Journal: Information \& Software Technology

Volume 43, Issue 9

527 -- 537Erman Coskun, Martha Grabowski. An interdisciplinary model of complexity in embedded intelligent real-time systems
539 -- 549Jaehyoun Kim, C. Robert Carlson. Design units a layered approach for design driven software development
551 -- 560Robert M. Hierons. Testing a distributed system: generating minimal synchronised test sequences that detect output-shifting faults
561 -- 575Amnart Pohthong, David Budgen. Reuse strategies in software development: an empirical study
577 -- 0Andreas L. Opdahl, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Franck Barbier. Erratum to Ontological analysis of whole-part relationships in OO-models

Volume 43, Issue 8

469 -- 475Mark J. Taylor, D. Gresty, R. Askwith. Knowledge for network support
477 -- 486F. Calzolari, Paolo Tonella, Giuliano Antoniol. Maintenance and testing effort modeled by linear and nonlinear dynamic systems
487 -- 496Miao Chen, Qiuming Zhu, Zhengxin Chen. An integrated interactive environment for knowledge discovery from heterogeneous data resources
497 -- 507Chia-Chu Chiang. Wrapping legacy systems for use in heterogeneous computing environments
509 -- 517Gerald Post, Albert Kagan. User requirements for OO CASE tools
519 -- 526Pedro R. Falcone Sampaio. Building deductive object-oriented database systems in the ODMG era

Volume 43, Issue 7

413 -- 423Erik Stensrud. Alternative approaches to effort prediction of ERP projects
425 -- 446John A. Mariani, Armstrong Kadyamatimba. OgDesk: an orthogonal graphical interface for object-oriented database systems that supports schema management, browsing and querying
447 -- 456Benjamin B. M. Shao, Winston T. Lin. Measuring the value of information technology in technical efficiency with stochastic production frontiers
457 -- 467Luis A. Guerrero, David A. Fuller. A pattern system for the development of collaborative applications

Volume 43, Issue 6

353 -- 363M. Jansen, E. Klaver, Patrick Verkaik, Maarten van Steen, Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Encapsulating distribution by remote objects
365 -- 386Martyn Ratcliffe, David Budgen. The application of use case definitions in system design specification
387 -- 399Andreas L. Opdahl, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Franck Barbier. Ontological analysis of whole-part relationships in OO-models
401 -- 412Gerardo Canfora, Aniello Cimitile, Andrea De Lucia, Giuseppe A. Di Lucca. Decomposing legacy systems into objects: an eclectic approach

Volume 43, Issue 5

287 -- 294Jian Lu, Ming Zhang, Mengqiao Xu, Dajun Yang. A two-layered-class approach for the reuse of synchronization code
295 -- 308Letha H. Etzkorn, William E. Hughes Jr., Carl G. Davis. Automated reusability quality analysis of OO legacy software
309 -- 323Jong-Hak Lee, Kyu-Young Whang, Wook-Shin Han, Wan-Sup Cho, Il-Yeol Song. A tunable class hierarchy index for object-oriented databases using a multidimensional index structure
325 -- 338Girish Keshav Palshikar. Safety checking in an automatic train operation system
339 -- 349Ruth Breu, Walter Huber, Wolfgang Schwerin. A conformity model of software processes

Volume 43, Issue 4

219 -- 229S.-W. Kim, Sung-Jo Kim, Tae-Il Jeong, S. W. Yoo. The optimal retrieval start times of media objects for the multimedia presentation
231 -- 240Sunil Vadera, Farid Meziane, M.-L. L. Huang. Experience with mural in formalising Dust-Expert
241 -- 246Hee Beng Kuan Tan, Ni Lar Thein. Measuring post-transaction error handling in database applications
247 -- 263L. Sun, K. Liu. A method for interactive articulation of information requirements for strategic decision support
265 -- 274S.-W. Kim, W.-K. Whang. On analyzing errors in a selectivity estimation method based on dynamic maintenance of data distribution
275 -- 283Colin F. Snook, Rachel Harrison. Practitioners views on the use of formal methods: an industrial survey by structured interview

Volume 43, Issue 3

159 -- 0Hussein Zedan. Guest Editorial
161 -- 169Peter Henderson, Robert John Walters. Behavioural analysis of component-based systems
171 -- 188João Pedro Sousa, David Garlan. Formal modeling of the Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) component integration framework
189 -- 202José M. Troya, Antonio Vallecillo. Controllers: reusable wrappers to adapt software components
203 -- 213Mark Lycett. Understanding variation in component-based development: case findings from practice

Volume 43, Issue 2

75 -- 86Chao-Min Chiu, Michael Bieber. A dynamically mapped open hypermedia system framework for integrating information systems
87 -- 96Paolo Vendruscolo, Sandra Martelli. Interfaces for computer and robot assisted surgical systems
97 -- 107Tsong Yueh Chen, Yuen-Tak Yu. On the maximin algorithms for test allocations in partition testing
109 -- 119L. Wu, Leslie L. Miller, Sree Nilakanta. Design of data warehouses using metadata
121 -- 135Jonathan Lee, Nien-Lin Xue, Jong-Yih Kuo. Structuring requirement specifications with goals
137 -- 149Robert M. Hierons, Sadegh Sadeghipour, Harbhajan Singh. Testing a system specified using Statecharts and Z
151 -- 155A. Meehan, T. F. Lunney. Java garbage collection - a generic solution?

Volume 43, Issue 15

921 -- 924Claes Wohlin, Martin Höst. Special section: Controlled Experiments in Software Engineering
925 -- 938Thomas Thelin, Per Runeson, Björn Regnell. Usage-based readingan experiment to guide reviewers with use cases
939 -- 948Magne Jørgensen, Dag I. K. Sjøberg. Impact of effort estimates on software project work
949 -- 957Coral Calero, Mario Piattini, Marcela Genero. Empirical validation of referential integrity metrics
959 -- 971Guus G. M. Pijpers, Theo Bemelmans, Fred J. Heemstra, Kees A. G. M. van Montfort. Senior executives use of information technology
973 -- 981Kassem Saleh, Abdel Aziz Boujarwah, Jehad Al-Dallal. Anomaly detection in concurrent Java programs using dynamic data flow analysis

Volume 43, Issue 14

813 -- 0Martin J. Shepperd, Michael Dyer. Editorial Note
815 -- 816Bryan F. Jones. Editorial
817 -- 831L. Darrell Whitley. An overview of evolutionary algorithms: practical issues and common pitfalls
833 -- 839Mark Harman, Bryan F. Jones. Search-based software engineering
841 -- 854Joachim Wegener, André Baresel, Harmen Sthamer. Evolutionary test environment for automatic structural testing
855 -- 862Hans-Gerhard Gross. A prediction system for evolutionary testability applied to dynamic execution time analysis
863 -- 873Colin J. Burgess, Martin Lefley. Can genetic programming improve software effort estimation? A comparative evaluation
875 -- 882Jesús S. Aguilar-Ruiz, Isabel Ramos, José Cristóbal Riquelme Santos, Miguel Toro. An evolutionary approach to estimating software development projects
883 -- 890Anthony J. Bagnall, Victor J. Rayward-Smith, Ian Whittley. The next release problem
891 -- 904John A. Clark, Jeremy L. Jacob. Protocols are programs too: the meta-heuristic search for security protocols
905 -- 907Mark Harman, Bryan F. Jones. Software engineering using metaheuristic innovative algorithms: workshop report

Volume 43, Issue 13

745 -- 758Andy Cockburn. Supporting tailorable program visualisation through literate programming and fisheye views
759 -- 768Ioannis Stamelos, Lefteris Angelis. Managing uncertainty in project portfolio cost estimation
769 -- 781Jonathan Lee, Jiann-I Pan, Jong-Yih Kuo. Verifying scenarios with time Petri-nets
783 -- 793Frank P. A. Coolen, Michael Goldstein, Malcolm Munro. Generalized partition testing via Bayes linear methods
795 -- 799David E. Avison, David Wilson. A viewpoint on software engineering and information systems: what we can learn from the construction industry?
801 -- 812F. George Wilkie, Barbara A. Kitchenham. An investigation of coupling, reuse and maintenance in a commercial C++ application

Volume 43, Issue 12

681 -- 691Andreas Zendler, Erika Horn, Heinz Schwärtzel, Erhard Plödereder. Demonstrating the usage of single-case designs in experimental software engineering
693 -- 704Régine Laleau, Fiona A. C. Polack. Specification of integrity-preserving operations in information systems by using a formal UML-based language
705 -- 724Brian Henderson-Sellers, Graham Collins, Richard Dué, Ian M. Graham. A qualitative comparison of two processes for object-oriented software development
725 -- 741Francesco Marcelloni, Mehmet Aksit. Leaving inconsistency using fuzzy logic
743 -- 0Jong-Hak Lee, Kyu-Young Whang, Wook-Shin Han, Wan-Sup Cho, Il-Yeol Song. Corrigendum to A tunable class hierarchy index for object-oriented databases using a multidimensional index structure

Volume 43, Issue 11

629 -- 634David J. Grimshaw, Godfrey W. Draper. Non-functional requirements analysis: deficiencies in structured methods
635 -- 640Tom L. Roberts, William Leigh, Russell L. Purvis, Monica J. Parzinger. Utilizing knowledge links in the implementation of system development methodologies
641 -- 649Hee Beng Kuan Tan, Ni Lar Thein, Ye Li, Weihong Li. A systematic approach for the design of post-transaction input error handling
651 -- 660Carlo Bellettini, Ernesto Damiani, Maria Grazia Fugini. Software reuse in-the-small: automating group rewarding
661 -- 677Andrea Garratt, Mike Jackson, Peter Burden, Jon Wallis. A survey of alternative designs for a search engine storage structure
679 -- 0Erik Stensrud. Erratum to Alternative approaches to effort prediction of ERP projects

Volume 43, Issue 10

579 -- 590Assmaa A. El-Sayed, Hossam S. Hassanein, Mohamed E. El-Sharkawi. Effects of shaping characteristics on the performance of nested transactions
591 -- 605Cinzia Bernardeschi, Nicoletta De Francesco, Gigliola Vaglini. An approach to system design based on P/T net simulation
607 -- 615Jesus Bisbal, Jane Grimson. Database sampling with functional dependencies
617 -- 628Frank Niessink, Hans van Vliet. Measurement program success factors revisited

Volume 43, Issue 1

1 -- 18Xudong He. PZ nets a formal method integrating Petri nets with Z
19 -- 39Franck Barbier, Brian Henderson-Sellers. The whole-part relationship in object modelling: a definition in cOlOr
41 -- 51Chai Seng Pua, M. Howard Williams, David H. Marwick. Data placement in a parallel DBMS with multiple disks
53 -- 59Bernd Wondergem, Patrick van Bommel, Theo P. van der Weide. Combining boolean logic and linguistic structure
61 -- 72José Javier Dolado. On the problem of the software cost function