Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Volume 42

Volume 42, Number 1, July 1998

• Editorial. 1-2
• Kate Finney, Keith Rennolls, Alexander M. Fedorec:
  Measuring the comprehensibility of Z specifications. 3-15
  
• Paolino Di Felice, Goffredo Fonzi:
  How to write comments suitable for automatic software indexing. 17-28
  
• Robert C. Shock, Thomas C. Hartrum:
  A classification scheme for software modules. 29-44
  
• Jinn-ke Jan, Yu-Yi Chen:
  "Paramita wisdom" password authentication scheme without verification tables. 45-57
  
• Der-Chyuan Lou, Chin-Chen Chang:
  An adaptive exponentiation method. 59-69
  
• Ayal Itzkovitz, Assaf Schuster, Lea Shalev:
  Thread migration and its applications in distributed shared memory systems. 71-87
  
• Paolo Nesi, T. Querci:
  Effort estimation and prediction of object-oriented systems. 89-102
  

Volume 42, Number 2, August 1998

• Editorial. 103-104
• Xiaoqing Frank Liu:
  A quantitative approach for assessing the priorities of software quality requirements. 105-113
  
• David Robertson:
  An empirical study of the LSS specification toolkit in use. 115-123
  
• Luqi, Carl K. Chang, Hong Zhu:
  Specifications in software prototyping. 125-140
  
• Kai H. Chang, Shih-Sung Liao, Stephen B. Seidman, Richard Chapman:
  Testing object-oriented programs: from formal specification to test scenario generation. 141-151
  
• Gerardo Canfora, Andrea De Lucia, Malcolm Munro:
  An integrated environment for reuse reengineering C code. 153-164
  
• Valdis Berzins:
  Recombining changes to software specifications. 165-174
  
• Byung-Kyoo Kang, James M. Bieman:
  Using design abstractions to visualize, quantify, and restructure software. 175-187
  

Volume 42, Number 3, September 1998

• Editorial. 189-191
• Sang Hyuk Son, Robert C. Beckinger, David A. Baker:
  DRDB: Towards distributed real-time database services for time-critical active applications. 193-204
  
• Prabhudev Konana, Sudha Ram:
  Transaction management mechanisms for active and real-time databases: A comprehensive protocol and a performance study. 205-225
  
• Anindya Datta, Sarit Mukherjee, Igor R. Viguier:
  Buffer management in real-time active database systems. 227-246
  
• Özgür Ulusoy:
  Transaction processing in distributed active real-time database systems. 247-262
  
• Lars Baekgaard, Jens Chr. Godskesen:
  Real-time event control in active databases. 263-271
  
• Anthony Chiu, Ben Kao, Kam-yiu Lam:
  An analysis of lock-based and optimistic concurrency control protocols in multiprocessor real-time databases. 273-286