Journal of Software-Evolution and Process

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A Novel Vulnerability‐Detection Method Based on the Semantic Features of Source Code and the LLVM Intermediate Representation	37
Internet‐of‐things architectures for secure cyber–physical spaces: The VISOR experience report	34
Mobile crowdsourced test report prioritization based on text and image understanding	33
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APP constraint analysis approach to select mobile devices for compatibility crowdtesting	20
SGDL: Smart contract vulnerability generation via deep learning	20
On the sustainability of deep learning projects: Maintainers' perspective	19
PassSum: Leveraging paths of abstract syntax trees and self‐supervision for code summarization	19
A Grounded Theory Study to Guide AI‐Driven Code Comment Improvement	18
Revisiting deep neural network test coverage from the test effectiveness perspective	16
Software development effort estimation using boosting algorithms and automatic tuning of hyperparameters with Optuna	14
A novel combinatorial testing approach with fuzzing strategy	14
BET‐BiLSTM Model: A Robust Solution for Automated Requirements Classification	13
An architecture refactoring approach to reducing software hierarchy complexity	13
Automated construction of reference model for software remodularization through software evolution	13
Editorial for the special issue on software refactoring: Application breadth and technical depth	13
Product and service quality risks: A survey about evolution and application in different business domains to facilitate quality engineering	12
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Software integration model: An assessment tool for global software development vendors	12
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Empowering Software Engineers to Design More Secure Web Applications: Guidelines and Potential of Using LLMs as a Recommender Tool	11
Code smell prioritization in object‐oriented software systems: A systematic literature review	10
Generating Quality Assurance Constraints From Natural Language With LLMs	10

Requirement specification extraction and analysis based on propositional projection temporal logic	10
Evolutionary measures and their correlations with the performance of cross‐version defect prediction for object‐oriented projects	10
A Systematic Review of Time Pressure and Cybersecurity Decision‐Making in Software Development	10
Crowdsourced bug report severity prediction based on text and image understanding via heterogeneous graph convolutional networks	10
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Exceptions Can Be Nested: An Exploratory Study on Nested Exceptions in Java Crashes	9
Specifying features in terms of domain models: MuDForM method definition and case study	8
Security Assessment of Private Package Repositories: An Experience on Acc‐Py at CERN	8
A Serious Game Approach to Introduce the Code Review Practice	8
Understanding the quality and evolution of Android app build systems	8
A Simple Yet Practical Backdoor Prompt Attack Against Black‐Box Code Summarization Engines	8
Strategic Intelligence Management (ISO 56006)—Using AI by the Innovation Agent Task Force in the Automotive Skills Alliance (ASA)	8
Adaptive solving strategy synthesis for symbolic execution	8
Predicting Issue Resolution Time of OSS Using Multiple Features	7
Advanced security testing using a cyber‐attack forecasting model: A case study of financial institutions	7
MFLion‐DMN: Mayfly Lion‐optimized deep maxout network for prediction of software development effort	7
Functional Size Measurement With Conceptual Models: A Systematic Literature Review	7
Cheating your apps: Black‐box adversarial attacks on deep learning apps	7
Trustworthy and collaborative traceability management: Experts’ feedback on a blockchain‐enabled framework	6
Challenges and solutions in the development of blockchain applications: Extraction from SLR and empirical study	6
Hybrid mutation driven testing for natural language inference	6
Exploring the Effectiveness of Open‐Source Donation Platform: An Empirical Study on Opencollective	6
Verification and validation of software process simulation models: A systematic mapping study	6
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Engineering MLOps Pipelines With Data Quality: A Case Study on Tabular Datasets in Kaggle	6
Enhanced evolutionary automated program repair by finer‐granularity ingredients and better search algorithms	6
When rationality meets intuition: A research agenda for software design decision‐making	6
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DP‐GCN: Integrating GraphCodeBERT and GCN With Contrastive Learning for Software Defect Prediction	6
The Pandora's box of social, process, and people debts in software engineering	5
Understanding Remote Work Experience: Insights Into Well‐Being	5
Examining the training and education potential of the metaverse: Results from an empirical study of next generation SAFe training	5
Exploratory study of existing research on software requirements prioritization: A systematic literature review	5
From legacy to microservices: A type‐based approach for microservices identification using machine learning and semantic analysis	5
Enhancing Feature Quality in JIT‐SDP: An Empirical Study of Branch Dependency Mining	5
The Impact of COVID‐19 on Open Source Development Activities: A Multi‐Method Study	5
Combining object‐oriented metrics and centrality measures to predict faults in object‐oriented software: An empirical validation	5
Impact of Code Smells on Software Quality: A Systematic Literature Review	5
Model‐checking‐driven explorative testing of CRDT designs and implementations	5
Integrating Security Controls in DevSecOps: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Research Directions	5
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Neural Networks‐Based Software Development Effort Estimation: A Systematic Literature Review	5
Leveraging Levy Flight and Greylag Goose Optimization for Enhanced Cross‐Project Defect Prediction in Software Evolution	5
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Manipulating a CI/CD Pipeline in an IoT Embedded Project: A Quasi‐Experiment	5
Stress, motivation, and performance in global software engineering	5
CARLDA: An Approach for Stack Overflow API Mention Recognition Driven by Context and LLM‐Based Data Augmentation	5
Investigating the impact of structural holes on the value creation in mobile application service ecosystems: Evidence from computational experiments	4
An ecology‐oriented convergence evolution analysis method of crossover service ecosystems	4
The LAGSSE Framework: Integrating Lean, Agile, and Green Principles for Sustainable Software Engineering	4

A Multi‐Perspective Review on Embedded Systems Quality: State of the Field, Challenges, and Research Directions	4
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Assessing BizDevOps maturity using international standards: Case studies and lessons learned	4
Predictive Modeling of Software Defect Density Using BAHA‐WOA–Based Feature Selection	4
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CyberESP: An Integrated Cybersecurity Framework for SMEs	4
CrossFix: Resolution of GitHub issues via similar bugs recommendation	4
Sustainable software engineering—A contribution puzzle of different teams in large IT organizations	4
Empirical Analysis of Challenges in Implementing Agile Methodologies in Global Software Development	4
ECP: Coprocessor Architecture to Protect Program Logic Consistency	4
Promoting social and human factors through a gamified automotive software development environment	4
Minimizing Inter‐Dependencies in Functional Requirements for Timely Delivery of Software Projects: A Prioritization Approach Using AHP and Spanning Trees	4
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Adaptive Multi‐Metric Test Case Selection for Deep Neural Networks Based on Genetic Algorithm	4
A novel defect prediction method based on semantic feature enhancement	4
Contributions of enterprise architecture to software engineering: A systematic literature review	4
Explainable AI Framework for Software Defect Prediction	4
The dynamic versus the stable team: The unspoken question in large‐scale agile development	4
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Context factors perceived important when looking for similar experiences in decision‐making for software components: An interview study	4
Code quality improvement using Aquila Optimizer	4
A longitudinal case study on Nexus transformation: Impact on productivity, quality, and motivation	4
A Study of Factors That Influence the Software Project Success	4
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Measuring software engineer's contribution in practice: An industrial experience report	3
Towards a catalog of composite refactorings	3
Exploring the context of use for voice user interfaces: Toward context‐dependent user experience quality testing	3
RobustNPR: Evaluating the robustness of neural program repair models	3
Self‐Admitted Technical Debt Detection Approaches: A Decade Systematic Review	3
The Indispensable Role of Software Ecosystem Services	3
Mitigating Communication‐Related Process Loss in Agile Teams: A Case Study on Common Ground and Role‐Based Interaction	3
The impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic and the globalization on how automotive assessments will be performed in the future	3
CoBRA without experts: New paradigm for software development effort estimation using COCOMO metrics	3
Constructing exception handling chains for testing Java virtual machine implementations	3
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Prioritization Method for Crowdsourced Test Report by Integrating Text and Image Information	3
On the perception of graph layouts	3
Quantifying Class Cohesion in Object‐Oriented Software Systems Using Hesitant Fuzzy Entropy for Improved Software Maintenance	3
E2E test execution optimization for web application based on state reuse	3
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Software bug localization based on optimized and ensembled deep learning models	3
UFR‐OSFA: Unified Feature Representation and Oppositional Structure Feature Alignment for Mixed‐Project Heterogeneous Defect Prediction	3
Towards AIOps enabled services in continuously evolving software‐intensive embedded systems	3
A State‐Aware Fuzzing Method for Trusted Execution Environment Kernels	3
A Process Model for AI‐Enabled Software Development: A Synthesis From Validation Studies in White Literature	3
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GUI testing of Android applications: Investigating the impact of the number of testers on different exploratory testing strategies	3
Richen: Automated enrichment of Git documentation with usage examples and scenarios	3
Mutation‐based data augmentation for software defect prediction	3
How Software Design Affects Energy Performance: A Systematic Literature Review	3
Contributions to Systems Software and Service Process Improvement and Innovation Based on Recent Advances	3
Towards Explainable Code Readability Classification With Graph Neural Networks	3
The Agile Coach Role Decoded: What Agile Coaches Deliver Versus What Team Members Experience	3
Object Constraint Language based test case optimization with modified Average Percentage of Fault Detection metric	3
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Security risks of global software development life cycle: Industry practitioner's perspective	2
A robust optimization model for software development costs considering time value of money	2
Graph Link‐Based Prediction for API Usage Recommendation	2
sFuzz2.0: Storage‐access pattern guided smart contract fuzzing	2
Identification and prioritization of the challenges faced by vendor organizations in the shape of cyber security: A FUZZY‐AHP ‐based systematic approach	2
Evaluation of requirement engineering best practices for secure software development in GSD: An ISM analysis	2
On the accessibility of the grayscale version of a PoN‐enabled use case notation	2
An Effective Software Vulnerability Detection Method Based on Dual‐Channel Convolutional Neural Network	2
Investigating the Effectiveness of COSMIC Method for Sizing Chatbots' Requirements: A Comparative Analysis	2
Optimizing Managerial Decision‐Making Through Agile Practices: A Software Engineering Management Team Perspective	2
Enhancing OCR‐based Engineering Diagram Analysis by Integrating Diverse External Legends with VLMs	2
Exploring the Relationship Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Performance in the Context of SME Software Engineering	2
Identifying safety issues from energy conservation requirements	2
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Utilizing Creator Profiles for Predicting Valuable User Enhancement Reports	2
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Regression test prioritization leveraging source code similarity with tree kernels	2
PathCovAVTest: Testing for Violations of Autonomous Driving Systems Based on Path Coverage of Traffic Regulation Scenarios	2

Multicriteria decision‐making–based framework for implementing DevOps practices: A fuzzy best–worst approach	2
Ensemble Deep Network for Secured Refactoring Framework by Predicting Code‐Bad Smells in Software Projects	2
Unearthing Code Smells: An In‐Depth Exploration of Machine Learning Techniques in Code Smell Detection	2
A research landscape on software defect prediction	2
Using Dynamic and Static Techniques to Establish Traceability Links Between Production Code and Test Code on Python Projects: A Replication Study	2
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Refactoring to Standard C++20 Modules	2
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Editorial: Best papers of the 14th International Conference on Software and System Processes (ICSSP 2020) and 15th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2020)	2
A Flexible Framework to Ensure Traceability, Consistency, and Propagation of KPIs Evolution	2
An approach for serious game design and development based on iterative evaluation	2
Method for the Development of Biometric Systems Based on Scrum and ISO/IEC 24745 Standard	2
ECLYPSE: A Python Framework for Simulation and Emulation of the Cloud‐Edge Continuum	2
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Factors to Foster Resilience Against Coding Stressors of Agile Software Developers	2
A Validation Methodology for XAI Decision Support Systems Against Relational Domain Properties	2
Using artificial intelligence to find design errors in the engineering drawings	1
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Understanding the use of spectrum‐based fault localization	1
Toward Platform Engineering, the Evolution of DevOps—A Systematic Mapping	1
Syn2Vec: A Semantic‐Aware Initialization Method for AST Path–Based Code Representation	1
A resilience‐based framework for assessing the evolution of open source software projects	1
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A Multilevel Approach to TARA: Proposals for Attack Feasibility in Interference‐Free Scenarios	1
UCLP: Unsupervised Classification of Key Aspects in Vulnerability Descriptions Through Label Profile	1
Modeling Software Reliability With Power Law Testing Effort Function Under Operational Uncertain Environment	1
RM2EIS: Automatic Generation of Enterprise Information Systems From Contract‐Based Requirements Model	1
From Data to Knowledge: Mining Linux Vulnerability Characteristics and Evolution With Knowledge Graphs	1
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Locality‐Based Self‐Adjustable Ensemble Approach for Effort Estimation	1
A reference model for software product line capability assessment	1
A practical approach for technical debt prioritization based on class‐level forecasting	1
“Through the looking‐glass …” An empirical study on blob infrastructure blueprints in the Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications	1
Just‐in‐time identification for cross‐project correlated issues	1
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Readiness and maturity models for Industry 4.0: A systematic literature review	1
Towards Multi‐Class Socio‐Technical Congruence: Assessing Coordination in Collaborative Software Development Settings	1
Transformer‐based code search for software Q&A sites	1
IABC‐TCG: Improved artificial bee colony algorithm‐based test case generation for smart contracts	1
Qualitative software engineering research: Reflections and guidelines	1
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Better Knowledge Enhancement for Privacy‐Preserving Cross‐Project Defect Prediction	1
Release conventions of open‐source software: An exploratory study	1
PredictPP: A Rank‐Based Weighted Ensemble Model for Prediction of Software Project Productivity	1
Evaluating the Test Adequacy of Benchmarks for LLMs on Code Generation	1
Cloud and Edge Computing as Effective Trends in Business Model Innovation: A Bibliometric Review	1
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Influencing Factors' Analysis for the Performance of Parallel Evolutionary Test Case Generation for Web Applications	1
Prioritization of Software Bugs Using Entropy‐Based Measures	1
GRRLN: Gated Recurrent Residual Learning Networks for code clone detection	1
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Safety and security of cyber‐physical systems	1
Merge Conflict Prediction Using Feature Selection and Stacking Heterogeneous Ensembles: An Empirical Investigation	1
Tarsis: An effective automata‐based abstract domain for string analysis	1
Experiences With New SW Paradigms for Systems Software and Service Process Improvement and Innovation	1
Maturity model for secure software testing	1
A software process improvement framework based on best practices	1
Experiences with the automotive SPICE for cybersecurity assessment model and tools	1
Ensuring Confidentiality in Supply Chains With an Application to Life‐Cycle Assessment	1
Unveiling the impact of unchanged modules across versions on the evaluation of within‐project defect prediction models	1
Improving an emergency repair process with feature models	1
Guest editors' introduction to the special issue “Automatic Software Testing from the Trenches”	1
Enhancing NSGA‐II for Refactoring Recommendations: A Constraint‐Based Initialization and Adaptive Crossover Approach	1
Multi‐objective optimization‐based and fault localization‐oriented test case generation for novice programs	1
Mission‐critical open‐source software adoption model validation using Partial Least Square ‐ Structural Equation Modeling	1
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An empirical study to compare three web test automation approaches: NLP‐based, programmable, and capture&replay	1
An Approach Based on Metadata to Implement Convention Over Configuration Decoupled From Framework Logic	1
A Semiautomated Approach for Detecting Ambiguities in Software Requirements Using SpanBERT and Named Entity Recognition	1
NG_MDERANK: A software vulnerability feature knowledge extraction method based on N‐gram similarity	1
Enabling Quantum Privacy and Security by Design: Imperatives for Contemporary State‐of‐the‐Art in Quantum Software Engineering	1
BPMN Extensions Updated: A Systematic Literature Review	1
Empirical exploration of critical challenges of requirements implementation in global software development	1
Quality culture boosts agile transformation—Action research in a business‐to‐business software business	1
Continuous Deployment Adoption: Insights From a Public Sector Implementation	1
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Robust AI‐Driven Artifact Model Generation for Development Standards in Regulated Domains	1
Log‐based anomaly detection for distributed systems: State of the art, industry experience, and open issues	1
Key Success Factors of Cybersecurity Awareness in Distributed Teams	1
Overcoming Data Shortage in Critical Domains With Data Augmentation for Natural Language Software Requirements	1
Model‐Driven Full‐Lifecycle Support Reference Framework for Blockchain‐Based Application Development	1
Balanced knowledge distribution among software development teams—Observations from open‐ and closed‐source software development	1
Evaluation of the fixed‐point iteration of minimizing delta debugging	1
Understanding Software‐centered Evolutive Ecosystems through Activity Theory	1
Formal Verification of Partitioned Scheduling in Real‐Time Operating Systems Using Timed Automata	0
A Comprehensive Framework for Testing Goal‐Oriented NFPs in Software Product Lines	0
A soft computing approach for software defect density prediction	0
Evolution of secure development lifecycles and maturity models in the context of hosted solutions	0
Strategic Patterns to Foster the Evolution of Emerging Software Ecosystems	0
Prioritization based framework of Best Practices for Mitigating Insider Threats in Organizations	0
Process Debt: Definition, Risks, and Management	0
ERC4AI: A BERT‐Based Model for Ethical Requirements Classification in AI Systems	0