2024
Using Machine Learning and Simplified Functional Measures to Estimate Software Development Effort.
IEEE Access, 2024
2023
An empirical study on software understandability and its dependence on code characteristics.
Empir. Softw. Eng., November, 2023
Estimating Software Functional Size via Machine Learning.
ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol., September, 2023
An empirical evaluation of the "Cognitive Complexity" measure as a predictor of code understandability.
J. Syst. Softw., 2023
Common Problems With the Usage of F-Measure and Accuracy Metrics in Medical Research.
IEEE Access, 2023
An Experience in the Evaluation of Fault Prediction.
Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2023
Software Development Effort Estimation Using Function Points and Simpler Functional Measures: A Comparison.
Proceedings of the Joint Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) and the 17th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA), 2023
On the Reliability of the Area Under the ROC Curve in Empirical Software Engineering.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2023
2022
Comparing ϕ and the F-measure as performance metrics for software-related classifications.
Empir. Softw. Eng., 2022
2021
Early and quick function points analysis: Evaluations and proposals.
J. Syst. Softw., 2021
Comparing Static Analysis and Code Smells as Defect Predictors: An Empirical Study.
Proceedings of the Open Source Systems - 17th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, 2021
Understanding and Modeling AI-Intensive System Development.
Proceedings of the 1st IEEE/ACM Workshop on AI Engineering - Software Engineering for AI, 2021
2020
Evolution of functional size measures through ICONIX process phases.
J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2020
On the assessment of software defect prediction models via ROC curves.
Empir. Softw. Eng., 2020
An Empirical Study on the Persistence of SpotBugs Issues in Open-Source Software Evolution.
Proceedings of the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, 2020
Productivity of Software Enhancement Projects: an Empirical Study.
Proceedings of the Joint Proceedings of the 30th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 15th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM Mensura 2020), 2020
An Empirical Study of Thresholds for Code Measures.
Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, 2020
Open Source Software Evaluation, Selection, and Adoption: a Systematic Literature Review.
Proceedings of the 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2020
Using Extremely Simplified Functional Size Measures for Effort Estimation: an Empirical Study.
Proceedings of the ESEM '20: ACM / IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2020
2019
Empirical evaluation and proposals for bands-based COSMIC early estimation methods.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2019
Why Do Developers Adopt Open Source Software? Past, Present and Future.
Proceedings of the Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, 2019
Comparing the Effectiveness of Using Design and Code Measures in Software Faultiness Estimation.
Proceedings of the Evaluation and Assessment on Software Engineering, 2019
Dealing with Uncertainty in Binary Logistic Regression Fault-proneness Models.
Proceedings of the Evaluation and Assessment on Software Engineering, 2019
2018
IFPUG Function Points to COSMIC Function Points convertibility: A fine-grained statistical approach.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2018
An Empirical Study on the Factors Affecting Software Development Productivity.
e Informatica Softw. Eng. J., 2018
A Study of the Correlation between Functional Size Measures and Object-oriented Measures.
Proceedings of the Academic Papers at IWSM Mensura 2018 "COSMIC Function Points, 2018
Technical debt as an external software attribute.
Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Technical Debt, 2018
2017
Risk-averse slope-based thresholds: Definition and empirical evaluation.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2017
A study on the statistical convertibility of IFPUG Function Point, COSMIC Function Point and Simple Function Point.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2017
On the Evaluation of Effort Estimation Models.
Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2017
2016
An empirical study on the effect of programming languages on productivity.
Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2016
Simple function points for effort estimation: a further assessment.
Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2016
An Empirical Evaluation of Distribution-based Thresholds for Internal Software Measures.
Proceedings of the The 12th International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering, 2016
An Empirical Evaluation of Two COSMIC Early Estimation Methods.
Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2016
Towards Component-Aware Function Point Measurement.
Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2016
Identifying Thresholds for Software Faultiness via Optimistic and Pessimistic Estimations.
Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2016
Slope-based fault-proneness thresholds for software engineering measures.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2016
2015
Enriching Specifications to Represent Quality in Web Services in a Comprehensive Way.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Symposium on Service-Oriented System Engineering, 2015
Surveying the Adoption of FLOSS by Public Administration Local Organizations.
Proceedings of the Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact, 2015
GQM-Based Definition and Evaluation of Software Project Success Indicators.
Proceedings of the Software Technologies - 10th International Joint Conference, 2015
Defining and Evaluating Software Project Success Indicators - A GQM-based Case Study.
Proceedings of the ICSOFT-EA 2015, 2015
Automated Function Points: Critical Evaluation and Discussion.
Proceedings of the 6th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics, 2015
2014
Model-based early and rapid estimation of COSMIC functional size - An experimental evaluation.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2014
An evaluation of the statistical convertibility of Function Points into COSMIC Function Points.
Empir. Softw. Eng., 2014
An Evaluation of Simple Function Point as a Replacement of IFPUG Function Point.
Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2014
2013
Towards a simplified definition of Function Points.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2013
Business goals, user needs, and requirements: A problem frame-based view.
Expert Syst. J. Knowl. Eng., 2013
Model-based Simplified Functional Size Measurement - an Experimental Evaluation with COSMIC Function Points.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Experiences and Empirical Studies in Software Modeling co-located with 16th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2013), 2013
2012
Bridging the gap between requirements and design: An approach based on Problem Frames and SysML.
J. Syst. Softw., 2012
An empirical investigation of perceived reliability of open source Java programs.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2012
A Proposal for Simplified Model-Based Cost Estimation Models.
Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2012
A Study on OSS Marketing and Communication Strategies.
Proceedings of the Open Source Systems: Long-Term Sustainability, 2012
Historical Data Repositories in Software Engineering: Status and Possible Improvements.
Proceedings of the 2012 Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 2012 Seventh International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2012
Analytical Convertibility of Functional Size Measures: A Tool-based Approach.
Proceedings of the 2012 Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 2012 Seventh International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2012
On the definition of dynamic software measures.
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2012
Software effort estimation with a generalized robust linear regression technique.
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering, 2012
2011
A Survey on Open Source Software Trustworthiness.
IEEE Softw., 2011
Convertibility of Function Points into COSMIC Function Points: A study using Piecewise Linear Regression.
Inf. Softw. Technol., 2011
OP2A: How to Improve the Quality of the Web Portal of Open Source Software Products.
Proceedings of the Web Information Systems and Technologies - 7th International Conference, 2011
OP2A - Assessing the Quality of the Portal of Open Source Software Products.
Proceedings of the WEBIST 2011, 2011
Generating Early Design Models from Requirements Analysis Artifacts Using Problem Frames and SysML.
Proceedings of the Modelling Foundations and Applications - 7th European Conference, 2011
2010
Applying SCRUM in an OSS Development Process: An Empirical Evaluation.
Proceedings of the Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 2010
A Survey on the Importance of Some Economic Factors in the Adoption of Open Source Software.
Proceedings of the Software Engineering Research, 2010
The role of the measure of functional complexity in effort estimation.
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering, 2010
An Investigation of the Users' Perception of OSS Quality.
Proceedings of the Open Source Software: New Horizons, 2010
A Meta-model Supporting the Decomposition of Problem Descriptions.
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, 2010
Introducing the evaluation of complexity in functional size measurement: a UML-based approach.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2010
Predicting OSS trustworthiness on the basis of elementary code assessment.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2010
Requirements Analysis and Modeling with Problem Frames and SysML: A Case Study.
Proceedings of the Modelling Foundations and Applications - 6th European Conference, 2010
2009
SystemC/C-based model-driven design for embedded systems.
ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst., 2009
Convertibility of functional size measurements: new insights and methodological issues.
Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Predictive Models in Software Engineering, 2009
Quality of Open Source Software: The QualiPSo Trustworthiness Model.
Proceedings of the Open Source Ecosystems: Diverse Communities Interacting, 2009
A Case Study in COSMIC Functional Size Measurement: The Rice Cooker Revisited.
Proceedings of the Software Process and Product Measurement, 2009
Towards a Meta-model for Problem Frames: Conceptual Issues and Tool Building Support.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, 2009
Applying the COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method to Problem Frames.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, 2009
Using function points to measure and estimate real-time and embedded software: Experiences and guidelines.
Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2009
2008
Enhancing problem frames with scenarios and histories in UML-based software development.
Expert Syst. J. Knowl. Eng., 2008
Towards The Evaluation of OSS Trustworthiness: Lessons Learned From The Observation of Relevant OSS Projects.
Proceedings of the Open Source Development, 2008
Fine-Grained Integrated Management of Software Configurations and Traceability Relations.
Proceedings of the ICSOFT 2008, 2008
Functional size measurement based on problem frames: a case study.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Applications and Advances of Problem Frames, 2008
Using problem frames to model the requirements ofa system for monitoring dangerous goods transportation.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Applications and Advances of Problem Frames, 2008
Towards the integration of sysml and problem frames.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Applications and Advances of Problem Frames, 2008
Model-based functional size measurement.
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2008
An Evaluation of Function Point Counting Based on Measurement-Oriented Models.
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2008
2007
Towards UML-based formal specifications of component-based real-time software.
Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf., 2007
OpenBQR: a framework for the assessment of OSS.
Proceedings of the Open Source Development, 2007
Beyond Total Cost of Ownership: Applying Balanced Scorecards to Open-Source Software.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA 2007), 2007
A Methodological Framework for SysML: a Problem Frames-based Approach.
Proceedings of the 14th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2007), 2007
2006
Software Process Measurement in the Real World: Dealing with Operating Constraints.
Proceedings of the Software Process Change, 2006
Enhancing problem frames with scenarios and histories: a preliminary study.
Proceedings of the 2006 International Workshop on Advances and Applications of Problem Frames, 2006
Combining Problem Frames and UML in the Description of Software Requirements.
Proceedings of the Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, 2006
2005
Automated Measurement of UML Models: an open toolset approach.
J. Object Technol., 2005
An Empirical Assessment of Function Point-Like Object-Oriented Metrics.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Software Metrics (METRICS 2005), 2005
Automated support for process-aware definition and execution of measurement plans.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2005), 2005
2004
A Dual Language Approach to the Development of Time-Critical Systems.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Test and Analysis of Component Based Systems, 2004
A Web-Based Infrastructure for the Management of Semantic Meta-Data.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS 2004), 2004
2003
A Dual Language Approach Extension to UML for the Development of Time-Critical Component-Based Systems.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Test and Analysis of Component-Based Systems, 2003
Simulation-based Verification of UML models.
Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'2003), 2003
Rigorous Description of Software Requirements with UML.
Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'2003), 2003
2002
Deriving executable process descriptions from UML.
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering, 2002
Model Checking UML Specifications of Real Time Software.
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS 2002), 2002
2001
Combining UML and formal notations for modelling real-time systems.
Proceedings of the 8th European Software Engineering Conference held jointly with 9th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering 2001, 2001
2000
Providing Automated Support for the GQM Measurement Process.
IEEE Softw., 2000
Requirements-Based Estimation of Change Costs.
Empir. Softw. Eng., 2000
Managing software artifacts on the Web with Labyrinth.
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on on Software Engineering, 2000
Enhancing Requirements and Change Management through Process Modeling and Measurement.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Requirements Engineering, 2000
1999
A conceptual basis for feature engineering.
J. Syst. Softw., 1999
DAMAS: An Integrated Business Modelling Information System to Support Management Enterprose Decisions.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 1999
1998
Applying GQM in an Industrial Software Factory.
ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol., 1998
Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design, 1998
1997
A fine-grained process modelling experiment at British Airways.
Softw. Process. Improv. Pract., 1997
A Case Study Of Evaluating Configuration Management Practices With Goal-Oriented Measurement.
Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 1997), 1997
An experience in introducing configuration management in a process-centered software engineering environment.
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS '97), 1997
1995
Modeling and Improving an Industrial Software Process.
IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 1995
Experiences in the Implementation of a Process-centered Software Engineering Environment Using Object-Oriented Technology.
Theory Pract. Object Syst., 1995
An Experience in Process Assessment.
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering, 1995
1994
Coupled vs. decoupled user interaction environments in PSEEs.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Software Process Workshop (ISPW '94), 1994
Combining control and data integration in the SPADE-1 process-centered software engineering environment.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Software Process Workshop (ISPW '94), 1994
The Architecture of SPADE-1-Process-Centered SEE.
Proceedings of the Software Process Technology, Third European Workshop, 1994
1993
Overview and Progress Report of the ESSE Project: Supporting Object-Oriented Database Schema Analysis and Evolution.
Proceedings of the TOOLS 1993: 10th International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 1993
Requirements and Early Experiences in the Implementation of the SPADE Repository.
Proceedings of the State of the Practice in Process Technology, 1993
Requirements and Early Experiences in the Implementation of the SPADE Repository using Object-Oriented Technology.
Proceedings of the Object Technologies for Advanced Software, 1993
1992
The ESSE Project: An Overview.
Proceedings of the Second Far-East Workshop on Future Database Systems 1992, 1992
1991
Updating the Schema of an Object-Oriented Database (Extended Abstract).
IEEE Data Eng. Bull., 1991
1990
Algres: An Advanced System for Complex Applications.
IEEE Softw., 1990
1989
ALGRES: An Extended Relational Database System for the Specification and Prototyping of Complex Applications.
Proceedings of the First Nordic Conference on Advanced Systems Engineering, 1989
1988
Software Prototyping by Relational Techniques: Experiences with Program Construction Systems.
IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 1988
Proceedings of the Advances in Database Technology, 1988
1987
Algebraic ADT Specifications of an Extended Relational Algebra and their Conversion into a Working Prototype.
Proceedings of the Algebraic Methods: Theory, 1987
1986
Translation and Optimization of Logic Queries: The Algebraic Approach.
Proceedings of the VLDB'86 Twelfth International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, 1986