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What is it that makes software fail? In an empirical study of the post-release defect history of five Microsoft software systems, we found that failure-prone software entities are statistically correlated with code complexity measures. However, there is no single set of complexit…
The purpose of this study is to reduce the gap between the requirement analysis and analysis phases of developing multi-agent systems. We utilize KAOS, one of the goal-oriented analysis methodologies, as a requirement analysis method, and propose a model translation into an analy…
The purpose of this research is to detect low usability web pages from the behavior of users, such as browsing time, mouse movement and eye movement. We experimented to investigate the relation between the quantitative data viewing behavior of users and web usability evaluation b…
In this paper, we present an integrated system concept for the living assistance domain based on ambient intelligence technology and discuss the resulting challenges for the software engineering discipline. Automated living assistance systems represent a promising approach for th…
Trust is considered one of the most important factors for successfully managing software outsourcing relationships. However, there is lack of research into understanding the factors that are considered important in establishing and maintaining trust between clients and vendors. T…
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For the effective promotion of software process improvement (SPI) activities in a large-scale organization, it is necessary to establish an organizational structure and a deployment method for promotion and to develop training courses, support tools, and other materials. Even if …
We present Logical Information Systems (LIS). A LIS can be viewed as a schema-less database whose objects are described by logical formulas. Objects are automatically organized according to their logical description, and logical formulas can be used for representing both queries …
The topic of this full-day tutorial was the correct use and interpretation of case studies as an empirical research method. Using an equal blend of lecture and discussion, it gave attendees a foundation for conducting, reviewing, and reading case studies. There were lessons for s…
Object-oriented software development practices are being rapidly adopted within increasingly complex systems, including reactive, real-time and concurrent system applications. While data modeling is performed very well under current object-oriented development practices, behavior…
By explicitly modeling and managing variability, software product line engineering provides a systematic approach for creating a diversity of similar products at low cost, in short time, and with high quality. This tutorial focuses on the two principle differences of software pro…
Many cases of adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been reported in the literature. Some of the adopted ERP systems fail to satisfy the customer's requirements, despite the high spending and substantial efforts that have been put into the adoption exercise.…
Fred Brooks' seminal book, "The Mythical Man-Month" (MMM) is a firmly established classic in software engineering. Many of us feel compelled to use this work to help our students appreciate and put into practice the fundamental software engineering concepts contained between its …
We present an algorithm for reverse engineering object-oriented (OO) data models from programs written in weakly-typed languages like Cobol. These models, similar to UML class diagrams, can facilitate a variety of program maintenance and migration activities. Our algorithm is bas…
This workshop summary presents an overview of the one-day International Workshop on Software Engineering for Automotive Systems (SEAS 2006), held in conjunction with the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'06). Details about SEAS 2006 may be found at: http…
This tutorial focuses on applying aspect-oriented software development (AOSD) concepts beyond the programming stage of the software development life cycle. Using concrete methods, tools, techniques and notations we discuss how to use AOSD techniques to systematically treat crossc…
The Global Studio Project integrated the work of Software Engineering students spread across four countries into a single project and represented, for most of the students, their first major "real-world" development experience. Interviews indicated that the major areas of learnin…
Software reliability techniques are aimed at reducing or eliminat-ing failures in software systems. Reliability in software systems istypically measured during or after system implementation. How-ever, software engineering methodology lays stress on doing the"correct things" earl…
In this paper we describe our experiences of introducing agile practices into undergraduate group work by comparing the results to more traditional plan-driven groups. When considering whether to adopt an agile or plan-driven project management strategy in a commercial context, R…
Program analysis techniques are used by software engineers to deduce and infer targeted characteristics of software systems for tasks such as testing, debugging, maintenance, and program comprehension. Recently, some program analysis techniques have been designed to leverage char…