Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Volume 8

Volume 8, Number 1, January 1988

Warren Harrison:
Introduction to the special issue on software engineering. 1-2
Sallie M. Henry:
A technique for hiding proprietary details while providing sufficient information for researchers; or, do you recognize this well-known algorithm? 3-11
James M. Bieman, Albert L. Baker, Paul N. Clites, David A. Gustafson, Austin Melton:
A standard representation of imperative language programs for data collection and software measures specification. 13-37
Tze-Jie Yu, Brian A. Nejmeh, Hubert E. Dunsmore, Vincent Yun Shen:
SMDC: An interactive software metrics data collection and analysis system. 39-46
William H. Farr, Oliver D. Smith:
A tool for statistical modeling and estimation of reliability functions for software: SMERFS. 47-55
Warren Harrison:
MAE: A syntactic metric analysis environment. 57-62
E. Burton Swanson, Cynthia Mathis Beath:
The use of case study data in software management research. 63-71

A Mundane but vital look at software tools. 75-76
Henryk Jan Komorowski:
A declarative logic programming environment. 77-89
Steven J. Zeil:
Complexity of the EQUATE testing strategy. 91-104
Bipin C. Desai, Pankaj Goyal, Fereidoon Sadri:
Composite index in DDBMS. 105-119
Vianney Côté, Pierre Bourque, Serge Oligny, N. Rivard:
Software metrics: An overview of recent results. 121-131
Mohammed Zaki, M. M. Elboraey:
Analysis of reliability models for interconnecting MIMD systems. 133-144
David A. Scanlan:
Learner preference for using structured flowcharts vs. pseudocode when comprehending short, relatively complex algorithms: A summary analysis. 145-155

Robert L. Glass:
Editor's corner : Software productivity improvement: Who's doing what? 159-160
Tom Gilb:
The pre-natal death of the CIS project: A software disaster story. 161-163
Anthony F. Norcio, L. J. Chmura:
Designing complex software. 165-184
David N. Card, William W. Agresti:
Measuring software design complexity. 185-197
Bertrand Meyer:
Eiffel: A language and environment for software engineering. 199-246
Anna Hác:
A multiprocessor model with classes of processes and priorities. 247-251
Lawrence Bernstein:
System sizing. 253

Robert L. Glass:
Editor's corner : A mythology of technology transfer. 257
Rex E. Gantenbein, Douglas W. Jones:
The design and implementation of a dynamic binding feature for a high-level language. 259-273
Roger Wiens, Mohammad A. Ketabchi:
An efficient method lookup technique for secondary storage object-oriented systems. 275-282
Songnian Zhou, Roberto Zicari:
Object management in local distributed systems. 283-295
Alan M. Davis:
A taxonomy for the early stages of the software development life cycle. 297-311
Dave E. Eckhardt, Larry D. Lee:
Fundamental differences in the reliability of N-modular redundancy and N-version programming. 313-318
Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid:
Understanding the "90% syndrome" in software project management: A simulation-based case study. 319-330
Marvin V. Zelkowitz:
Resource utilization during software development. 331-336

Robert L. Glass:
Editor's corner Robert L. Glass : Software Technology Transfer: A Multiflawed Process (The Road to Productivity Is Full of Potholes). 339-341
Sol M. Shatz, Wing Kai Cheng:
A petri net framework for automated static analysis of Ada tasking behavior. 343-359
Mohammed Zaki, R. Salama:
Linkage versus integration for binding data base and interactive graphics systems. 361-372
Theodore P. Baker:
An improved Ada run-time system interface. 373-393
Kathleen M. Swigger, Layne F. Wallace:
A discussion of past programming errors and their effect on learning assembly language. 395-399
Dimitris Christodoulakis, Grammati E. Pantziou:
WEP - a workstation for education in programming. 401-408
Shahram Javey:
A language construct for the specification of discontinuities. 409-417
Bertrand Meyer:
Cépage: Toward computer-aided design of software. 419-429