Steve Counsell

Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Michael Brockway, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: Testing Real-Time Embedded Systems using Timed Automata based approaches. Journal of Systems and Software 86(5): 1209-1223 (2013)

Guy Fitzgerald, Steve Counsell, Jason Peters: A Study of Web Maintenance in an Industrial Setting. CSMR 2013: 391-394

Mumtaz Abdul Hameed, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift: A meta-analysis of relationships between organizational characteristics and IT innovation adoption in organizations. Information & Management 49(5): 218-232 (2012)

Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell: Faults and Their Relationship to Implemented Patterns, Coupling and Cohesion in Commercial C# Software. IJISMD 3(2): 69-88 (2012)

Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell: A framework for pathologies of message sequence charts. Information & Software Technology 54(11): 1283-1295 (2012)

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift: RefTest 2011 Special Section. Journal of Object Technology 11(2) (2012)

Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Giulio Concas, Michele Marchesi, Steve Counsell: Parameter-based refactoring and the relationship with fan-in/fan-out coupling. Journal of Object Technology 11(2): 7: 24 (2012)

H. Hamza, Steve Counsell: Region-Based RTSJ Memory Management: State of the art. Sci. Comput. Program. 77(5): 644-659 (2012)

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift: Issues arising from refactoring studies: an experience report. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 37(3): 1-5 (2012)

Tracy Hall, Sarah Beecham, David Bowes, David Gray, Steve Counsell: A Systematic Literature Review on Fault Prediction Performance in Software Engineering. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 38(6): 1276-1304 (2012)

Emilia Mendes, Manar AbuTalib, Steve Counsell: Applying Knowledge Elicitation to Improve Web Effort Estimation: A Case Study. COMPSAC 2012: 461-469

Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: Specification Mutation Analysis for Validating Timed Testing Approaches Based on Timed Automata. COMPSAC 2012: 660-669

Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas, Steve Counsell, Janet McFall, Stephen Swift: Refactoring and its Relationship with Fan-in and Fan-out: An Empirical Study. CSMR 2012: 63-72

Mel Ó Cinnéide, Laurence Tratt, Mark Harman, Steve Counsell, Iman Hemati Moghadam: Experimental assessment of software metrics using automated refactoring. ESEM 2012: 49-58

Stefan Skrobanski, Stelios Pavlidis, Waidah Ismail, Rosline Hassan, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift: Use of General Purpose GPU Programming to Enhance the Classification of Leukaemia Blast Cells in Blood Smear Images. IDA 2012: 369-380

Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: A Longitudinal Study of Fan-In and Fan-Out Coupling in Open-Source Systems. IJISMD 2(4): 1-26 (2011)

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell: A Model for Predicting Class Movement in an Inheritance Hierarchy. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 21(5): 647-665 (2011)

Tracy Hall, Sarah Beecham, David Bowes, David Gray, Steve Counsell: Developing Fault-Prediction Models: What the Research Can Show Industry. IEEE Software 28(6): 96-99 (2011)

Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: GeTeX: A Tool for Testing Real-Time Embedded Systems Using CAN Applications. ECBS 2011: 61-70

H. Hamza, Steve Counsell: Scoped Memory in RTSJ Applications Dynamic Analysis of Memory Consumption. EUROMICRO-SEAA 2011: 221-225

Alessandro Murgia, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas, Roberto Tonelli, Steve Counsell: Parameter-Based Refactoring and the Relationship with Fan-in/Fan-out Coupling. ICST Workshops 2011: 430-436

Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell: Design patterns and fault-proneness a study of commercial C# software. RCIS 2011: 1-8

Hamza Hamza, Steve Counsell: Simulation of a Railway Control System: Dynamic Analysis of Scoped Memory Consumption. UKSim 2011: 287-292

Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Steve Counsell, Giulio Concas, Michele Marchesi: An Empirical Study of Refactoring in the Context of FanIn and FanOut Coupling. WCRE 2011: 372-376

Steve Counsell, Emal Nasseri: Java Method Calls in the Hierarchy - Uncovering Yet another Inheritance Foible. CIT 18(2) (2010)

Steve Counsell, Emal Nasseri: System Evolution at the Attribute Level: an Empirical Study of Three Java OSS and their Refactorings. CIT 18(2) (2010)

Steve Counsell, Hamza Hamza, Robert M. Hierons: An Empirical Investigation of Code Smell 'Deception' and Research Contextualisation through Paul's Criteria. CIT 18(4) (2010)

Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Rajaa Najjar: Evaluation of the 'replace constructors with creation methods' refactoring in Java systems. IET Software 4(5): 318-333 (2010)

Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, David Bowes: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Three Slice-Based Metrics for Cohesion. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 20(5): 609-636 (2010)

Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell: Size, Inheritance, Change and Fault-proneness in C\# software. Journal of Object Technology 9(5): 29-54 (2010)

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell, M. Shepperd: Class movement and re-location: An empirical study of Java inheritance evolution. Journal of Systems and Software 83(2): 303-315 (2010)

Ewan D. Tempero, Steve Counsell, James Noble: An empirical study of overriding in open source Java. ACSC 2010: 3-12

Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Steve Counsell: Fault Coverage Measurement of a Timed Test Case Generation Approach. ECBS 2010: 141-149

Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Emal Nasseri, David Bowes: An Analysis of the "Inconclusive' Change Report Category in OSS Assisted by a Program Slicing Metric. EUROMICRO-SEAA 2010: 283-286

Allan Tucker, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, Simon Kent, John Dickie, Kenwin Liu, Robert Turner: Data Mining the Millennium Seedbank at Kew. Industrial Conference on Data Mining - Workshops 2010: 85-94

Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: An Evolutionary Study of Fan-in and Fan-out Metrics in OSS. RCIS 2010: 473-482

Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell: Non-local Choice and Implied Scenarios. SEFM 2010: 53-62

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell, Ewan D. Tempero: An Empirical Study of Fan-In and Fan-Out in Java OSS. SERA 2010: 36-41

Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Bachar Alrouh, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, George Ghinea: A Multi-criteria Decision Making Framework for Real Time Model-Based Testing. TAIC PART 2010: 194-197

Benjamin Stopford, Steve Counsell, Emal Nasseri: Simulating Software Evolution with Varying Numbers of Developers and Validation Using OSS. Australian Software Engineering Conference 2009: 13-22

Sue Black, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, David Bowes: Fault Analysis in OSS Based on Program Slicing Metrics. EUROMICRO-SEAA 2009: 3-10

James Cain, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker: An Application of Intelligent Data Analysis Techniques to a Large Software Engineering Dataset. IDA 2009: 261-272

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell: System evolution at the attribute level: An empirical study of three Java OSS and their refactorings. ITI 2009: 653-658

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell: An Empirical Study of Java System Evolution at the Method Level. SERA 2009: 199-206

Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall: Design Patterns and Change Proneness: A Replication Using Proprietary C# Software. WCRE 2009: 160-164

Benjamin Stopford, Steve Counsell: A framework for the simulation of structural software evolution. ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul. 18(4) (2008)

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell, M. Shepperd: An Empirical Study of Evolution of Inheritance in Java OSS. Australian Software Engineering Conference 2008: 269-278

Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Rajaa Najjar: Is Manual Data Collection Hampered by the Presence of Inner Classes or Class Size? SCSS (2) 2008: 91-97

Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: An Empirical Study of "Removed" Classes in Java Open-Source Systems. SCSS (2) 2008: 99-104

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift: Refactoring Steps, Java Refactorings and Empirical Evidence. COMPSAC 2008: 176-179

Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell: Inheritance, 'Warnings' and Potential Refactorings: An Empirical Study. ICSEA 2008: 132-139

Steve Counsell: Is the need to follow chains a possible deterrent to certain refactorings and an inducement to others? RCIS 2008: 111-122

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift: An Empirical Study of Potential Vulnerability Faults in Java Open-Source Software. Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment, and Education 2008: 514-519

Steve Counsell: An Analysis of Faulty and Fault-Free C++ Classes Using an Object-Oriented Metrics Suite. Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment, and Education 2008: 520-525

Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, Youssef Hassoun: Package Evolvability and its Relationship with Refactoring. ECEASST 8 (2007)

Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Rajaa Najjar: Quality of manual data collection in Java software: an empirical investigation. Empirical Software Engineering 12(3): 275-293 (2007)

Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, George Loizou: A Meta-analysis Approach to Refactoring and XP. AICCSA 2007: 67-75

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Robert M. Hierons: A Test Taxonomy Applied to the Mechanics of Java Refactorings. SCSS (1) 2007: 497-502

Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell: Thread-Based Analysis of Sequence Diagrams. FORTE 2007: 19-34

Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell: A Thread-tag Based Semantics for Sequence Diagrams. SEFM 2007: 173-182

Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons: Refactoring test suites versus test behaviour: a TTCN-3 perspective. SOQUA 2007: 31-38

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker, Emilia Mendes: Object-oriented cohesion subjectivity amongst experienced and novice developers: an empirical study. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 31(5): 1-10 (2006)

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Jason Crampton: The interpretation and utility of three cohesion metrics for object-oriented design. ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol. 15(2): 123-149 (2006)

Steve Counsell, Youssef Hassoun, George Loizou, Rajaa Najjar: Common refactorings, a dependency graph and some code smells: an empirical study of Java OSS. ISESE 2006: 288-296

Benjamin Stopford, Steve Counsell: Simulating the Structural Evolution of Software. SPW/ProSim 2006: 294-301

Steve Counsell, Keith Phalp, Emilia Mendes, Stella Geddes: The Concerns of Prototypers and Their Mitigating Practices: An Industrial Case-Study. PROFES 2006: 166-176

Deepak Advani, Youssef Hassoun, Steve Counsell: Extracting refactoring trends from open-source software and a possible solution to the 'related refactoring' conundrum. SAC 2006: 1713-1720

Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, Rajaa Najjar, George Loizou, Youssef Hassoun: The Effectiveness of Refactoring, Based on a Compatibility Testing Taxonomy and a Dependency Graph. TAIC PART 2006: 181-192

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Exploring case-based reasoning for web hypermedia project cost estimation. Int. J. Web Eng. Technol. 2(1): 117-143 (2005)

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Investigating Web size metrics for early Web cost estimation. Journal of Systems and Software 77(2): 157-172 (2005)

Youssef Hassoun, Roger Johnson, Steve Counsell: Applications of dynamic proxies in distributed environments. Softw., Pract. Exper. 35(1): 75-99 (2005)

Sue Black, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Paul Wernick: Using Program Slicing to Identify Faults in Software. Beyond Program Slicing 2005

Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell, Nile Mosley: Towards a Taxonomy of Hypermedia and Web Application Size Metrics. ICWE 2005: 110-123

Steve Counsell, Keith Phalp, Emilia Mendes, Stella Geddes: What Formal Models Cannot Show Us: People Issues During the Prototyping Process. PROFES 2005: 3-15

Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker: Object-oriented cohesion as a surrogate of software comprehension: an empirical study. SCAM 2005: 161-172

Steve Counsell, Peter Newson, Emilia Mendes: Design Level Hypothesis Testing Through Reverse Engineering Of Object-Oriented Software. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 14(2): 207-220 (2004)

Rajaa Najjar, Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Youssef Hassoun: The quality of automated and manual data collection processes in Java software: an empirical comparison. CAiSE Workshops (2) 2004: 101-112

Youssef Hassoun, Roger Johnson, Steve Counsell: A Dynamic Runtime Coupling Metric for Meta-Level Architectures. CSMR 2004: 339-346

Steve Counsell, Michele Marchesi, Ewan D. Tempero, Corrado Aaron Visaggio: 4th international workshop on emerging trends in software metrics (WETSoM 2013). ICSE 2004: 1560-1561

Emilia Mendes, Ian D. Watson, Chris Triggs, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: A Comparative Study of Cost Estimation Models for Web Hypermedia Applications. Empirical Software Engineering 8(2): 163-196 (2003)

Rajaa Najjar, Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Keith Mannock: The Role of Constructors in the Context of Refactoring Object-Oriented System. CSMR 2003: 111-

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Do adaptation rules improve web cost estimation? Hypertext 2003: 173-183

Steve Counsell, Xiaohui Liu, Rajaa Najjar, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker: Applying Intelligent Data Analysis to Coupling Relationships in Object-Oriented Software. IDA 2003: 440-450

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: A Replicated Assessment of the Use of Adaptation Rules to Improve Web Cost Estimation. ISESE 2003: 100-109

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Early Web Size Measures and Effort Prediction for Web Costimation. IEEE METRICS 2003: 18-29

Youssef Hassoun, Roger Johnson, Steve Counsell: Reusability, open implementation and Java's dynamic proxies. PPPJ 2003: 3-6

Steve Counsell, Youssef Hassoun, Roger Johnson, Keith Mannock, Emilia Mendes: Trends in Java code changes: the key to identification of refactorings? PPPJ 2003: 45-48

Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell: Power Law Distributions in Class Relationships. SCAM 2003: 45-54

Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell: Power Law Distributions in Class Relationships. CoRR cs.SE/0305037 (2003)

Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell: Making refactoring decisions in large-scale Java systems: an empirical stance. CoRR cs.SE/0306098 (2003)

Steve Counsell, Xiaohui Liu, Janet McFall, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker: Evolutionary algorithms for grouping high dimensional Email data. Intell. Data Anal. 6(6): 503-516 (2002)

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Comparison of Web size measures for predicting Web design and authoring effort. IEE Proceedings - Software 149(3): 86-92 (2002)

Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell, Nile Mosley: Web hypermedia cost estimation: further assessment and comparison of cost estimation modelling techniques. The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia 8: 199-229 (2002)

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: The Application of Case-Based Reasoning to Early Web Project Cost Estimation. COMPSAC 2002: 393-398

Ian D. Watson, Emilia Mendes, Chris Triggs, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Using CBR to Estimate Development Effort for Web Hypermedia Applications. FLAIRS Conference 2002: 132-136

Steve Counsell, Emilia Mendes, Stephen Swift: Comprehension of Object-Oriented Software Cohesion: The Empirical Quagmire. IWPC 2002: 33-42

Emilia Mendes, Ian D. Watson, Chris Triggs, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: A Comparison of Development Effort Estimation Techniques for Web Hypermedia Applications. IEEE METRICS 2002: 131-140

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Web Metrics-Estimating Design and Authoring Effort. IEEE MultiMedia 8(1): 50-57 (2001)

Keith Phalp, Steve Counsell: Coupling Trends in Industrial Prototyping Roles: An Empirical Investigation. Software Quality Journal 9(4): 223-240 (2001)

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: Using an Engineering Approach to Understanding and Predicting Web Authoring and Design. HICSS 2001

Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell, Nile Mosley: Towards the prediction of development effort for hypermedia applications. Hypertext 2001: 249-258

Steve Counsell, Xiaohui Liu, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker, Janet McFall: Optimising the Grouping of Email Users to Servers Using Intelligent Data Analysis. ICEIS (1) 2001: 489-496

Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell: The cognitive flexibility theory0: an approach for teaching Hypermedia Engineering. ITiCSE 2001: 21-24

Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell, Nile Mosley: Measurement and Effort Prediction for Web Applications. Web Engineering 2001: 295-310

Rachel Harrison, Steve Counsell, Reuben V. Nithi: Experimental assessment of the effect of inheritance on the maintainability of object-oriented systems. Journal of Systems and Software 52(2-3): 173-179 (2000)

Steve Counsell, Peter Newson: Use of friends in C++ software: an empirical investigation. Journal of Systems and Software 53(1): 15-21 (2000)

Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell: Web Development Effort Estimation Using Analogy. Australian Software Engineering Conference 2000: 203-214

Keith Phalp, Steve Counsell: The Application of Metrics to Industrial Prototyping Processes: An Empirical Study. EWSPT 2000: 239-248

Steve Counsell, Peter Newson, Emilia Mendes: Architectural Level Hypothesis Testing through Reverse Engineering of Object-Oriented Software. IWPC 2000: 60-

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. Empirical Software Engineering 4(4): 387-404 (1999)

Steve Counsell, Peter Newson, Keith Mannock: An Hypothesis-Based Evaluation of an Object-Oriented Inheritance Metric. ECOOP Workshops 1999: 331

Rachel Harrison, Steve Counsell, Reuben V. Nithi: An Investigation into the Applicability and Validity of Object-Oriented Design Metrics. Empirical Software Engineering 3(3): 255-273 (1998)

Richard H. Carver, Steve Counsell, Reuben V. Nithi: An Evaluation of the MOOD Set of Object-Oriented Software Metrics. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 24(6): 491-496 (1998)

Rachel Harrison, Steve Counsell, Reuben V. Nithi: Design Metrics in the Reengineering of Object-Oriented Systems. ECOOP Workshops 1998: 74-75

Steve Counsell: Report of Working Group on Metrics/Tools. ECOOP Workshops 1998: 96-98

Rachel Harrison, Steve Counsell, Reuben V. Nithi: Coupling Metrics for Object-Oriented Design. IEEE METRICS 1998: 150-157