1. ISESE 2002: Nara, Japan
2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE 2002), 3-4 October 2002, Nara, Japan. IEEE Computer Society 2002 ISBN 0-7695-1796-X
Keynote Address
Laszlo A. Belady: Beyond Software, Beyond Engineering. 3-6
Session 1: Experimental Methods
Forrest Shull, Victor R. Basili, Jeffrey Carver, José Carlos Maldonado, Guilherme Horta Travassos, Manoel G. Mendonça, Sandra Camargo Pinto Ferraz Fabbri: Replicating Software Engineering Experiments: Addressing the Tacit Knowledge Problem. 7-16
Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Bente Anda, Erik Arisholm, Tore Dybå, Magne Jørgensen, Amela Karahasanovic, Espen Frimann Koren, Marek Vokác: Conducting Realistic Experiments in Software Engineering. 17-26
Claes Wohlin: Is Prior Knowledge of a Programming Language Important for Software Quality?. 27-36
Session 2A: Software Qualit
Carina Andersson, Per Runeson: Verification and Validation in Industry -- A Qualitative Survey on the State of Practice. 37-47
Kazuyuki Shima, Yasuhiro Takemura, Ken-ichi Matsumoto: An Approach to Experimental Evaluation of Software Understandability. 48-55
Bernard Wong: The Appropriateness of Gutman's Means-End Chain Model in Software Evaluation. 56-68
Session 2B: Estimation
Hiroyuki Okamura, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tadashi Dohi: Estimating Mixed Software Reliability Models Based on the EM Algorithm. 69-78
Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley: Further Investigation into the Use of CBR and Stepwise Regression to Predict Development Effort for Web Hypermedia Applications. 79-90
Lei Li, Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, Kishor S. Trivedi: An Approach for Estimation of Software Aging in a Web Server. 91-102
Session 3: Process Improvement
Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Danilo Caivano, Corrado Aaron Visaggio, Giuseppe Visaggio: ProMisE: A Framework for Process Models Customization to the Operative Context. 103-110
Daniela Damian, Didar Zowghi, Lakshminarayanan Vaidyanathasamy, Yogendra Pal: An Industrial Experience in Process Improvement: An Early Assessment at the Australian Center for Unisys Software. 111-126
Session 4: Inspections
Thomas Thelin, Per Runeson, Claes Wohlin, Thomas Olsson, Carina Andersson: How much Information is Needed for Usage-Based Reading? -- A Series of Experiments. 127-138
Shinji Uchida, Akito Monden, Hajimu Iida, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Hideo Kudo: A Multiple-View Analysis Model of Debugging Processes. 139-147
Giedre Sabaliauskaite, Fumikazu Matsukawa, Shinji Kusumoto, Katsuro Inoue: An Experimental Comparison of Checklist-Based Reading and Perspective-Based Reading for UML Design Document Inspection. 148-160
Session 5: Testing
Natalia Juristo Juzgado, Ana María Moreno, Sira Vegas: A Survey on Testing Technique Empirical Studies: How Limited is our Knowledge. 161-172
Tomoko Matsumura, Akito Monden, Ken-ichi Matsumoto: The Detection of Faulty Code Violating Implicit Coding Rules. 173-182
Masayuki Hirayama, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Jiro Okayasu, Osamu Mizuno, Tohru Kikuno: Elimination of Crucial Faults by a New Selective Testing Method. 183-194
Session 6: Architecture and Design
Marcela Genero, Mario Piattini, Coral Calero: Empirical Validation of Class Diagram Metrics. 195-203
Kari Rönkkö, Olle Lindeberg, Yvonne Dittrich: 'Bad Practice' or 'Bad Methods' -- Are Software Engineering and Ethnographic Discourses Incompatible?. 204-210
Kari Smolander: Four Metaphors of Architecture in Software Organizations: Finding Out the Meaning of Architecture in Practice. 211-222



