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    Volume 54, Issue 9

    915 -- 932Mike Papadakis, Nicos Malevris. Mutation based test case generation via a path selection strategy
    933 -- 950Anil Kumar Thurimella, Bernd Bruegge. Issue-based variability management
    951 -- 967Jonathan Lee, Shin-Jie Lee, Hsi-Min Chen, Chia-Ling Wu. Composing web services enacted by autonomous agents through agent-centric contract net protocol
    968 -- 984Yaser Ghanam, Frank Maurer, Pekka Abrahamsson. Making the leap to a software platform strategy: Issues and challenges
    985 -- 996Kristin Børte, Sten R. Ludvigsen, Anders I. Mørch. The role of social interaction in software effort estimation: Unpacking the "magic step" between reasoning and decision-making
    997 -- 1013Nahid Shahmehri, Amel Mammar, Edgardo Montes de Oca, David Byers, Ana R. Cavalli, Shanai Ardi, Willy Jimenez. An advanced approach for modeling and detecting software vulnerabilities
    1014 -- 1028Pádraig O'Leary, Eduardo Santana de Almeida, Ita Richardson. The Pro-PD Process Model for Product Derivation within software product lines
    1029 -- 1043Jenny Abramov, Arnon Sturm, Peretz Shoval. Evaluation of the Pattern-based method for Secure Development (PbSD): A controlled experiment

    Volume 54, Issue 8

    803 -- 0Claes Wohlin. Editorial: Voice of the editorial board
    804 -- 819Barbara A. Kitchenham, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Tore Dybå, Dietmar Pfahl, Pearl Brereton, David Budgen, Martin Höst, Per Runeson. Three empirical studies on the agreement of reviewers about the quality of software engineering experiments
    820 -- 827Martin J. Shepperd, Steven G. MacDonell. Evaluating prediction systems in software project estimation
    828 -- 852Gerald Holl, Paul Grünbacher, Rick Rabiser. A systematic review and an expert survey on capabilities supporting multi product lines
    853 -- 865Nils Brede Moe, Aybüke Aurum, Tore Dybå. Challenges of shared decision-making: A multiple case study of agile software development
    866 -- 886June M. Verner, Lili Marziana Abdullah. Exploratory case study research: Outsourced project failure
    887 -- 899Miroslaw Staron. Critical role of measures in decision processes: Managerial and technical measures in the context of large software development organizations
    900 -- 914Fadi Wedyan, Sudipto Ghosh. On generating mutants for AspectJ programs

    Volume 54, Issue 7

    651 -- 662Sebastian Barney, Kai Petersen, Mikael Svahnberg, Aybüke Aurum, Hamish T. Barney. Software quality trade-offs: A systematic map
    663 -- 685Javier Portillo-Rodríguez, Aurora Vizcaíno, Mario Piattini, Sarah Beecham. Tools used in Global Software Engineering: A systematic mapping review
    686 -- 700Peter Wallin, Stig Larsson, Joakim Fröberg, Jakob Axelsson. Problems and their mitigation in system and software architecting
    701 -- 723Javier Cámara, Gwen Salaün, Carlos Canal, Meriem Ouederni. Interactive specification and verification of behavioral adaptation contracts
    724 -- 738Sreedevi Sampath, Renée C. Bryce. Improving the effectiveness of test suite reduction for user-session-based testing of web applications
    739 -- 758Bo Jiang, Zhenyu Zhang, W. K. Chan, T. H. Tse, Tsong Yueh Chen. How well does test case prioritization integrate with statistical fault localization?
    759 -- 785Rodrigo Oliveira Spínola, Guilherme Horta Travassos. Towards a framework to characterize ubiquitous software projects
    786 -- 801Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek. Utilizing architectural styles to enhance the adaptation support of middleware platforms
    802 -- 0Paulo Anselmo da Mota Silveira Neto, Ivan do Carmo Machado, John D. McGregor, Eduardo Santana de Almeida, Silvio Romero de Lemos Meira. Corrigendum to: "A systematic mapping study of software product lines testing" [Inf. Softw. Technology 53 (5) (2011) 407-423]

    Volume 54, Issue 6

    517 -- 530Golnaz Elahi, Eric Yu. Comparing alternatives for analyzing requirements trade-offs - In the absence of numerical data
    531 -- 552Huy Tran, Uwe Zdun, Ta'id Holmes, Ernst Oberortner, Emmanuel Mulo, Schahram Dustdar. Compliance in service-oriented architectures: A model-driven and view-based approach
    553 -- 568Abdul Rahman A. Alsewari, Kamal Zuhairi Zamli. Design and implementation of a harmony-search-based variable-strength t-way testing strategy with constraints support
    569 -- 590Shiva Nejati, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh, Davide Falessi, Lionel C. Briand, Thierry Coq. A SysML-based approach to traceability management and design slicing in support of safety certification: Framework, tool support, and case studies
    591 -- 592Carole Bernon, Alfredo Garro, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz. Special section on engineering complex software systems through multi-agent systems and simulation
    593 -- 607Jan Sudeikat, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Hella Seebach, Wolfgang Reif, Wolfgang Renz, Thomas Preisler, Peter Salchow. On the combination of top-down and bottom-up methodologies for the design of coordination mechanisms in self-organising systems
    608 -- 624Giancarlo Fortino, Wilma Russo. ELDAMeth: An agent-oriented methodology for simulation-based prototyping of distributed agent systems
    625 -- 638Nicole Ronald, Virginia Dignum, Catholijn M. Jonker, Theo A. Arentze, Harry J. P. Timmermans. On the engineering of agent-based simulations of social activities with social networks
    639 -- 649Robert Junges, Franziska Klügl. Generating inspiration for agent design by reinforcement learning

    Volume 54, Issue 5

    433 -- 447Paul Clarke, Rory V. O'Connor. The situational factors that affect the software development process: Towards a comprehensive reference framework
    448 -- 466J. Andrés Díaz Pace, Alvaro Soria, Guillermo Rodríguez, Marcelo R. Campo. Assisting conformance checks between architectural scenarios and implementation
    467 -- 478Lwin Khin Shar, Hee Beng Kuan Tan. Automated removal of cross site scripting vulnerabilities in web applications
    479 -- 500Muhammad Sulayman, Cathy Urquhart, Emilia Mendes, Stefan Seidel. Software process improvement success factors for small and medium Web companies: A qualitative study
    501 -- 516Fredrik Karlsson, Pär J. Ågerfalk. MC Sandbox: Devising a tool for method-user-centered method configuration

    Volume 54, Issue 4

    331 -- 346Apostolos Ampatzoglou, Georgia Frantzeskou, Ioannis Stamelos. A methodology to assess the impact of design patterns on software quality
    347 -- 359Adam Vanya, Rahul Premraj, Hans van Vliet. Resolving unwanted couplings through interactive exploration of co-evolving software entities - An experience report
    360 -- 379Francesco Di Tria, Ezio Lefons, Filippo Tangorra. Hybrid methodology for data warehouse conceptual design by UML schemas
    380 -- 395Zhiqiang Yan, Remco M. Dijkman, Paul W. P. J. Grefen. Business process model repositories - Framework and survey
    396 -- 416Jehad Al-Dallal. Fault prediction and the discriminative powers of connectivity-based object-oriented class cohesion metrics
    417 -- 431Samuil Angelov, Paul W. P. J. Grefen, Danny Greefhorst. A framework for analysis and design of software reference architectures

    Volume 54, Issue 3

    239 -- 247Antoni Lluís Mesquida, Antònia Mas Picahaco, Esperança Amengual Alcover, José Antonio Calvo-Manzano. IT Service Management Process Improvement based on ISO/IEC 15504: A systematic review
    248 -- 256Ying Ma, Guangchun Luo, Xue Zeng, Aiguo Chen. Transfer learning for cross-company software defect prediction
    257 -- 273Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Frédéric Jouault, Jordi Cabot, Jesús García Molina. API2MoL: Automating the building of bridges between APIs and Model-Driven Engineering
    274 -- 285T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair, R. Selvarani. Defect proneness estimation and feedback approach for software design quality improvement
    286 -- 298Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, Rafael Savi, Adriano Ferreti Borgatto. DELIVER! - An educational game for teaching Earned Value Management in computing courses
    299 -- 316Stephen Lane, Antonio Bucchiarone, Ita Richardson. SOAdapt: A process reference model for developing adaptable service-based applications
    317 -- 330Rubén Mondéjar, Pedro García López, Carles Pairot, Lluis Pamies-Juarez. Damon: A distributed AOP middleware for large-scale scenarios

    Volume 54, Issue 2

    137 -- 148Leo R. Vijayasarathy, Dan Turk. Drivers of agile software development use: Dialectic interplay between benefits and hindrances
    149 -- 161Luis Eduardo Mendoza, Manuel I. Capel, María A. Pérez. Conceptual framework for business processes compositional verification
    162 -- 178Daniel Méndez Fernández, Stefan Wagner, Klaus Lochmann, Andrea Baumann, Holger de Carne. Field study on requirements engineering: Investigation of artefacts, project parameters, and execution strategies
    179 -- 202Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau. Fault-based test suite prioritization for specification-based testing
    203 -- 211Siim Karus, Marlon Dumas. Code churn estimation using organisational and code metrics: An experimental comparison
    212 -- 238José María Conejero, Eduardo Figueiredo, Alessandro Garcia, Juan Hernández, Elena Jurado. On the relationship of concern metrics and requirements maintainability

    Volume 54, Issue 12

    1297 -- 1307Robert Tairas, Jeff Gray. Increasing clone maintenance support by unifying clone detection and refactoring activities
    1308 -- 1316Josianne Marsan, Guy Paré, Michael D. Wybo. Has open source software been institutionalized in organizations or not?
    1317 -- 1339Roy Wendler. The maturity of maturity model research: A systematic mapping study
    1340 -- 1356Iván Santiago, Álvaro Jiménez, Juan Manuel Vara, Valeria de Castro, Verónica Andrea Bollati, Esperanza Marcos. Model-Driven Engineering as a new landscape for traceability management: A systematic literature review
    1357 -- 1375Silvia Teresita Acuña, John W. Castro, Natalia Juristo Juzgado. A HCI technique for improving requirements elicitation
    1376 -- 0Jongmoon Baik, Fabio Massacci, Mohammad Zulkernine. Guest Editorial: Special section on software reliability and security
    1377 -- 1395Aida Omerovic, Bjørnar Solhaug, Ketil Stølen. Assessing practical usefulness and performance of the PREDIQT method: An industrial case study
    1396 -- 1417Karsten Sohr, Mirco Kuhlmann, Martin Gogolla, Hongxin Hu, Gail-Joon Ahn. Comprehensive two-level analysis of role-based delegation and revocation policies with UML and OCL
    1418 -- 1431Andy Restrepo, W. Eric Wong. Validation of SDL-based architectural design models using communication-based coverage criteria
    1432 -- 1453Arjan de Roo, Hasan Sözer, Mehmet Aksit. Verification and analysis of domain-specific models of physical characteristics in embedded control software

    Volume 54, Issue 11

    1159 -- 1174Laura Sánchez-González, Félix García, Francisco Ruiz, Jan Mendling. Quality indicators for business process models from a gateway complexity perspective
    1175 -- 1191Ita Richardson, Valentine Casey, Fergal McCaffery, John Burton, Sarah Beecham. A Process Framework for Global Software Engineering Teams
    1192 -- 1201Étienne Payet, Fausto Spoto. Static analysis of Android programs
    1202 -- 1214Aikaterini Christopoulou, Emmanouel A. Giakoumakis, Vassilis Zafeiris, Vasiliki Soukara. Automated refactoring to the Strategy design pattern
    1215 -- 1228Miguel A. Teruel, Elena Navarro, Víctor López-Jaquero, Francisco Montero Simarro, Javier Jaén Martínez, Pascual González. Analyzing the understandability of Requirements Engineering languages for CSCW systems: A family of experiments
    1229 -- 1238Borislav Nikolik. Software quality assurance economics
    1239 -- 1249Darijus Strasunskas, Sari Hakkarainen. Domain model-driven software engineering: A method for discovery of dependency links
    1250 -- 1264Abedallah Zaid Abualkishik, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Adel Khelifi, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, Rodziah Binti Atan, Mohd Hasan Selamat. An exploratory study on the accuracy of FPA to COSMIC measurement method conversion types
    1265 -- 1282Francisco José Domínguez-Mayo, M. José Escalona, Manuel Mejías, M. Ross, G. Staples. Quality evaluation for Model-Driven Web Engineering methodologies
    1283 -- 1295Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell. A framework for pathologies of message sequence charts

    Volume 54, Issue 10

    1045 -- 1066Eladio Domínguez, Beatriz Pérez, Angel Luis Rubio, Mari'a A. Zapata. A systematic review of code generation proposals from state machine specifications
    1067 -- 1078Deepti Mishra, Alok Mishra, Sofiya Ostrovska. Impact of physical ambiance on communication, collaboration and coordination in agile software development: An empirical evaluation
    1079 -- 1091Katia Romero Felizardo, Gabriel de Faria Andery, Fernando Vieira Paulovich, Rosane Minghim, José Carlos Maldonado. A visual analysis approach to validate the selection review of primary studies in systematic reviews
    1092 -- 1106Frank Elberzhager, Alla Rosbach, Jürgen Münch, Robert Eschbach. Reducing test effort: A systematic mapping study on existing approaches
    1107 -- 1124Elizabeth Bjarnason, Krzysztof Wnuk, Björn Regnell. Are you biting off more than you can chew? A case study on causes and effects of overscoping in large-scale software engineering
    1125 -- 1141Jehad Al-Dallal. Constructing models for predicting extract subclass refactoring opportunities using object-oriented quality metrics
    1142 -- 1157Juan Manuel Carrillo-de-Gea, Joaquín Nicolás, José Luis Fernández Alemán, Ambrosio Toval, Christof Ebert, Aurora Vizcaíno. Requirements engineering tools: Capabilities, survey and assessment

    Volume 54, Issue 1

    1 -- 15Frank Elberzhager, Jürgen Münch, Vi Tran Ngoc Nha. A systematic mapping study on the combination of static and dynamic quality assurance techniques
    16 -- 40Hongyu Pei Breivold, Ivica Crnkovic, Magnus Larsson. A systematic review of software architecture evolution research
    41 -- 59Jianfeng Wen, Shixian Li, Zhiyong Lin, Yong Hu, Changqin Huang. Systematic literature review of machine learning based software development effort estimation models
    60 -- 71Eugenio Capra, Chiara Francalanci, Sandra Slaughter. Is software "green"? Application development environments and energy efficiency in open source applications
    72 -- 86Karina Robles, Anabel Fraga, Jorge Morato, Juan Lloréns. Towards an ontology-based retrieval of UML Class Diagrams
    87 -- 98Amel Mammar, Wissam Mallouli, Ana R. Cavalli. A systematic approach to integrate common timed security rules within a TEFSM-based system specification
    99 -- 118T. H. Ng, Yuen-Tak Yu, S. C. Cheung, W. K. Chan. Human and program factors affecting the maintenance of programs with deployed design patterns
    119 -- 136Yunja Choi, Moonzoo Kim. Controlled composition and abstraction for bottom-up integration and verification of abstract components
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