Sciweavers

ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Empirical study design in the area of high-performance computing (HPC)
The development of High-Performance Computing (HPC) programs is crucial to progress in many fields of scientific endeavor. We have run initial studies of the productivity of HPC d...
Forrest Shull, Jeffrey Carver, Lorin Hochstein, Vi...
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
System test case prioritization of new and regression test cases
Test case prioritization techniques have been shown to be beneficial for improving regression-testing activities. With prioritization, the rate of fault detection is improved, thu...
Hema Srikanth, Laurie Williams, Jason Osborne
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
The consistency of empirical comparisons of regression and analogy-based software project cost prediction
OBJECTIVE - to determine the consistency within and between results in empirical studies of software engineering cost estimation. We focus on regression and analogy techniques as ...
Carolyn Mair, Martin J. Shepperd
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
The use and usefulness of the ISO/IEC 9126 quality standard
This paper reports an evaluation the utility of ISO/IEC 9126. ISO/IEC 9126 is an international standard intended to ensure the quality of all software-intensive products including...
Hiyam Al-Kilidar, Karl Cox, Barbara Kitchenham
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Cloning by accident: an empirical study of source code cloning across software systems
One of the key goals of open source development is the sharing of knowledge, experience, and solutions that pertain to a software system and its problem domain. Source code clonin...
Raihan Al-Ekram, Cory Kapser, Richard C. Holt, Mic...
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Dialog-based protocol: an empirical research method for cognitive activities in software engineering
This paper proposes dialog-based protocol for the study of the cognitive activities during software development and evolution. The dialog-based protocol, derived from the idea of ...
Shaochun Xu, Václav Rajlich
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A study of the effect of disruptions on the performance of software engineering teams
This paper describes ethnographic observations and analysis of the performance of student teams working on year-long software projects for industrial clients. Personality types we...
J. S. Karn, Anthony J. Cowling