Alain Abran

Alain Abran, Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego: A standards-based reference framework for system portability requirements. Computer Standards & Interfaces 35(4): 380-395 (2013)

Cuauhtémoc López Martín, Alain Abran: Applying Expert Judgment to Improve an Individual's Ability to Predict Software Development Effort. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 22(4): 467-484 (2012)

Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego: Measurement and quantification are not the same: ISO 15939 and ISO 9126. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process 24(5): 585-601 (2012)

Fatih Nayebi, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran: The state of the art of mobile application usability evaluation. CCECE 2012: 1-4

Mónica Villavicencio, Alain Abran: The necessary software measurement knowledge in software engineering education from the practitioners' point of view. CCECE 2012: 1-5

Mónica Villavicencio, Alain Abran: Software Measurement in Software Engineering Education: A Delphi Study to Develop a List of Teaching Topics and Related Levels of Learning. EUROMICRO-SEAA 2012: 357-362

Feras AbuTalib, Dennis Giannacopoulos, Alain Abran: Case study: Applying the cosmic ISO 19761 measurement method on an MRI mesh generation medical application. ISSPA 2012: 894-899

Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran, Amar Ramdane-Cherif: A Refined Functional Size Measurement Procedure for Real-Time Embedded Software Requirements Expressed Using the Simulink Model. IWSM/Mensura 2012: 70-77

Francisco Valdés Souto, Alain Abran: Case Study: COSMIC Approximate Sizing Approach without Using Historical Data. IWSM/Mensura 2012: 178-189

Sylvain Beland, Alain Abran: A Measurement Framework to Support Continuous Improvement in Software Intensive Organizations. IWSM/Mensura 2012: 215-220

Alain Abran, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, Reiner R. Dumke: Guest Editors' Introduction. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 21(3): 309-310 (2011)

Carlos Monsalve, Alain Abran, Alain April: Measuring Software Functional Size from Business Process Models. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 21(3): 311-338 (2011)

Ales Zivkovic, Çigdem Gencel, Alain Abran: Guest editorial: Advances in functional size measurement and effort estimation - Extended best papers. Information & Software Technology 53(8): 873 (2011)

Mónica Villavicencio, Alain Abran: Facts and Perceptions Regarding Software Measurement in Education and in Practice: Preliminary Results. JSEA 4(4): 227-234 (2011)

Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Witold Suryn: Identification and analysis of attributes and base measures within ISO 9126. Software Quality Journal 19(2): 447-460 (2011)

Soumaya Barkallah, Abdelouahed Gherbi, Alain Abran: COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Using UML Models. FGIT-ASEA/DRBC/EL 2011: 137-146

Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran: Bidirectional Influence of Defects and Functional Size. IWSM/Mensura 2011: 69-75

Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran, Sophie Stern, Amar Ramdane-Cherif: Design of a Functional Size Measurement Procedure for Real-Time Embedded Software Requirements Expressed using the Simulink Model. IWSM/Mensura 2011: 76-85

Mónica Villavicencio, Alain Abran: Educational Issues in the Teaching of Software Measurement in Software Engineering Undergraduate Programs. IWSM/Mensura 2011: 239-244

Jean-Marc Desharnais, Bugra Kocatürk, Alain Abran: Using the COSMIC Method to Evaluate the Quality of the Documentation of Agile User Stories. IWSM/Mensura 2011: 269-272

Bipin C. Desai, Alain Abran, Sudhir P. Mudur (Eds.): Fourth International C* Conference on Computer Science & Software Engineering, C3S2E 2011, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 16-18, 2011, Proceedings. ACM 2011, isbn 978-1-4503-0626-3

Beatriz Marín, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran: A Quality Model for Conceptual Models of MDD Environments. Adv. Software Engineering 2010 (2010)

Beatriz Marín, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran: Towards an accurate functional size measurement procedure for conceptual models in an MDA environment. Data Knowl. Eng. 69(5): 472-490 (2010)

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Investigating Model-Driven Architecture for Web-based Interactive Systems. e-Minds 2(6) (2010)

Samir Kherraf, Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Witold Suryn, Eric Lefebvre: The Need to Evaluate Strategy and Tactics before the Software Development Process Begins. JSEA 3(7): 644-652 (2010)

Kenza Meridji, Alain Abran: Software Engineering Principles: Do They Meet Engineering Criteria? JSEA 3(10): 972-982 (2010)

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Generation Rules in POMA Architecture. JSEA 3(11): 1040-1046 (2010)

Normand Séguin, Alain Abran, Robert Dupuis: Software engineering principles: a survey and an analysis. C3S2E 2010: 59-65

Beatriz Marín, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Tanja E. J. Vos, Alain Abran: Evaluating the usefulness of a functional size measurement procedure to detect defects in MDD models. ESEM 2010

Alain Abran, Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego: Measurement Model of Software Requirements Derived from System Maintainability Requirements. SEKE 2010: 153-158

Carlos Monsalve, Alain April, Alain Abran: Representing Unique Stakeholder Perspectives in BPM Notations. SERA 2010: 42-49

Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran: Functional Requirement Improvements through Size Measurement: A Case Study with Inexperienced Measurers. SERA 2010: 181-189

Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran: A Generic Model for the Specification of Software Interface Requirements and Measurement of Their Functional Size. SERA 2010: 217-222

Francisco Valdés, Alain Abran: Comparing the Estimation Performance of the EPCU Model with the Expert Judgment Estimation Approach Using Data from Industry. SERA (selected papers) 2010: 227-240

Malik Qasaimeh, Alain Abran: Investigation of the Capability of XP to Support the Requirements of ISO 9001 Software Process Certification. SERA 2010: 239-247

Manar Abu Talib, Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva: Techniques for Quantitative Analysis of Software Quality throughout the SDLC: The SWEBOK Guide Coverage. SERA 2010: 321-328

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Transformation Rules in POMA Architecture. Software Engineering Research and Practice 2010: 161-166

Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego: A Standards-Based Model for the Specification of Portability Requirements. Software Engineering Research and Practice 2010: 553-559

Alain Abran, Alain April, Luigi Buglione: Software Measurement Body of Knowledge. Encyclopedia of Software Engineering 2010: 1157-1168

Olga Ormandjieva, Constantinos Constantinides, Alain Abran, Roger Y. Lee (Eds.): Proceedings of the Eighth ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2010, Montreal, Canada, May 24-26, 2010. IEEE Computer Society 2010, isbn 978-0-7695-4075-7

Roger Y. Lee, Olga Ormandjieva, Alain Abran, Constantinos Constantinides (Eds.): Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications 2010 [selected papers from the 8th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2010, Montreal, Canada, May 24-26, 2010]. Studies in Computational Intelligence 296, Springer 2010, isbn 978-3-642-13272-8

Alain April, Alain Abran: A Software Maintenance Maturity Model (S3M): Measurement Practices at Maturity Levels 3 and 4. Electr. Notes Theor. Comput. Sci. 233: 73-87 (2009)

Eduardo Miranda, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran: Sizing user stories using paired comparisons. Information & Software Technology 51(9): 1327-1337 (2009)

Beatriz Marín, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran: Identificación de Defectos en Modelos Conceptuales utilizados en Entornos MDA. CIbSE 2009: 109-114

Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Pinar Efe Dikici, Mert Can Ilis, Irfan Nuri Karaca: Functional Size of a Real-Time System. IWSM/Mensura 2009: 122-129

Çigdem Gencel, Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran: Improvement Opportunities and Suggestions for Benchmarking. IWSM/Mensura 2009: 144-156

Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran: Functional Size Measurement Quality Challenges for Inexperienced Measurers. IWSM/Mensura 2009: 157-169

Alain Abran, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego: Software Estimation: Universal Models or Multiple Models? SEKE 2009: 625-630

Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego: Metrology and Quantitative Analysis in ISO 15939. Software Engineering Research and Practice 2009: 592-598

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Interactive Systems Engineering: A Pattern-Orientedand Model-Driven Architecture. Software Engineering Research and Practice 2009: 636-642

Alain Abran, René Braungarten, Reiner R. Dumke, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, Jacob Brunekreef (Eds.): Software Process and Product Measurement, International Conferences IWSM 2009 and Mensura 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 4-6, 2009. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5891, Springer 2009, isbn 978-3-642-05414-3

Olga Ormandjieva, Manar Abu Talib, Alain Abran: Reliability Model for Component-Based Systems in COSMIC (a Case Study). International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 18(4): 515-539 (2008)

Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, Alain Abran: Special Issue on Software Process and Product Measurement. Journal of Systems and Software 81(5): 601-602 (2008)

Naji Habra, Alain Abran, Miguel Lopez, Asma Sellami: A framework for the design and verification of software measurement methods. Journal of Systems and Software 81(5): 633-648 (2008)

Ahmed Seffah, Mohamed Taleb, Halima Habieb-Mammar, Alain Abran: Reconciling usability and interactive system architecture using patterns. Journal of Systems and Software 81(11): 1845-1852 (2008)

Beatriz Marín, Nelly Condori-Fernández, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran: Measuring the Functional Size of Conceptual Models in an MDA Environment. CAiSE Forum 2008: 33-36

Nelly Condori-Fernández, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran, Asma Sellami: Introduciendo conceptos de metrología en el diseño de medidas de software. CIbSE 2008: 59-70

Jean-Daniel Cryans, Alain April, Alain Abran: Criteria to Compare Cloud Computing with Current Database Technology. IWSM/Metrikon/Mensura 2008: 114-126

Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran: Improving Quality of Functional Requirements by Measuring Their Functional Size. IWSM/Metrikon/Mensura 2008: 287-301

Nelly Condori-Fernández, Oscar Pastor, Maya Daneva, Alain Abran, Jaelson Castro: Quantifying Functional Reuse from Object Oriented Requirements Specifications. WER 2008

Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, René Braungarten, Reiner R. Dumke, Alain Abran (Eds.): Software Process and Product Measurement, International Conference, IWSM-Mensura 2007, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 5-8, 2007. Revised Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4895, Springer 2008, isbn 978-3-540-85552-1

Reiner R. Dumke, René Braungarten, Günter Büren, Alain Abran, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego (Eds.): Software Process and Product Measurement, International Conferences: IWSM 2008, Metrikon 2008, and Mensura 2008, Munich, Germany, November 18-19, 2008. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5338, Springer 2008, isbn 978-3-540-89402-5

Pierre Bourque, Serge Oligny, Alain Abran, Bertrand Fournier: Developing Project Duration Models in Software Engineering. J. Comput. Sci. Technol. 22(3): 348-357 (2007)

Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, Alain Abran: Advances in measurements for software processes assessment. Software Process: Improvement and Practice 12(2): 121-123 (2007)

Alain Abran, Iphigénie Ndiaye, Pierre Bourque: Evaluation of a black-box estimation tool: A case study. Software Process: Improvement and Practice 12(2): 199-218 (2007)

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Model-Driven Architecture for Web Applications. HCI (1) 2007: 1198-1205

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Patterns-Oriented Design Applied to Cross-Platform Web-based Interactive Systems. IRI 2007: 122-127

Mohamad Kassab, Olga Ormandjieva, Maya Daneva, Alain Abran: Non-Functional Requirements Size Measurement Method (NFSM) with COSMIC-FFP. IWSM/Mensura 2007: 168-182

Manar Abu Talib, Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva: Assessment of Real-Time Software Specifications Quality Using COSMIC-FFP. IWSM/Mensura 2007: 183-194

Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, Daniel Rodríguez, Fernando Machado, Alain Abran: Convertibility Between IFPUG and COSMIC Functional Size Measurements. PROFES 2007: 273-283

Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran: Pattern-oriented Architecture for Web Applications. WEBIST (2) 2007: 117-121

Hamdan Msheik, Alain Abran, Hamid Mcheick, Dimitrios Touloumis, Adel Khelifi: CoMet: A Tool Using CUMM to Measure Unused Component Members. AICCSA 2006: 697-703

Alain April, Jane Huffman Hayes, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke: Software Maintenance Maturity Model (SMmm): the software maintenance process model. Journal of Software Maintenance 17(3): 197-223 (2005)

Reiner R. Dumke, Alain Abran: Bericht über den 15. Internationalen Workshop zur Software-Messung (IWSM 2005). Softwaretechnik-Trends 25(4) (2005)

Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran: A Model for Performance Management and Estimation. IEEE METRICS 2005: 9

Olavo Mendes, Alain Abran: Issues in the Development of an Ontology for a Emerging Engineering Discipline. SEKE 2005: 139-144

Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, André Mayers, Julien Vilz, François Gruselin: Verification and Validation of a Knowledge-based System. KI 18(3): 27-29 (2004)

Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke: SMCMM Model to Evaluate and Improve the Quality of the Software Maintenance Process. CSMR 2004: 243-248

Hamdan Msheik, Alain Abran, Eric Lefebvre: Compositional Structured Component Model: Handling Selective Functional Composition. EUROMICRO 2004: 74-81

Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke: Assessment of software maintenance capability: A model and its architecture. IASTED Conf. on Software Engineering 2004: 309-314

Cornelius Wille, Reiner R. Dumke, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais: E-learning infrastructure for software engineering education: Steps in ontology modeling for SWEBOK. IASTED Conf. on Software Engineering 2004: 520-525

Alain Abran, Asma Sellami: Analysis of Software Measures Using Metrology Concepts - ISO 19761 Case Study. Software Audit and Metrics 2004: 69-84

Alain Abran, Adel Khelifi, Witold Suryn, Ahmed Seffah: Usability Meanings and Interpretations in ISO Standards. Software Quality Journal 11(4): 325-338 (2003)

Alain Abran, Asma Sellami, Witold Suryn: Metrology, Measurement and Metrics in Software Engineering. IEEE METRICS 2003: 2-

Edgardo Palza, Christopher P. Fuhrman, Alain Abran: Establishing a Generic and Multidimensional Measurement Repository in CMMI context. SEW 2003: 12

Pierre Bourque, Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Alain April: Bloom's Taxonomy Levels for Three Software Engineer Profiles. STEP 2003: 123-129

Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard L. Tripp, Sybille Wolff: Fundamental principles of software engineering - a journey. Journal of Systems and Software 62(1): 59-70 (2002)

Alain Abran, Ilionar Silva, Laura Primera: Field studies using functional size measurement in building estimation models for software maintenance. Journal of Software Maintenance 14(1): 31-64 (2002)

De Tran-Cao, Ghislain Lévesque, Alain Abran: Measuring Software Functional Size: Towards an Effective Measurement of Complexity. ICSM 2002: 370-376

Nihal Kececi, Wolfgang A. Halang, Alain Abran: A Semi-Formal Method to Verify Correctness of Functional Requirements Specifications of Complex Systems. DIPES 2002: 61-69

Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar: Estimating Software Project Effort by Analogy Based on Linguistic Values. IEEE METRICS 2002: 21-

Ali Idri, Alain Abran: A Fuzzy Logic Based Set of Measures for Software Project Similarity: Validation and Possible Improvements. IEEE METRICS 2001: 85-97

Reiner R. Dumke, Alain Abran (Eds.): New Approaches in Software Measurement, 10th International Workshop, IWSM 2000, Berlin, Germany, October 4-6, 2000, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2006, Springer 2001, isbn 3-540-41727-3

Alain Abran, Serge Oligny, Charles R. Symons: COSMIC FFP and the World-Wide Field Trials Strategy. IWSM 2000: 125-134

Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran: QFD: A Different Way to Measure Software Quality. IWSM 2000: 205-219

Francis Dion, Thanh Khiet Tran, Alain Abran: Mapping Processes Between Parallel, Hierarchical, and Orthogonal System Representations. IWSM 2000: 233-244

Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard L. Tripp: The Emerging Consensus on the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. JISBD 2000: 3

Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard L. Tripp: The Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. IEEE Software 16(6): 35-44 (1999)

Alain April, Alain Abran, Ettore Merlo: Process Assurance Audits: Lessons Learned. ICSE 1998: 482-485

Alain April, Ettore Merlo, Alain Abran: A Reverse Engineering Approach to Evaluate Function Point Rules. WCRE 1997: 236-246

Alain Abran, Pierre N. Robillard: Function Points Analysis: An Empirical Study of Its Measurement Processes. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 22(12): 895-910 (1996)

Alain Abran, Marcela Maya: A sizing measure for adaptive maintenance work products. ICSM 1995: 286-294

Alain Abran, Pierre N. Robillard: Function points: A study of their measurement processes and scale transformations. Journal of Systems and Software 25(2): 171-184 (1994)

Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Dirk Meyerhoff, Monika Müllerburg, Denis St-Pierre: Structured hypertext for using and learning function point analysis. SEKE 1994: 164-171

Alain Abran, Pierre N. Robillard: Reliability of Function Points Productivity Model for Enhancement Projects (A Field Study). ICSM 1993: 80-87

Alain Abran: Maintenance Productivity and Quality Studies: Industry Feedback on Benchmarking. ICSM 1993: 370