Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Volume 28

Volume 28, Number 1, January 2016

Research Articles

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  Antonio Martini, Lars Pareto, Jan Bosch:
  A multiple case study on the inter-group interaction speed in large, embedded software companies employing agile. 4-26
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  Gregor Polancic, Gregor Jost:
  The impact of the representatives of three types of process modeling tools on modeler's perceptions and performance. 27-56
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  Amid Khatibi Bardsiri, Seyyed Mohsen Hashemi:
  A differential evolution-based model to estimate the software services development effort. 57-77

Volume 28, Number 2, February 2016

Research Articles

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  Doaa M. Shawky, Salwa K. Abd-El-Hafiz:
  Characterizing software development method using metrics. 82-96
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  Jooyoung Seo, Jihyun Park, Byoungju Choi:
  A runtime fault survival method for deployed software during production runs. 97-119
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  Paul W. McBurney, Cheng Liu, Collin McMillan:
  Automated feature discovery via sentence selection and source code summarization. 120-145

Volume 28, Number 3, March 2016

Research Articles

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  Yu Zhou, Yanxiang Tong, Ruihang Gu, Harald C. Gall:
  Combining text mining and data mining for bug report classification. 150-176
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  Maurizio Leotta, Andrea Stocco, Filippo Ricca, Paolo Tonella:
  Robula+: an algorithm for generating robust XPath locators for web testing. 177-204
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  Juan Manuel Carrillo de Gea, Joaquín Nicolás, José Luis Fernández Alemán, Ambrosio Toval, Sofia Ouhbi, Ali Idri:
  Co-located and distributed natural-language requirements specification: traditional versus reuse-based techniques. 205-227

Volume 28, Number 4, April 2016

International Conference on Software and Systems Process 2014
Editorial

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  LiGuo Huang, He Zhang, Ita Richardson:
  Guest editors' introduction. 232-235

Special Issue Papers

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  Kevin T. Ryan:
  Software processes for a changing world. 236-240
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  Marco Kuhrmann, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Thomas Ternité:
  On the use of variability operations in the V-Modell XT software process line. 241-253
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  Mushtaq Raza, João Pascoal Faria:
  A model for analyzing performance problems and root causes in the personal software process. 254-271
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  Vahid Garousi, Dietmar Pfahl:
  When to automate software testing? A decision-support approach based on process simulation. 272-285
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  Xiao Liu, Dingxian Wang, Dong Yuan, Futian Wang, Yun Yang:
  Workflow temporal verification for monitoring parallel business processes. 286-302

Volume 28, Number 5, May 2016

Research Articles

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  Mario Luca Bernardi, Marta Cimitile, Giuseppe A. Di Lucca:
  Mining static and dynamic crosscutting concerns: a role-based approach. 306-339
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  Yixin Bian, Mohammed Aziz Parande, Günes Koru, Song Zhao:
  Testing the theory of relative dependency from an evolutionary perspective: higher dependencies concentration in smaller modules over the lifetime of software products. 340-371
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  Ismael Edrein Espinosa-Curiel, Josefina Rodríguez-Jacobo, José Alberto Fernández-Zepeda:
  Understanding SPI in small organizations: a study of Mexican software enterprises. 372-390

Volume 28, Number 6, June 2016

Research Articles

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  Maryam Razavian, Antony Tang, Rafael Capilla, Patricia Lago:
  In two minds: how reflections influence software design thinking. 394-426
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  Markus Borg:
  TuneR: a framework for tuning software engineering tools with hands-on instructions in R. 427-459
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  Herman Hartmann, Jan Bosch:
  Towards a multi-criteria decision support method for consumer electronics software ecosystems. 460-482
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  Domenico Amalfitano, Vincenzo De Simone, Anna Rita Fasolino, Porfirio Tramontana:
  EXACT: A tool for comprehending VBA-based Excel spreadsheet applications. 483-505

Volume 28, Number 7, July 2016

Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2014)
Editorial

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  Leon Moonen, Lori L. Pollock:
  Introduction to the special issue on software maintenance and evolution. 510-511

Special Issue Papers

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  Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Chanchal K. Roy, Kevin A. Schneider, Daqing Hou:
  A Simple, Efficient, Context-sensitive Approach for Code Completion. 512-541
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  Paige Rodeghero, Da Huo, Tao Ding, Collin McMillan, Malcom Gethers:
  An empirical study on how expert knowledge affects bug reports. 542-564
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  Cagri Sahin, Mian Wan, Philip Tornquist, Ryan McKenna, Zachary Pearson, William G. J. Halfond, James Clause:
  How does code obfuscation impact energy usage? 565-588
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  Davy Landman, Alexander Serebrenik, Eric Bouwers, Jurgen J. Vinju:
  Empirical analysis of the relationship between CC and SLOC in a large corpus of Java methods and C functions. 589-618

Volume 28, Number 8, August 2016

Research Articles

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  Ronald Jabangwe, Claes Wohlin, Kai Petersen, Darja Smite, Jürgen Börstler:
  A method for investigating the quality of evolving object-oriented software using defects in global software development projects. 622-641
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  Ameer Armaly, Collin McMillan:
  Pragmatic source code reuse via execution record and replay. 642-664
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  Anupama Kaushik, Devendra K. Tayal, Kalpana Yadav, Arvinder Kaur:
  Integrating firefly algorithm in artificial neural network models for accurate software cost predictions. 665-688
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  Hisham M. Abushama:
  PAM-SMEs: process assessment method for small to medium enterprises. 689-711

Volume 28, Number 9, September 2016

Best Papers of International Conference on Software and Systems Process 2015
Special Issue Papers

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  Dietmar Pfahl, Marco Kuhrmann, Reda Bendraou, Richard Turner:
  ICSSP 2015-Special Issue Introduction. 716-721
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  Jörg Holtmann, Ruslan Bernijazov, Matthias Meyer, David Schmelter, Christian Tschirner:
  Integrated and iterative systems engineering and software requirements engineering for technical systems. 722-743
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  Christian R. Prause, Markus Bibus, Carsten Dietrich, Wolfgang Jobi:
  Software product assurance at the German space agency. 744-761
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  Hanh Nhi Tran, Mojtaba Hajmoosaei, Christian Percebois, Agnès Front, Claudia Roncancio:
  Integrating run-time changes into system and software process enactment. 762-782
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  Fabian Rojas Blum, Jocelyn Simmonds, María Cecilia Bastarrica:
  The v-algorithm for discovering software process lines. 783-799
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  Marion Lepmets, Fergal McCaffery, Paul M. Clarke:
  Development and benefits of MDevSPICE®, the medical device software process assessment framework. 800-816
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  Silvana Togneri MacMahon, Fergal McCaffery, Frank Keenan:
  The MedITNet assessment framework: development and validation of a framework for improving risk management of medical IT networks. 817-834

Volume 28, Number 10, October 2016

Program Comprehension - a special issue based on ICPC 2014
Editorial

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  Chanchal K. Roy, Andrew Begel, Leon Moonen:
  Guest editor's introduction to the Special Issue on Program Comprehension (ICPC 2014). 838-839

Special Issue Papers

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  Alexandre Perez, Rui Abreu:
  Framing program comprehension as fault localization. 840-862
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  Eduardo Cunha Campos, Lucas Batista Leite de Souza, Marcelo de Almeida Maia:
  Searching crowd knowledge to recommend solutions for API usage tasks. 863-892
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  David W. Binkley, Daniel Heinz, Dawn J. Lawrie, Justin Overfelt:
  Source code analysis with LDA. 893-920
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  Shaowei Wang, David Lo:
  AmaLgam+: Composing Rich Information Sources for Accurate Bug Localization. 921-942

Volume 28, Number 11, November 2016

Systems, Software & Service Process Improvement: Results and Lessons: Euro SPI2015
Editorial

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  Miklós Biró, Richard Messnarz, Ricardo Colomo Palacios:
  Results and lessons learned in System, Software & Service Process Improvement & Innovation. 946-949

Special Issue - EUROSPI 2015

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  Suha Akman, Mert Özmut, Burak Aydin, Serhat Göktürk:
  Experience report: implementing requirement traceability throughout the software development life cycle. 950-954
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  Jozef De Man:
  Objective-driven process appraisals: an educational experiment. 955-959
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  Zádor Dániel Kelemen, Balázs Tódor, Sándor Hodosi, Ákos Somfai:
  Refactoring technical support to reduce interrupts of developers. 960-968
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  Xabier Larrucea, Izaskun Santamaría, Ricardo Colomo Palacios:
  Assessing ISO/IEC29110 by means of ITMark: results from an experience factory. 969-980
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  Antònia Mas Picahaco, Antoni Lluís Mesquida, Milos Jovanovic, Joan Barceló:
  Lessons learned from 4-year empowering project management with TALAIA OpenPPM. 981-989
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  Annick Majchrowski, Christophe Ponsard, Sanae Saadaoui, Jacques Flamand, Jean-Christophe Deprez:
  Software development practices in small entities: an ISO29110-based survey. 990-999
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  Alexander Poth:
  Effectivity and economical aspects for agile quality assurance in large enterprises. 1000-1004
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  Peter Rust, Derek Flood, Fergal McCaffery:
  Creation of an IEC 62304 compliant software development plan. 1005-1010
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  Rainer Dreves, Frank Hällmayer, Lutz Haunert, Bernhard Sechser, Armin Rieß:
  A method to realize traceability in development processes. 1011-1019

Volume 28, Number 12, December 2016

Search-Based Software Engineering (NasBASE 2015)
Editorial

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  Marouane Kessentini, Mel Ó Cinnéide:
  Introduction to the special issue on search-based software engineering (NasBASE 2015). 1024

Special Issue Papers

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  Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Günther Ruhe, Md. Mainur Rahman, Vahid Garousi, Thomas Zimmermann:
  An empirical investigation of single-objective and multiobjective evolutionary algorithms for developer's assignment to bugs. 1025-1060
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  Wenbin Li, Jane Huffman Hayes, Giulio Antoniol, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Bram Adams:
  Error leakage and wasted time: sensitivity and effort analysis of a requirements consistency checking process. 1061-1080
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  Martin Fleck, Javier Troya, Manuel Wimmer:
  Search-based model transformations. 1081-1117