Software algorithms evaluation platform using a Docker-based framework

Abdel Naby, Acil Ramadan Ibrahim (2021) Software algorithms evaluation platform using a Docker-based framework. Masters thesis, Memorial university of Newfoundland.

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Abstract

Automating the evaluation of algorithms is a complex task that involves many dependencies, e.g., the inputs, outputs, the compilers, interpreters, execution environments, libraries, operating systems, and hardware dependencies. Each algorithm requires specific performance evaluation criteria to evaluate it during and after execution. This work presents a ADESA (Automatic Deployment and Evaluation of Software Algorithms) framework based on a Docker framework for automating the execution of the algorithms provided by the user and automating the evaluation of these algorithms. The framework is applied to the automatic evaluation of image processing algorithms (AEIPA). AEIPA automates the processes of searching for a matching data set or uploading new data sets, uploading a new image processing algorithm (IPA) that has been developed using any programming language, searching for matching IPAs, executing all those IPAs with one or more data set, and comparing the results of the executed IPAs using each data set. As a case study, two face detection algorithms that implement the Haar Cascade classifier using C with OpenCV and Python with OpenCV, have been used to evaluate AEIPA. Results from this work confirm that AEIPA supports the execution of different programming languages using Docker images.

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