Journal: Information \& Software Technology

Volume 53, Issue 9

899 -- 913Fabio Q. B. da Silva, André Luis M. Santos, Sérgio Soares, A. César C. França, Cleviton V. F. Monteiro, Felipe Farias Maciel. Six years of systematic literature reviews in software engineering: An updated tertiary study
914 -- 928Jehad Al-Dallal. Improving the applicability of object-oriented class cohesion metrics
929 -- 936Xiang Li, Yan-fu Li, Min Xie, Szu-Hui Ng. Reliability analysis and optimal version-updating for open source software
937 -- 948Remco M. Dijkman, Beat Gfeller, Jochen Malte Küster, Hagen Völzer. Identifying refactoring opportunities in process model repositories
949 -- 954Gabriela Avram, Volker Wulf. Guest editorial: Studying work practices in Global Software Engineering
955 -- 968Aditya Johri. Sociomaterial bricolage: The creation of location-spanning work practices by global software developers
969 -- 980Sameer Patil, Alfred Kobsa, Ajita John, Dorée D. Seligmann. Methodological reflections on a field study of a globally distributed software project
981 -- 993Anders Sigfridsson, Anne Sheehan. On qualitative methodologies and dispersed communities: Reflections on the process of investigating an open source community
994 -- 1011Tony Clear, Stephen G. MacDonell. Understanding technology use in global virtual teams: Research methodologies and methods
1012 -- 1021Alexander Boden, Claudia Müller, Bernhard Nett. Conducting a Business Ethnography in Global Software Development projects of small German enterprises

Volume 53, Issue 8

789 -- 817Adrian Fernandez, Emilio Insfrán, Silvia Abrahão. Usability evaluation methods for the web: A systematic mapping study
818 -- 833Woongsik Choi, Kwang-Moo Choe. Cycle elimination for invocation graph-based context-sensitive pointer analysis
834 -- 850Javier García, Antonio de Amescua Seco, Maria Isabel Sánchez Segura, Leonardo Bermón-Angarita. Design guidelines for software processes knowledge repository development
851 -- 871Inah Omoronyia, Guttorm Sindre, Tor Stålhane. Exploring a Bayesian and linear approach to requirements traceability
873 -- 0Ales Zivkovic, Çigdem Gencel, Alain Abran. Guest editorial: Advances in functional size measurement and effort estimation - Extended best papers
874 -- 884Luigi Lavazza, Sandro Morasca. Convertibility of Function Points into COSMIC Function Points: A study using Piecewise Linear Regression
885 -- 897Miroslaw Ochodek, B. Alchimowicz, Jakub Jurkiewicz, Jerzy R. Nawrocki. Improving the reliability of transaction identification in use cases

Volume 53, Issue 7

693 -- 706Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad. Barriers in the selection of offshore software development outsourcing vendors: An exploratory study using a systematic literature review
707 -- 721Xin Peng, Yijun Yu, Wenyun Zhao. Analyzing evolution of variability in a software product line: From contexts and requirements to features
722 -- 729Julie Yu-Chih Liu, Jerry C. Chiang, Ming-Hsien Yang, Gary Klein. Partnering effects on user-developer conflict and role ambiguity in information system projects
730 -- 746Austen Rainer. The longitudinal, chronological case study research strategy: A definition, and an example from IBM Hursley Park
747 -- 760Salmi Baharom, Zarina Shukur. An experimental assessment of module documentation-based testing
761 -- 773Yuanyuan Zhang, Mark Harman, Anthony Finkelstein, S. Afshin Mansouri. Comparing the performance of metaheuristics for the analysis of multi-stakeholder tradeoffs in requirements optimisation
774 -- 788Seyed Reza Shahamiri, Wan Mohd Nasir Wan-Kadir, Suhaimi Ibrahim, Siti Zaiton Mohd Hashim. An automated framework for software test oracle

Volume 53, Issue 6

557 -- 573Matjaz Pancur, Mojca Ciglaric. Impact of test-driven development on productivity, code and tests: A controlled experiment
574 -- 591Akos Szoke. Conceptual scheduling model and optimized release scheduling for agile environments
592 -- 600Kuo-Chung Chang, Jiun-Hung Wong, Yuzhu Li, Yao-Chin Lin, Houn-Gee Chen. External social capital and information systems development team flexibility
601 -- 614Jian Feng Cui, Heung Seok Chae. Applying agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithms to component identification for legacy systems
615 -- 0Mahmood Niazi, Mark Turner. Guest Editorial: Special section on the selected papers from 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2010)
616 -- 624Martin Höst, Alma Orucevic-Alagic. A systematic review of research on open source software in commercial software product development
625 -- 637He Zhang, Muhammad Ali Babar, Paolo Tell. Identifying relevant studies in software engineering
638 -- 651Barbara A. Kitchenham, David Budgen, O. Pearl Brereton. Using mapping studies as the basis for further research - A participant-observer case study
653 -- 0Sooyong Park, Shamsul Sahibuddin. Guest Editors introduction to the special section of the 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC2009)
654 -- 665Ju Qian, Lin Chen, Baowen Xu, Xiaofang Zhang. Contribution-based call stack abstraction for call string based pointer analysis
666 -- 681In-Gwon Song, Sang-Uk Jeon, Ah-Rim Han, Doo-Hwan Bae. An approach to identifying causes of implied scenarios using unenforceable orders
682 -- 691Vu Nguyen, Barry W. Boehm, Phongphan Danphitsanuphan. A controlled experiment in assessing and estimating software maintenance tasks

Volume 53, Issue 5

407 -- 423Paulo Anselmo da Mota Silveira Neto, Ivan do Carmo Machado, John D. McGregor, Eduardo Santana de Almeida, Silvio Romero de Lemos Meira. A systematic mapping study of software product lines testing
424 -- 439Stephen Lane, Ita Richardson. Process models for service-based applications: A systematic literature review
440 -- 455Daniela Cruzes, Tore Dybå. Research synthesis in software engineering: A tertiary study
456 -- 483Mark Strembeck, Jan Mendling. Modeling process-related RBAC models with extended UML activity models
484 -- 493Hongsuk Lee, Kihyun Chung, Hyunsang Park, Kyunghee Choi. Modeling software requirement with timing diagram and Simulink Stateflow
494 -- 506Emilia Garcia, Adriana Giret, Vicente J. Botti. Evaluating software engineering techniques for developing complex systems with multiagent approaches
507 -- 508Tore Dybå. Special Section on Best Papers from XP2010
509 -- 520Juhani Iivari, Netta Iivari. The relationship between organizational culture and the deployment of agile methods
521 -- 534Rashina Hoda, James Noble, Stuart Marshall. The impact of inadequate customer collaboration on self-organizing Agile teams
535 -- 542Kieran Conboy, Lorraine Morgan. Beyond the customer: Opening the agile systems development process
543 -- 555Richard Baskerville, Jan Pries-Heje, Sabine Madsen. Post-agility: What follows a decade of agility?

Volume 53, Issue 4

293 -- 0W. Eric Wong. Special section editorial - Software Engineering track of the 24th Annual Symposium on Applied Computing
294 -- 306Otávio Augusto Lazzarini Lemos, Sushil Krishna Bajracharya, Joel Ossher, Paulo Cesar Masiero, Cristina Videira Lopes. A test-driven approach to code search and its application to the reuse of auxiliary functionality
307 -- 316Chih-Hung Chang, Chih-Wei Lu, Pao-Ann Hsiung. Pattern-based framework for modularized software development and evolution robustness
317 -- 343Kai Petersen. Measuring and predicting software productivity: A systematic map and review
344 -- 362Lianping Chen, Muhammad Ali Babar. A systematic review of evaluation of variability management approaches in software product lines
363 -- 387Sarah Smith Heckman, Laurie A. Williams. A systematic literature review of actionable alert identification techniques for automated static code analysis
388 -- 393Danielle Azar, J. Vybihal. An ant colony optimization algorithm to improve software quality prediction models: Case of class stability
394 -- 406Jon Iden, Bjørnar Tessem, Tero Päivärinta. Problems in the interplay of development and IT operations in system development projects: A Delphi study of Norwegian IT experts

Volume 53, Issue 3

171 -- 189Marcos Palacios, José García-Fanjul, Javier Tuya. Testing in Service Oriented Architectures with dynamic binding: A mapping study
190 -- 199Lars Grunske. An effective sequential statistical test for probabilistic monitoring
200 -- 213Miroslaw Ochodek, Jerzy R. Nawrocki, K. Kwarciak. Simplifying effort estimation based on Use Case Points
214 -- 229Ludwik Kuzniarz, Lefteris Angelis. Empirical extension of a classification framework for addressing consistency in model based development
230 -- 244Wei-Jin Park, Doo-Hwan Bae. A two-stage framework for UML specification matching
245 -- 258Sergio Segura, Robert M. Hierons, David Benavides, Antonio Ruiz Cortés. Automated metamorphic testing on the analyses of feature models
259 -- 275Margarita André Ampuero, María G. Baldoquín de la Peña, Silvia Teresita Acuña Castillo. Formal model for assigning human resources to teams in software projects
276 -- 290Maarit Laanti, Outi Salo, Pekka Abrahamsson. Agile methods rapidly replacing traditional methods at Nokia: A survey of opinions on agile transformation
291 -- 0Salah Bouktif, Faheem Ahmed, Issa Khalil, Giuliano Antoniol. Corrigendum to A novel composite model approach to improve software quality prediction [Information and Software Technology 52 (12) (2010) 1298-1311]

Volume 53, Issue 2

121 -- 136Leonardo P. Tizzei, Marcelo Oliveira Dias, Cecília M. F. Rubira, Alessandro Garcia, Jaejoon Lee. Components meet aspects: Assessing design stability of a software product line
137 -- 148Wen-Hsiang Shen, Nien-Lin Hsueh, Wei-Mann Lee. Assessing PSP effect in training disciplined software development: A Plan-Track-Review model
149 -- 158Charlie C. Chen, Julie Yu-Chih Liu, Houn-Gee Chen. Discriminative effect of user influence and user responsibility on information system development processes and project management
159 -- 170Katarina Grolinger, Miriam A. M. Capretz. A unit test approach for database schema evolution

Volume 53, Issue 12

1275 -- 1296Hyun Jung La, Soo Dong Kim. Static and dynamic adaptations for service-based systems
1297 -- 1318Abdul Salam Kalaji, Robert M. Hierons, Stephen Swift. An integrated search-based approach for automatic testing from extended finite state machine (EFSM) models
1319 -- 1336Klaas-Jan Stol, Muhammad Ali Babar, Paris Avgeriou, Brian Fitzgerald. A comparative study of challenges in integrating Open Source Software and Inner Source Software
1337 -- 1348Kambiz Frounchi, Lionel C. Briand, Leo Grady, Yvan Labiche, Rajesh Subramanyan. Automating image segmentation verification and validation by learning test oracles
1349 -- 1369Arnaud Brossard, Mourad Abed, Christophe Kolski. Taking context into account in conceptual models using a Model Driven Engineering approach
1370 -- 1381Chia Feng Lin, Ruey-Kai Sheu, Yue-Shan Chang, Shyan-Ming Yuan. A relaxable service selection algorithm for QoS-based web service composition
1382 -- 1390Magne Jørgensen. Contrasting ideal and realistic conditions as a means to improve judgment-based software development effort estimation
1391 -- 1403José A. Cruz-Lemus, Marcela Genero, Danilo Caivano, Silvia Abrahão, Emilio Insfrán, José A. Carsí. Assessing the influence of stereotypes on the comprehension of UML sequence diagrams: A family of experiments

Volume 53, Issue 11

1165 -- 1182Mónica Pinto, Lidia Fuentes, José María Troya Linero. Specifying aspect-oriented architectures in AO-ADL
1183 -- 1198Matteo Golfarelli, Stefano Rizzi. Data warehouse testing: A prototype-based methodology
1199 -- 1208G. Kannabiran, K. Sankaran. Determinants of software quality in offshore development - An empirical study of an Indian vendor
1209 -- 1226Bruno Rossi, Barbara Russo, Giancarlo Succi. Path dependent stochastic models to detect planned and actual technology use: A case study of OpenOffice
1227 -- 1235Gert van Valkenhoef, Tommi Tervonen, Bert de Brock, Douwe Postmus. Quantitative release planning in extreme programming
1236 -- 1249F. George Wilkie, I. R. McChesney, P. Morrow, C. Tuxworth, N. G. Lester. The value of software sizing
1250 -- 1251Robert Eschbach, Jesse H. Poore. Guest Editorial: Special Section from 6th Workshop on Advances in Model-Based Testing (A-MOST 2010)
1252 -- 1262Adenilso da Silva Simão, Alexandre Petrenko. Generating asynchronous test cases from test purposes
1263 -- 1273Angelo Gargantini, Gordon Fraser. Generating minimal fault detecting test suites for general Boolean specifications

Volume 53, Issue 10

1023 -- 1044Ricardo Pérez-Castillo, Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán, Mario Piattini. Business process archeology using MARBLE
1045 -- 1061Timo O. A. Lehtinen, Mika Mäntylä, Jari Vanhanen. Development and evaluation of a lightweight root cause analysis method (ARCA method) - Field studies at four software companies
1062 -- 1083Reza Meimandi Parizi, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, Rusli Abdullah, Rodziah Binti Atan. Empirical evaluation of the fault detection effectiveness and test effort efficiency of the automated AOP testing approaches
1084 -- 1096Kenneth Boness, Anthony Finkelstein, Rachel Harrison. A method for assessing confidence in requirements analysis
1097 -- 0Benoit Baudry, Jeremy S. Bradbury, Gordon Fraser. Guest Editorial for Special Section on Mutation Testing
1098 -- 1107Jeff Offutt. A mutation carol: Past, present and future
1108 -- 1123Juan José Domínguez-Jiménez, Antonia Estero-Botaro, Antonio García-Domínguez, Inmaculada Medina-Bulo. Evolutionary mutation testing
1124 -- 1136Sergio Segura, Robert M. Hierons, David Benavides, Antonio Ruiz Cortés. Mutation testing on an object-oriented framework: An experience report
1137 -- 1152Garrett Kent Kaminski, Upsorn Praphamontripong, Paul Ammann, Jeff Offutt. A logic mutation approach to selective mutation for programs and queries
1153 -- 1164Ahyoung Sung, Byoungju Choi, W. Eric Wong, Vidroha Debroy. Mutant generation for embedded systems using kernel-based software and hardware fault simulation

Volume 53, Issue 1

1 -- 0Claes Wohlin. Taking novelty to a new level
2 -- 13Emelie Engström, Per Runeson. Software product line testing - A systematic mapping study
14 -- 33Olfa Mosbahi, Leila Jemni Ben Ayed, Mohamed Khalgui. A formal approach for the development of reactive systems
34 -- 50Eladio Domínguez, Jorge Lloret, Beatriz Pérez, Áurea Rodríguez, Angel Luis Rubio, María Antonia Zapata. Evolution of XML schemas and documents from stereotyped UML class models: A traceable approach
51 -- 57Jonathan Lee, Yu Chin Cheng. Change the face of software engineering education: A field report from Taiwan
58 -- 70Kevin Vlaanderen, Slinger Jansen, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Erik Jaspers. The agile requirements refinery: Applying SCRUM principles to software product management
71 -- 86Marco Torchiano, Massimiliano Di Penta, Filippo Ricca, Andrea De Lucia, Filippo Lanubile. Migration of information systems in the Italian industry: A state of the practice survey
87 -- 105Valeria de Castro, Esperanza Marcos, Juan M. Vara. Applying CIM-to-PIM model transformations for the service-oriented development of information systems
106 -- 119Jooyoung Seo, Byoungju Choi, Suengwan Yang. A profiling method by PCB hooking and its application for memory fault detection in embedded system operational test