Pub Date : 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102443
Andoni Salcedo-Navarro, Guillem Montalban-Faet, Jaume Segura-Garcia, Miguel Garcia-Pineda
New technologies are transforming precision agriculture by enabling real-time monitoring, data-driven decision-making, and resource optimization. We present a web-based visor system that integrates 3D point cloud visualization of multi-vegetative indices with live sensor streams to form a digital replica of agricultural fields. The Potree-based viewer overlays geolocated point clouds onto an OpenStreetMap layer. A Node.js/Express REST API ingests heterogeneous sensor data (XML, JSON, CSV) into MongoDB, with Redis caching for low-latency retrieval. A Three.js first-person module enables immersive field walkthroughs, while a lazy-load mechanism lets users toggle vegetative indices on demand. Historical data are rendered via Chart.js. Deployed on Kubernetes, the system scales dynamically and remains resilient. Future work includes advanced data normalization, WebSockets-based push updates, and AR overlays. This open-source platform demonstrates how monitoring systems can drive sustainable, high-yield agriculture.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102438
Fernando Martinez-Martinez , David Roldán-Álvarez , Estefanía Martín-Barroso
The discussion in social networks is of general interest, but the extraction, curation and visualization of this information turns difficult for those without programming knowledge. In the framework of the project CSTrack, which studies the activities in Citizen Science, we present an easily accessible dashboard aimed to provide a platform for people of different levels of expertise and professionals. They can retrieve valuable information about the trends and topics inside Twitter with a standardized pipeline for analysis that provides a complete understanding of the state of the conversation in social networks. With this platform, we present an alternative to the lack of standardization in social networking analysis and also, we aim to palliate the insufficiency of replication of social network research.
{"title":"CSTrack dashboard: A social network data visualization platform for interactive and integrative analysis of discourse","authors":"Fernando Martinez-Martinez , David Roldán-Álvarez , Estefanía Martín-Barroso","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102438","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102438","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The discussion in social networks is of general interest, but the extraction, curation and visualization of this information turns difficult for those without programming knowledge. In the framework of the project CSTrack, which studies the activities in Citizen Science, we present an easily accessible dashboard aimed to provide a platform for people of different levels of expertise and professionals. They can retrieve valuable information about the trends and topics inside Twitter with a standardized pipeline for analysis that provides a complete understanding of the state of the conversation in social networks. With this platform, we present an alternative to the lack of standardization in social networking analysis and also, we aim to palliate the insufficiency of replication of social network research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102438"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102439
Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, Khoi Ngo, Dezeng Kong, Leonard Schrage
Open Sensing (OS) is an open-source environmental monitoring and analysis platform addressing the critical need for accessible, granular environmental data in vulnerable communities. As urbanization accelerates globally, existing monitoring systems remain prohibitively expensive and technically complex. OS combines cost-effective, self-powered sensor networks with intuitive web-based visualization and spatial analysis tools. The platform enables non-technical users to collect, analyse, and model environmental data through customizable interfaces. The software was developed through a single-page architecture, which allows users to deploy the application without a dedicated backend server, while still providing API server functionality for data upload, data download, and data analysis. Deployed across multiple cities, OS has supported urban farm impact assessment, air quality advocacy, and environmental education. By democratizing environmental monitoring, OS empowers communities to understand and communicate environmental health impacts for evidence-based policy decisions.
{"title":"Open sensing: An interactive online tool for environmental data collection, monitoring, analysis, and modelling for custom environmental sensor devices","authors":"Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, Khoi Ngo, Dezeng Kong, Leonard Schrage","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102439","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102439","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Open Sensing (OS) is an open-source environmental monitoring and analysis platform addressing the critical need for accessible, granular environmental data in vulnerable communities. As urbanization accelerates globally, existing monitoring systems remain prohibitively expensive and technically complex. OS combines cost-effective, self-powered sensor networks with intuitive web-based visualization and spatial analysis tools. The platform enables non-technical users to collect, analyse, and model environmental data through customizable interfaces. The software was developed through a single-page architecture, which allows users to deploy the application without a dedicated backend server, while still providing API server functionality for data upload, data download, and data analysis. Deployed across multiple cities, OS has supported urban farm impact assessment, air quality advocacy, and environmental education. By democratizing environmental monitoring, OS empowers communities to understand and communicate environmental health impacts for evidence-based policy decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102439"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102440
Kimihito Ito , Michael A. Zeller , Chayada Piantham , Richard Musonda
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we have witnessed the emergence and disappearance of variants. When random mutations generate a new variant capable of infecting more individuals than existing variants, such a variant poses a public health threat due to the virus’s increased transmissibility. Therefore, it is essential to know how transmissible a new variant is compared to existing ones. In this paper, we introduce a computer program called RelRe, which allows users to estimate the relative instantaneous reproduction numbers among variants as well as the relative generation time using time series data of variant counts. Based on the estimated parameters, one can predict future variant replacements. The program was implemented with the Julia language, and its source code is available on our GitHub page (https://github.com/KimihitoIto/RelRe).
{"title":"RelRe: A command-line tool to predict the trajectory of variant replacement in an epidemic using relative instantaneous reproduction numbers","authors":"Kimihito Ito , Michael A. Zeller , Chayada Piantham , Richard Musonda","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102440","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102440","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we have witnessed the emergence and disappearance of variants. When random mutations generate a new variant capable of infecting more individuals than existing variants, such a variant poses a public health threat due to the virus’s increased transmissibility. Therefore, it is essential to know how transmissible a new variant is compared to existing ones. In this paper, we introduce a computer program called RelRe, which allows users to estimate the relative instantaneous reproduction numbers among variants as well as the relative generation time using time series data of variant counts. Based on the estimated parameters, one can predict future variant replacements. The program was implemented with the Julia language, and its source code is available on our GitHub page (<span><span>https://github.com/KimihitoIto/RelRe</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102440"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102435
J.A. Sergay , A. Hai , C. Franck
NeuroSpikeX is a user-friendly tool for the quantitative analysis of neuronal calcium dynamics. It provides robust calcium spike detection, comprehensive network metrics, and intuitive graphical interfaces. NeuroSpikeX seamlessly integrates into existing workflows using outputs from the established algorithm NeuroCa, enhancing accuracy and reproducibility. The code effectively analyzes calcium dynamics across numerous in vitro datasets containing multiple experimental time points. NeuroSpikeX facilitates detailed cell and network analyses in large datasets, making rigorous calcium transient characterization accessible to researchers with minimal coding expertise.
{"title":"NeuroSpikeX: Comprehensive detection and characterization of neuronal calcium dynamics","authors":"J.A. Sergay , A. Hai , C. Franck","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>NeuroSpikeX is a user-friendly tool for the quantitative analysis of neuronal calcium dynamics. It provides robust calcium spike detection, comprehensive network metrics, and intuitive graphical interfaces. NeuroSpikeX seamlessly integrates into existing workflows using outputs from the established algorithm NeuroCa, enhancing accuracy and reproducibility. The code effectively analyzes calcium dynamics across numerous <em>in vitro</em> datasets containing multiple experimental time points. NeuroSpikeX facilitates detailed cell and network analyses in large datasets, making rigorous calcium transient characterization accessible to researchers with minimal coding expertise.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102435"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102430
Burak Kaynaroglu , Arturas Razinkovas-Baziukas , Rasa Idzelytė , Edvinas Tiškus , Mindaugas Zilius , Jovita Mėžinė , Georg Umgiesser
This study presents EUTROPY, an efficient, open-source modeling tool developed in Python for simulating primary production and investigating eutrophication dynamics. Although compiled languages such as Fortran and C++ are preferred in numerical modeling, Python was selected for its usability. Performance was enhanced using Numba for just-in-time (JIT) compilation, achieving speedups up to 40 times and outperforming a Fortran-based model. In addition, a Shiny interface supports interactive post-processing and visualization. This approach eliminates the two-language problem, enabling both simulation and analysis in one environment, making EUTROPY practical for academic use and a foundation for future applications in environmental management.
{"title":"EUTROPY: A Python-based software optimized with Just-In-Time compilation for simulating eutrophication dynamics in aquatic systems","authors":"Burak Kaynaroglu , Arturas Razinkovas-Baziukas , Rasa Idzelytė , Edvinas Tiškus , Mindaugas Zilius , Jovita Mėžinė , Georg Umgiesser","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102430","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102430","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents EUTROPY, an efficient, open-source modeling tool developed in Python for simulating primary production and investigating eutrophication dynamics. Although compiled languages such as Fortran and <em>C</em>++ are preferred in numerical modeling, Python was selected for its usability. Performance was enhanced using Numba for just-in-time (JIT) compilation, achieving speedups up to 40 times and outperforming a Fortran-based model. In addition, a Shiny interface supports interactive post-processing and visualization. This approach eliminates the two-language problem, enabling both simulation and analysis in one environment, making EUTROPY practical for academic use and a foundation for future applications in environmental management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102430"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102416
Sebastian Matysik , Joanna Wiśniewska , Paweł Karol Frankowski
Efficient screening is essential for systematic literature reviews (SLRs), but traditional methods tend to be slow, biased, and error-prone. EmbedSLR improves this process by combining conventional bibliometrics with modern AI techniques. Its deterministic pipeline first ranks articles based on cosine distance between user queries and embeddings, then evaluates them using lightweight bibliometric indices. This approach outperformed keyword searches by increasing shared reference indicators 41.02 times and shared keywords 6.95 times in the presented case. Compatible with local environments and Google Colab, EmbedSLR supports natural language queries, making it accessible for researchers without programming skills while ensuring reproducible, high-quality SLRs. Our contribution is a deterministic, reproducible software pipeline that standardizes embedding‑based screening (cosine) and automatic bibliometric audit. The contribution of this research is a deterministic, repeatable software process that standardizes embedding-based (cosine) selection and automatic bibliometric control.
{"title":"EmbedSLR: an open-source python framework for efficient embedding-based screening and bibliometric validation in systematic literature review","authors":"Sebastian Matysik , Joanna Wiśniewska , Paweł Karol Frankowski","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102416","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102416","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Efficient screening is essential for systematic literature reviews (SLRs), but traditional methods tend to be slow, biased, and error-prone. EmbedSLR improves this process by combining conventional bibliometrics with modern AI techniques. Its deterministic pipeline first ranks articles based on cosine distance between user queries and embeddings, then evaluates them using lightweight bibliometric indices. This approach outperformed keyword searches by increasing shared reference indicators 41.02 times and shared keywords 6.95 times in the presented case. Compatible with local environments and Google Colab, EmbedSLR supports natural language queries, making it accessible for researchers without programming skills while ensuring reproducible, high-quality SLRs. Our contribution is a deterministic, reproducible software pipeline that standardizes embedding‑based screening (cosine) and automatic bibliometric audit. The contribution of this research is a deterministic, repeatable software process that standardizes embedding-based (cosine) selection and automatic bibliometric control.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102416"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102431
Paloma Piot , Diego Sánchez , Javier Parapar
Online harms are a growing problem in digital spaces, putting user safety at risk and reducing trust in social media platforms. One of the most persistent forms of harm is hate speech. To address this, we need tools that combine the speed and scale of automated systems with the judgement and insight of human moderators. These tools should not only find harmful content but also explain their decisions clearly, helping to build trust and understanding. In this paper, we present WATCHED a chatbot designed to support content moderators in tackling hate speech. The chatbot is built as an Artificial Intelligence Agent system that uses Large Language Models along with several specialised tools. It compares new posts with real examples of hate speech and neutral content, uses a BERT-based classifier to help flag harmful messages, looks up slang and informal language using sources like Urban Dictionary, generates chain-of-thought reasoning, and checks platform guidelines to explain and support its decisions. This combination allows the chatbot not only to detect hate speech but to explain why content is considered harmful, grounded in both precedent and policy. Experimental results show that our proposed method surpasses existing state-of-the-art methods, reaching a macro F1 score of 0.91. Designed for moderators, safety teams, and researchers, the tool helps reduce online harms by supporting collaboration between AI and human oversight.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102427
Ryley G. Hill, Keegan S. Davis, Christopher W. Johnson
Predicting bulk behavior from microscale features constitutes a key objective in multiscale modeling research, often involving numerical models composed of finite elements that capture the diversity of constituent phases, shapes, and orientations within the material. The Grain2mesh toolbox allows the user to input unprocessed mesoscopic images for automatic segmentation, pre-processing, quality control, and numerical mesh generation. The numerical mesh generation incorporates Cubit routines to generate robust multi-phase mesh structure for use in computational mechanics solvers. The python classes developed contain detailed documentation and examples to support standard usage and case-specific alternative options.
{"title":"Grain2mesh: A Python and cubit mesh generator from unprocessed mesoscale images","authors":"Ryley G. Hill, Keegan S. Davis, Christopher W. Johnson","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102427","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102427","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Predicting bulk behavior from microscale features constitutes a key objective in multiscale modeling research, often involving numerical models composed of finite elements that capture the diversity of constituent phases, shapes, and orientations within the material. The Grain2mesh toolbox allows the user to input unprocessed mesoscopic images for automatic segmentation, pre-processing, quality control, and numerical mesh generation. The numerical mesh generation incorporates Cubit routines to generate robust multi-phase mesh structure for use in computational mechanics solvers. The python classes developed contain detailed documentation and examples to support standard usage and case-specific alternative options.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102427"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102421
Cheong-mok Bae , Ho-Taek Joo , SungHa Lee , Kyung-Joong Kim
Selecting engaging scenes is a critical component of esports broadcasting, traditionally performed by human observers. While recent research has explored AI-based automation, existing approaches often lack comprehensive frameworks for data extraction, human behavior modeling, and interface integration. We present Observer, an open-source framework that collects and preprocesses raw in-game data from StarCraft along with human observer viewport data to train AI-based automatic observers. The system transforms gameplay into multi-channel (hereafter, feature channels) representations and uses a modified Intersection over Union (IoU) metric to evaluate the overlap between predicted and aggregated human viewports. As reported in prior work, a learned observer achieves 56.9% similarity to human behavior, surpassing representative rule-based methods (52.4% and 49.1%) on standard benchmarks. In this software paper, we focus on a standardized, reproducible pipeline and system-level metrics.
{"title":"Observer: An open-source framework for automating spectator for Real-time Strategy game of StarCraft","authors":"Cheong-mok Bae , Ho-Taek Joo , SungHa Lee , Kyung-Joong Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102421","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.softx.2025.102421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Selecting engaging scenes is a critical component of esports broadcasting, traditionally performed by human observers. While recent research has explored AI-based automation, existing approaches often lack comprehensive frameworks for data extraction, human behavior modeling, and interface integration. We present <strong>Observer</strong>, an open-source framework that collects and preprocesses raw in-game data from StarCraft along with human observer viewport data to train AI-based automatic observers. The system transforms gameplay into multi-channel (hereafter, feature channels) representations and uses a modified Intersection over Union (IoU) metric to evaluate the overlap between predicted and aggregated human viewports. As reported in prior work, a learned observer achieves 56.9% similarity to human behavior, surpassing representative rule-based methods (52.4% and 49.1%) on standard benchmarks. In this software paper, we focus on a standardized, reproducible pipeline and system-level metrics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21905,"journal":{"name":"SoftwareX","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 102421"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}