 for each drop) and continue
the operation until the new lung mask labels at least three regions.
The new lung mask is then labeled, and the division process is repeated as in scenario
2 above, with the outcome shown in Fig. 8.
Fig. 8. (a) Labeling new lung mask. (b) Right lung part detection. (c) Left lung part detection.
Figure 7(c) and 8(b, c) show binary pictures of the mask of the whole lung, left lung,
and right lung, with the white region representing the lung portion. The white area is
really a collection of pixels with the value 1 and a size of 1 × 1 mm. It indicates that
each pixel has a surface area of 1 mm2 . As a result, we can use the number of one-value
pixels to compute the area of the white mask (in mm2 ) on the image. After that, multiply
the mask area by the slice thickness to get the volume of the lung portion in a slice.
Because all of the slices have been reduced to 1 mm thickness, the volume of the mask
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in each slide (in mm3 ) will be equal to the area of the segmented mask in this slice. Our
approach calculates the overall volume of the lung, left lung, and right lung by adding
the mask volume in each slice.
3 Results
3.1 Lung Segmentation
We utilize the Kaggle dataset to compare our results to our prior study and the Kaggle’s
result to adjust the segmentation stage.
By comparing the pixels value of two images (segmented lung by applying our
algorithm and manually segmentation) with the same index we construct the confusion
matrix. In the confusion matrix, the true positive value (TP) is the number of pixels value
1 in both ground truth and our segmented image. The number of pixels marked value
of 0 in ground truth but submitted as 1 by automatic segmentation is counted as false
positive (FP). In similarity, true negative (TN) is the situation that pixel value equal to 0
in both images and the case which pixel is predicted as 0 but real value is 1 is confirmed
as false negative (FN). These 4 values than be used to calculate the accuracy factors:
accuracy, precision, recall and f1-score in individual slices.
Fig. 9. Distribution of F1-score of all images and the image achieved the best F1-score result
In comparison to our previous study [12], our segmentation approach has been
enhanced and yielded superior results. Figure 9 shows the F1-score distribution across a
total of 263 pictures, with an average value of 98.31% compared to 97.89% in previous
study and greater than 96.29% F1-scores mean value when using the automated seg-
mentation approach from Kaggle notebooks [14]. The lowest F1 score is 80%, which is
greater than the previous research’s lowest score (70%). The decrease in F1-score and
accuracy appears in the CT scans that the thoracic part is not clearly presented or faded,
some of soft tissue and bond part are bounded in the same region in the lung mask.
Furthermore, the whole dataset’s average accuracy is 99.18%
Patient No. Slice Pixel GT_Lung Lung GT_Right Right GT_Left Left
no. of thickness spacing volume volume lung lung lung lung
slices (mm) (mm) (ml) (ml) volume volume volume volume
(ml) (ml) (ml) (ml)
1 77 5 0.65 × 4284 4381 2195 2254 2089 2127
0.65
382 1 0.65 × 4284 4295 2195 2234 2089 2061
0.65
2 61 5 0.79 × 2784 2828 1601 1637 1183 1191
0.79
66 5 0.79 × 2784 2894 1601 1680 1183 1214
0.79
302 1 0.79 × 2784 2781 1601 1608 1183 1173
0.79
382 1 0.79 × 2784 2857 1601 1658 1183 1199
0.79
3 67 5 0.70 × 3886 3900 2041 2041 1845 1859
0.70
333 1 0.70 × 3886 3864 2041 2019 1845 1845
0.70
4 65 5 0.65 × 3363 3349 1668 1655 1695 1694
0.65
324 1 0.65 × 3363 3297 1668 1629 1695 1668
0.65
5 66 5 0.73 × 2946 2900 1511 1483 1434 1417
0.73
328 1 0.73 × 2946 2750 1511 1394 1434 1356
0.73
6 78 5 0.65 × 5222 5239 2800 2815 2421 2424
0.65
390 1 0.65 × 5222 5191 2800 2745 2421 2446
0.65
7 68 5 0.65 × 3136 3122 1737 1728 1399 1394
0.65
337 1 0.65 × 3136 3073 1737 1704 1399 1381
0.65
8 76 5 0.70 × 6457 6488 3600 3617 2857 2871
0.70
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Table 1. (continued)
Patient No. Slice Pixel GT_Lung Lung GT_Right Right GT_Left Left
no. of thickness spacing volume volume lung lung lung lung
slices (mm) (mm) (ml) (ml) volume volume volume volume
(ml) (ml) (ml) (ml)
379 1 0.70 × 6457 6413 3600 3578 2857 2835
0.70
results with original 1 and 5 mm slice thicknesses. Table 1 compares the results of our
technique to the ground truth (GT) data from the hospital’s software.
According to Table 1, our method produces results that deviate by less than 1% from
the ground truth value over a half-dozen scans, with two outcomes that are identical to the
dataset. 117 ml (7.74% ground truth value) of patient number 5 is the most intradividual.
Furthermore, our method’s average absolute error for total lung volume is 1.49%, right
lung volume is 1.97%, and left lung measurement is 1.21%.
Lung GT_Total Total (ml) GT_Right Right lung GT_Left Left lung
volume (ml) lung (ml) (ml) lung (ml) (ml)
Mean 3874 3868 2084 2082 1789 1786
Standard 1222 1227 679 681 1695 1681
deviation
Median 3363 3323 1737 1716 559 563
Table 2 shows the mean, standard deviation, and median values of our approach
and the hospital’s software computed from Table 1. In both techniques, the mean total
left lung capacity (1789 and 1786 ml) is found to be 0.86 times lower than the mean
total right lung volume (2084, 2082 ml). The difference between our finding and the
ground truth in total lung volume is 6 ml (0.15% mean), 2 ml (0.10% mean) in right
lung volume, and 3 ml (0.17% mean) in left lung volume. Furthermore, with differences
ranging from 2 to 40 ml, the standard deviation and median values of two techniques
are almost identical.
4 Discussion
Our segmentation method performs well with both datasets, according to continuous
learning and testing. Compare to our previous research, the noise reduction is improved
by increasing the size of retained nodule and we also reduce the radius of filling holes
circle to ensure that the lung mask’s border is clearly defined and not overextended. The
data from Kaggle is utilized to test our segmentation approach. The results achieved
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Acknowledgments. This research is funded by the Hanoi University of Science and Technology
(HUST) under project number T2021-PC-017.
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Towards Generating RESTful Full Stack
Software: A Module Based Domain
Driven Design Approach
1 Introduction
The rapid evolution of modern object-oriented programming languages (OOPLs)
over the past two decades has greatly contributed to the rise of domain-driven
design (DDD) [3,10,16] as a dominant force in the software industry. The basic
DDD’s tenet is clear: the core (a.k.a “heart”) of software is the domain model
and, thus, effectively constructing this model is a central issue. The addition of
the annotation 1 construct in OOPL has brought new modelling capabilities [7,
12] that help ease the development of both domain model and software.
1
What Java calls annotation is attribute in C#.
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N. L. Anh et al. (Eds.): Intelligent Systems and Networks, LNNS 471, pp. 22–32, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3394-3_3
Generating RESTful Full-Stack Software 23
subviews refers to
fields objects-of
Model
reflects
methods
View Domain Class Domain Method
Controller
FESoftware BESoftware
submodules
owns
Software Module
4 RFS Generation
the FESoftware and BESoftware from their modules. We denote by SCCR the
set of all the SCCR s concerning a software domain. Further, we denote by A
a Cartesian product of sets of domain and software assets that are referenced
(directly or indirectly) by an SCCR . Among the required assets include the
domain model and the FE and BE component templates.
We adopt the SPV design for FE (see Sect. 3) and define the FE generation
function: FEGen: SCCR × A → FESoftware. This takes as input an SCCR with
the required assets A ∈ A and generates as the output an FESoftware consisting
of FEModules, whose views are designed with SPV.
Alg. 1: FEGen: FESoftware as a set of single-page FEModules
input : s : SCCR , A ∈ A
output: WF : FESoftware
1 WF ← ∅ /* the output FESoftware */
2 foreach mc ∈ mccs(s) do
3 VF ← genViewForm(mc , A) /* Form view */
4 VB ← genViewBrowser(mc , A) /* Browser view */
5 VI ← genViewIndex(VF , VB , A) /* Index view */
6 WF {VI , VF , VB }
7 return WF
8 Function genViewForm(mc : MCC, VF : ViewForm, A : A)
9 VF ← loadTemplate(“view form”, A) /* init form template */
10 P ←∅ /* view components set */
11 c ← mc .domainClass
12 foreach f ∈ c.fields do
13 fd ← fieldDef(mc , f )
14 if isNonAssoc(f ) then /* generate view field */
15 v ← genViewField(f, fd , A) ; P {v}
16 else /* generate subview */
17 v ← genSubView(f, fd , A) ; P {v}
18 rewrite(VF , “title”, mc .title) ; rewrite(VF , “view.comps”, P )
19 return VF
Algorithm 1 presents the algorithm that realises function FEGen. The foreach
loop in the top half of the algorithm creates, for each MCC (mc ), an FEModule
as a single-page component consisting in three views: form view (VF ), browser
view (VB ) and the index view (VI ). The three views are generated at lines 3–5
using pre-defined view templates. Function genViewBrowser is a simple adap-
tation of genViewForm, while function genMainView basically involves rewriting
a ViewIndex template using the source codes of the two component views. The
pseudocode for genViewForm is presented in the bottom half of Algorithm 1. It
basically implements a template-based code generation logic. After loading the
template at line 9, its foreach loop iterates over the domain fields of the mod-
ule’s domain class (c) to create a view component (v) for each field. This can
be either a normal field (line 15) or a subview of a descendant module (line 17).
After all the view components have been created, they are inserted into VF (by
function rewrite at line 18), replacing the template variable “view.comps’’.
VF ’s title is also rewritten (line 18) using title in mc .
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Charlie. Nonthenth! The’ll never know who told. You might ath
well make five dollarth.
Polly. But Mr. Van Tromp might tell.
Reg. (with extreme dignity). Mr. Van Tromp is too much of a
gentleman to either bwibe or tell tales.
Charlie. But he’ll lithen all the thame!
Polly (fearfully). She’s going to wear a white silk one with cardinal
ribbons, and a black lace veil.
Stuart (laughing). I thought that would get rid of them. Well, have
you shown Miss Wortley that you can still be occasionally jolly?
Fred (gloomily). I haven’t had the chance. She must be in her
room, for I’ve looked everywhere else for her. Not that it’s much loss.
I know I should not have been in the mood to please her.
Stuart. That’s because you don’t try hard enough.
Fred (bitterly). Hear the bachelor talk of making love!
Stuart. You think me ignorant?
Fred. Rather,—judging from the results.
Stuart (resting hand on Fred’s shoulder). Fred, I’m not the kind of
a man who lets the world know what he’s thinking about. With all
due respect to a young fellow who is not far distant, it doesn’t pay to
show one’s feelings too much. But I’m going to tell you my bit of
romance as an object-lesson. Two months ago I met the most
charming woman in the world, and could no more help falling in love
—
Fred (looking up in surprise). What! The ideal bachelor in love?
Stuart. I don’t see why two and forty should be debarred from that
universal sensation, any more than four and twenty.
Fred. Oh, of course not,—only, to make an Irish bull, we had all
grown to think you as wedded to celibacy.
Stuart. There are divorces and desertions in celibacy as well as in
matrimony. Well, I love this woman; I don’t think she loves me,—
though you never can tell with a clever one, and sometimes I think
she is beginning to like me, because she—because she tries to make
me believe she is worse than she is. She delights in making me think
she’s a devil, which shows that she is a bit afraid of me. I’ve never
said a word of my love to her, but she knows it as well as I do. But
nobody else dreams of it. I don’t make my attentions so obvious that
every one sees them, and so cause her embarrassment whenever I
even come into the room. I don’t cut up rough if she talks or dances
with other fellows. I simply try to be pleasant and useful enough to
make her prefer my society to that of any other man.
Fred (sighing). Well, of course you are right, but—tell me what you
think I ought to do.
Stuart (walking to desk and holding bell). What do you suppose
would happen if I rang this?
[Rings.
Fred. That doesn’t answer my question.
Stuart. I want to see if the bell won’t save me the trouble.
Enter Polly, l. d.
Polly. Did you ring, sir?
Stuart. Yes, I want to find out if you told the truth about Miss
Wortley’s domino?
Polly (embarrassed). Well, sir, Miss Wortley has two dominos,
and I don’t know which she intends to wear first.
Stuart. What is the other domino like?
Polly. It’s blue with silver lace.
Stuart. What will you charge me to wear the white and cardinal
one this evening, leaving Miss Wortley only the blue and silver one?
Polly (eagerly). Oh, Mr. Stuart, that’s just what I’ve wanted to do,
but haven’t dared! Please don’t tempt me.
Stuart. Fudge! If you’ll do as I’ll tell you, you shall have a year’s
wages to-morrow.
Polly. Gracious!!
Stuart. Is it a bargain?
Polly (eagerly). Yes, sir. What am I to do?
Stuart. H’m. Can you write a good hand?
Polly. Ask Mr. Stevens?
Stuart (reproachfully). Oh, Fred!!
Fred. I don’t know what she means.
Polly. I wrote that note to-day thanking you for the flowers: I write
nearly all Miss Wortley’s notes.
Fred. Bosh!
[During letter-writing he
surreptitiously dives
into inside pocket and
produces glove,
handkerchief, faded
flowers, and letters tied
with ribbon. Examines
letters, and then crosses
to mantel, tears them
up, and throws them
into fire.
[Sits at desk—business of
letter-writing.
Stuart. “My own: Driven to the verge of desperation by the
parasites who cluster about my wealth, I long for nothing but a
refuge. This you can give me, and if you cherish one emotion of
tenderness for me, you will be in the little morning room at twelve.
A.” Address that to Newbank. Now take another sheet. “Reginald: If
you have one spark of affection for me, keep me no longer in
suspense! I shall be in the little morning room over the supper-room
at ten minutes after twelve. Fly then to your loving but unhappy A.”
Address that to Van Tromp. Now, Polly, you must deliver those notes
in person, get into Miss Wortley’s domino, and be here at that time.
Newbank will propose to you, and you must accept him and get rid of
him. Then you must do the same to Van Tromp. Understand?
Polly. Yes, Mr. Stuart.
Stuart. And you mustn’t let them find out their mistake till to-
morrow.
[Exits Polly b. d.
[Looks about.
Fred. But that doesn’t tell me why you asked me to bring you here.
Mrs. V. T. Perhaps to cheat you out of your dance with our host’s
pretty daughter.
Fred. I might answer you in kind. But it’s fairer to tell you that
your mask is no disguise.
Mrs. V. T. You know me?
Fred. Yes. You are “our host’s pretty daughter.”
Mrs. V. T. I am but a poor actress if I have played my part so badly.
Fred. Indeed, no. Even now I find it hard to believe, your acting is
so perfect. If I had not known your domino, I should never have
recognised you.
Mrs. V. T. My domino?
Fred. I overheard it mentioned. I was sorry to learn your secret,
but really I couldn’t help it.
Mrs. V. T. It really does not matter. But I am glad you told me.
Most men would have kept mum and let me talk on about “our host’s
pretty daughter,” and then have never let me hear the last of it.
Fred. I’m afraid I’m no better than the rest of my sex, Miss
Wortley. With most women I should have done that.
Mrs. V. T. And why am I an exception?
Fred. I didn’t want to deceive you.
Mrs. V. T. Why not?
Fred. Because I wanted you to think well of me.
Mrs. V. T. Why, I do that already. If you only knew how I respected
and admired the men who have been real friends, and not seekers of
my money!
Fred. Miss Wortley, I thank you for your kind thoughts of me, but
you mustn’t think them any longer.
Mrs. V. T. Why not?
Fred. Because I don’t deserve them. Do you remember our first
meeting?
Mrs. V. T. (aside). Gracious! I hope I’m not to be cross-examined.
(Aloud, hesitatingly.) It was on a yacht, wasn’t it?
Fred. After that cruise I came back to my desk and bachelor
quarters, but neither they nor I have been the same since. It’s always
seemed to me as if a bit of heaven had come into my life in those
days. Every hour since has been consecrated to an ideal. I have
worked as I was never able to work before. And why? Because I was
straining every fibre to win money and position enough to be able to
come to you and say: “Miss Wortley, I love you as a man must love
one so sweet and beautiful. I’m not rich, but if you can care for me
enough to make a few sacrifices I will try and keep you from
regretting them, by love and tenderness.”
Mrs. V. T. But, Mr. Stevens, you seem to forget that the man I
marry will be made rich at once. (Aside.) Ugh, I feel like a brute.
Fred. I’ve tried to forget it, but I couldn’t. It has come between us
in the past; is it to do so in the future?
Mrs. V. T. Mr. Stevens, I can’t tell you my grief in finding you like
the rest of my disinterested masculine friends.
Fred (hotly). You think I care for your money?
Mrs. V. T. What else can I think? (Aside.) You cat!
Agnes (starting to pull aside curtain, sotto voce to Stuart). Oh! I
mustn’t—
Stuart (checking her). No, don’t interfere, Mrs. Van Tromp. Let
the poor fellow take the whole dose while he’s about it.
Fred (who has gone up back and now comes down). Miss
Wortley, do you realize what you are saying? In the last minute you
have three times deliberately insulted me. Say you don’t love me, if
that is so, but don’t impute shameful motives to my love. It is of
value to me if worthless to you.
Mrs. V. T. Mr. Stevens, frankness under such circumstances is best
for all. Put yourself in my place. I am an heiress, with expectations
from my father. You acknowledge yourself that you are poor. Don’t
blame me if I draw my own conclusions.
Fred. But I will blame you, and it is the last time I shall ever
trouble you. You ask me to put myself in your place: let us try the
reverse. I offer you a love as true and unmercenary as was ever
offered a woman. What do I deserve at your hands? Mercy, at least.
But instead, you—you have not been content to reject it—you have
poisoned it forever.
[Comes out c.
Stuart. Here is the minx who can make all clear. Polly, did Mr.
Newbank propose to you?
Polly. Yes, sir.
Reg. Oh, deah, how funny! Haw, haw, haw! But then, people in his
station always do take maids. Pwoposing to a servant!
Polly. But you proposed to me too, Mr. Van Tromp.
Charlie (laughing very hard). Holy Motheth, but I thall thertainly
die of laughing!
Polly. Please, Miss Wortley, forgive me?
Stuart. Yes. Remember what she has done for (points to Fred and
Agnes) you two.
Fred. And for (pointing at Stuart and Mrs. V. T.) those two.
Agnes. But she must have a lesson.
Stuart. Why, we’ve all had a lesson—on the mysterious means
Cupid employs to accomplish his purposes.
Mrs. V. T. Verily ’tis so:
“Love goes by haps,
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
Curtain
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