Empirical Software Engineering, Volume 4

Volume 4, Number 1, March 1999

• Jean Scholtz, Ben Shneiderman: Introduction to Special Issue on Usability Engineering. 5-10
• Fabio Paternò, Cristiano Mancini: Engineering the Design of Usable Hypermedia. 11-42
• Zhijun Zhang, Victor R. Basili, Ben Shneiderman: Perspective-based Usability Inspection: An Empirical Validation of Efficacy. 43-69
• Susan L. Keenan, H. Rex Hartson, Dennis G. Kafura, Robert S. Schulman: The Usability Problem Taxonomy: A Framework for Classification and Analysis. 71-104

Volume 4, Number 2, June 1999

• Khaled El Emam: Benchmarking Kappa: Interrater Agreement in Software Process Assessments. 113-133
• Fiona Walkerden, D. Ross Jeffery: An Empirical Study of Analogy-based Software Effort Estimation. 135-158
• Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Edward B. Allen: A Comparative Study of Ordering and Classification of Fault-Prone Software Modules. 159-186

Volume 4, Number 3, September 1999

• William W. Agresti, Marvin V. Zelkowitz: Introduction to the Special Issue: Papers from the Fifth International Symposium on Software Metrics. 195-198
• Alberto Avritzer, Elaine J. Weyuker: Metrics to Assess the Likelihood of Project Success Based on Architecture Reviews. 199-215
• John D. McGregor, Il-Hyung Cho, Brian A. Malloy, E. Lowry Curry, Chanika Hobatr: Collecting Metrics for CORBA-Based Distributed Systems. 217-240
• Sebastian G. Elbaum, John C. Munson: Software Evolution and the Code Fault Introduction Process. 241-262
• Giuliano Antoniol, Christopher J. Lokan, Gianluigi Caldiera, Roberto Fiutem: A Function Point-Like Measure for Object-Oriented Software. 263-287

Volume 4, Number 4, December 1999

• Andrew R. Gray, Stephen G. MacDonell: Software Metrics Data Analysis - Exploring the Relative Performance of Some Commonly Used Modeling Techniques. 297-316
• Philip M. Johnson, Anne M. Disney: A Critical Analysis of PSP Data Quality: Results from a Case Study. 317-349
• Rachel Harrison: Empirical Studies of Software Development and Evolution (ESSDE 99) Workshop Report. 351-352
• David Raffo, Timo Kaltio, Derek Partridge, Keith Phalp, Juan F. Ramil: Empirical Studies Applied to Software Process Models. 353-369
• K. Bennett, Elizabeth Burd, Chris F. Kemerer, M. M. Lehman, M. Lee, Raymond J. Madachy, C. Mair, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Sandra Slaughter: Empirical Studies of Evolving Systems. 370-380
• Linda M. Ott, Atte Kinnula, Carolyn B. Seaman, Claes Wohlin: The Role of Empirical Studies in Process Improvement. 381-386
• Lionel C. Briand, Erik Arisholm, Steve Counsell, Frank Houdek, Pascale Thévenod-Fosse: Empirical Studies of Object-Oriented Artifacts, Methods, and Processes: State of the Art and Future Directions. 387-404
• Rachel Harrison, N. Badoo, Evelyn J. Barry, Stefan Biffl, A. Parra, Bruce Winter, Jürgen Wüst: Directions and Methodologies for Empirical Software Engineering Research. 405-410