Table of Contents

• Empirical Software Engineering Research - The Good, The Bad, The UglyElaine J. Weyuker. 1-9 [doi]
• On the Effectiveness of Contracts as Test Oracles in the Detection and Diagnosis of Race Conditions and Deadlocks in Concurrent Object-Oriented SoftwareWladimir Araujo, Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche. 10-19 [doi]
• Measuring the Efficacy of Code Clone Information in a Bug Localization Task: An Empirical StudyDebarshi Chatterji, Jeffrey C. Carver, Beverly Massengil, Jason Oslin, Nicholas A. Kraft. 20-29 [doi]
• A Qualitative Study of Open Source Software Development: The Open EMR ProjectJohn Noll, Sarah Beecham, Dominik Seichter. 30-39 [doi]
• How Simple is It to Measure Software Size and Complexity for an IT Practitioner?Gabriela Robiolo. 40-48 [doi]
• A Survey of Metrics Use in Finnish Software CompaniesJari Soini. 49-57 [doi]
• An Empirical Study on the Use of Team Building Criteria in Software ProjectsFabio Q. B. da Silva, A. César C. França, Tatiana B. Gouveia, Cleviton V. F. Monteiro, Elisa S. F. Cardozo, Marcos Suassuna. 58-67 [doi]
• The Risk of Using the Q Heterogeneity Estimator for Software Engineering ExperimentsOscar Dieste, Enrique Fernández, Ramón García-Martínez, Natalia Juristo Juzgado. 68-76 [doi]
• Using Visual Text Mining to Support the Study Selection Activity in Systematic Literature ReviewsKatia Romero Felizardo, Norsaremah Salleh, Rafael Messias Martins, Emilia Mendes, Stephen G. MacDonell, José Carlos Maldonado. 77-86 [doi]
• An Empirical Investigation of Systematic Reviews in Software EngineeringHe Zhang, Muhammad Ali Babar. 87-96 [doi]
• One Technique is Not Enough: A Comparison of Vulnerability Discovery TechniquesAndrew Austin, Laurie Williams. 97-106 [doi]
• A Systematic Mapping Study on Software Engineering TestbedsEmanoel Barreiros, Adauto Almeida, Juliana Saraiva, Sérgio Soares. 107-116 [doi]
• A Case Study of Concolic Testing Tools and their LimitationsXiao Qu, Brian Robinson. 117-126 [doi]
• Exploring Software Measures to Assess Program ComprehensionJanet Feigenspan, Sven Apel, Jörg Liebig, Christian Kästner. 127-136 [doi]
• How Good is Your Comment? A Study of Comments in Java ProgramsDorsaf Haouari, Houari A. Sahraoui, Philippe Langlais. 137-146 [doi]
• End-User Programmers and their Communities: An Artifact-based AnalysisKathryn T. Stolee, Sebastian G. Elbaum, Anita Sarma. 147-156 [doi]
• An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of System Sequence Diagrams and System Operation Contracts on the Quality of the Domain ModelLionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche, Reymes Madrazo-Rivera. 157-166 [doi]
• Experimental Analysis of Textual and Graphical Representations for Software Architecture DesignWerner Heijstek, Thomas Kühne, Michel R. V. Chaudron. 167-176 [doi]
• How Humans Merge UML-ModelsRainer Lutz, David Würfel, Stephan Diehl. 177-186 [doi]
• Supporting Online Updates of Software Product Lines: A Controlled ExperimentBartosz Michalik, Danny Weyns, Nelis Boucké, Alexander Helleboogh. 187-196 [doi]
• Survey Reproduction of Defect Reporting in Industrial Software DevelopmentEero I. Laukkanen, Mika Mäntylä. 197-206 [doi]
• Mining Static Code Metrics for a Robust Prediction of Software Defect-PronenessLianfa Li, Hareton Leung. 207-214 [doi]
• Network Versus Code Metrics to Predict Defects: A Replication StudyRahul Premraj, Kim Herzig. 215-224 [doi]
• Measuring Architectural Change for Defect Estimation and LocalizationMaximilian Steff, Barbara Russo. 225-234 [doi]
• A Current Assessment of Software Development Effort EstimationDirk Basten, Werner Mellis. 235-244 [doi]
• Handling Estimation Uncertainty with Bootstrapping: Empirical Evaluation in the Context of Hybrid Prediction MethodsMichael Kläs, Adam Trendowicz, Yasushi Ishigai, Haruka Nakao. 245-254 [doi]
• How to Find Relevant Data for Effort Estimation?Ekrem Kocaguneli, Tim Menzies. 255-264 [doi]
• Size Estimation of Cloud Migration Projects with Cloud Migration Point (CMP)Van T. K. Tran, Kevin Lee, Alan Fekete, Anna Liu, Jacky Keung. 265-274 [doi]
• Recommended Steps for Thematic Synthesis in Software EngineeringDaniela S. Cruzes, Tore Dybå. 275-284 [doi]
• Quantitative Determination of the Relationship between Internal Validity and Bias in Software Engineering Experiments: Consequences for Systematic Literature ReviewsOscar Dieste, Anna Grimán, Natalia Juristo Juzgado, Himanshu Saxena. 285-294 [doi]
• The Structure of Design Theories, and an Analysis of their Use in Software Engineering ExperimentsRoel Wieringa, Maya Daneva, Nelly Condori-Fernández. 295-304 [doi]
• Inferring Skill from Tests of Programming Performance: Combining Time and QualityGunnar R. Bergersen, Jo Erskine Hannay, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Tore Dybå, Amela Karahasanovic. 305-314 [doi]
• Preserving Aspects via Automation: A Maintainability StudyAram Hovsepyan, Riccardo Scandariato, Stefan Van Baelen, Wouter Joosen, Serge Demeyer. 315-324 [doi]
• Design of an Empirical Study for Comparing the Usability of Concurrent Programming LanguagesSebastian Nanz, Faraz Torshizi, Michela Pedroni, Bertrand Meyer. 325-334 [doi]
• Categories of Source Code in Industrial SystemsTiago L. Alves. 335-338 [doi]
• Empirical Research in Software Process Modeling: A Systematic Literature ReviewXu Bai, He Zhang, LiGuo Huang. 339-342 [doi]
• Case Studies Synthesis: Brief Experience and Challenges for the FutureDaniela S. Cruzes, Tore Dybå, Per Runeson, Martin Höst. 343-346 [doi]
• A Knowledge Mapping Technique for Project-level Knowledge Flow AnalysisSusan M. Mitchell, Carolyn B. Seaman. 347-350 [doi]
• Identifying Strategies for Study Selection in Systematic Reviews and MapsKai Petersen, Nauman Bin Ali. 351-354 [doi]
• Common Agile Practices in Software ProcessesJosé Fortuna Abrantes, Guilherme Horta Travassos. 355-358 [doi]
• A Preliminary Study on Factors Affecting Software Testing Team PerformanceTanjila Kanij, Robert Merkel, John Grundy. 359-362 [doi]
• Scaling Scrum in a Large Distributed ProjectMaria Paasivaara, Casper Lassenius. 363-367 [doi]
• Software Engineers' Perceptions of Factors in Motivation: The Work, People, ObstaclesRien Sach, Helen Sharp, Marian Petre. 368-371 [doi]
• Preliminary Findings from a Survey on the MD State of the PracticeMarco Torchiano, Federico Tomassetti, Filippo Ricca, Alessandro Tiso, Gianna Reggio. 372-375 [doi]
• Modeling the Number of Active Software UsersDa Yang, Wenpei Liu, Qiang Cui, Juan Li, Ye Yang, Qing Wang. 376-379 [doi]
• Towards Measurement of Confidence in Safety CasesEwen Denney, Ganesh Pai, Ibrahim Habli. 380-383 [doi]
• The Cost of the Build Tax in Scientific SoftwareLorin Hochstein, Yang Jiao. 384-387 [doi]
• What are Problem Causes of Software Projects? Data of Root Cause Analysis at Four Software CompaniesTimo O. A. Lehtinen, Mika Mäntylä. 388-391 [doi]
• US DoD Application Domain Empirical Software Cost AnalysisRaymond J. Madachy, Barry W. Boehm, Bradford Clark, Thomas Tan, Wilson Rosa. 392-395 [doi]
• A Preliminary Survey on Subjective Measurements and Personal Insights into Factors of Perceived Future Project SuccessSabine Nunnenmacher, Jessica Jung, Golriz Chehrazi, Alexander Klaus, Constanza Lampasona, Christian Webel, Marcus Ciolkowski. 396-399 [doi]
• Predicting Development Effort from User StoriesPekka Abrahamsson, Ilenia Fronza, Raimund Moser, Jelena Vlasenko, Witold Pedrycz. 400-403 [doi]
• Formulation and Empirical Validation of a GQM Based Measurement FrameworkPrashanth Harish Southekal, Ginger Levin. 404-413 [doi]
• Goal-Driven Development Method for Managing Embedded System Projects: An Industrial Experience ReportGuoping Rong, Dong Shao, He Zhang, Jun Li. 414-423 [doi]
• Composite Release Values for Normalized Product-level MetricsPete Rotella, Satyabrata Pradhan. 424-433 [doi]
• "Is It Really a Defect?" An Empirical Study on Measuring and Improving the Process of Software Defect ReportingDandan Wang, Qing Wang, Ye Yang, Qi Li, Haitao Wang, Feng Yuan. 434-443 [doi]
• Analyzing the Impact of Beliefs in Software Project PracticesCarol Passos, Ana Paula Braun, Daniela S. Cruzes, Manoel G. Mendonça. 444-452 [doi]
• Obtaining Thresholds for the Effectiveness of Business Process MiningRicardo Pérez-Castillo, Laura Sánchez-González, Mario Piattini, Félix García, Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán. 453-462 [doi]
• Scrum + Engineering Practices: Experiences of Three Microsoft TeamsLaurie Williams, Gabe Brown, Adam Meltzer, Nachiappan Nagappan. 463-471 [doi]