Browsing SERL - Software Engineering Research Laboratory by Title
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Qualitative research on software development: a longitudinal case study methodology
(Springer, 2011)This paper reports the use of a qualitative methodology for conducting longitudinal case study research on software development. We provide a detailed description and explanation of appropriate methods of qualitative data ... -
Raising healthy software systems
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 2008)We elaborate on the analogy between humans and bespoke software systems and we use this analogy to inform an alternative perspective on the development and management of such systems. -
Reliance on correlation data for complexity metric use and validation
(ACM, 1991)This paper reports the results of an experiment to illustrate the hazards of using correlation data as the sole determinant for software metric use and validation. Three widely cited complexity metrics have been examined ... -
Requirements engineering current practice and capability in small and medium software development enterprises in New Zealand
(IEEE Computer Society, 2011)This paper presents research on current industry practices with respect to requirements engineering as implemented within software development companies in New Zealand. A survey instrument is designed and deployed. The ... -
Resource allocation using metaheuristic search
(Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC) Publishing Corporation, 2014)This research is focused on solving problems in the area of software project management using metaheuristic search algorithmsand as such is research in the field of search based software engineering. The main aim of this ... -
Rigor in software complexity measurement experimentation
(Elsevier, 1991)The lack of widespread industry acceptance of much of the research into the measurement of software complexity must be due at least in part to the lack of experimental rigor associated with many of the studies. This article ... -
Signposting, a dynamic approach to design process management
(Cambridge University Engineering Department, 1999)This paper presents an overview of a dynamic guidance tool that has been developed to address a need for design support in the aerospace sector. The tool, called signposting, provides the means of directing activity by ... -
Software engineering management
(2004 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 2004)Software Engineering Management can be defined as the application of management activities—planning, coordinating, measuring, monitoring, controlling, and reporting—to ensure that the development and maintenance of software ... -
Software forensics applied to the task of discriminating between program authors
(AUT University, 2001)Software forensics is here regarded as the particular field of inquiry that, by treating pieces of program source code as linguistically and stylistically analyzable entities, attempts to investigate various aspects of ... -
Software forensics for discriminating between program authors using case-based reasoning, feed-forward neural networks and multiple discriminant analysis
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999)Software forensics is the field that, by treating pieces of program source code as linguistically and stylistically analyzable entities, attempts to investigate computer program authorship. This can be performed with the ... -
Software forensics: extending authorship analysis techniques to computer programs
(University of Tazmania, 2002)Software forensics is the analysis of the syntactic, structural and semantic form of software in order to identify, characterise and discriminate between the authors of software products for some legal purpose. Determining ... -
Software forensics: old methods for a new science
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996)Over the past few years there has been a renewed interest in the science of software authorship identification; this area of research has been termed `software forensics'. This paper examines the range of possible measures ... -
Software metrics data analysis - exploring the relative performance of some commonly used modeling techniques
(Springer Netherlands, 1999)Whilst some software measurement research has been unquestionably successful, other research has struggled to enable expected advances in project and process management. Contributing to this lack of advancement has been ... -
Software process engineering for measurement-driven software quality programs: realism and idealism
(AUT UniversityACOSM, 1996)This paper brings together a set of commonsense recommendations relating to the delivery of software quality, with some emphasis on the adoption of realistic perspectives for software process/product stakeholders in the ... -
Software source code sizing using fuzzy logic modeling
(AUT University, 2003)Knowing the likely size of a software product before it has been constructed is potentially beneficial in project management: for instance, size can be an important factor in determining an appropriate development/integration ... -
Source code authorship analysis for supporting the cybercrime investigation process
(Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), 2004)Cybercrime has increased in severity and frequency in the recent years and because of this, it has become a major concern for companies, universities and organizations. The anonymity offered by the Internet has made the ... -
Stakeholder perceptions of software project outcomes: an industry case study
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 2010)Background: In spite of their limited scope, measures reflecting adherence to schedule, budget and specification continue to dominate the assessment and reporting of project outcomes. Objective: We set out to explore ... -
Standard method use in contemporary IS development: an empirical investigation
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2007)Purpose – The purpose of this research is to obtain an updated assessment of the use of standard methods in IS development practice in New Zealand, and to compare these practices to those reported elsewhere. Design/meth ... -
Standard method use in contemporary IS development: an empirical investigation
(Emerald, 2007)Purpose – The purpose of this research is to obtain an updated assessment of the use of standard methods in IS development practice in New Zealand, and to compare these practices to those reported elsewhere. Design/meth ... -
Stochastic cost estimation and risk analysis in managing software projects
(International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), 2005)This paper presents an overview of the use of stochastic modelling as an approach to assessing the impact of uncertainty in effort and cost estimations in software projects. Uncertainty in input values is modelled using ...