Software Engineering Journal Papers from the 1990s

1. 1

   Carolyn B. Seaman:
   Qualitative Methods in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   1745 cites at Semantic Scholar

   1159% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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2. 2

   Norman E. Fenton and Martin Neil:
   A Critique of Software Defect Prediction Models.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   1200 cites at Semantic Scholar

   766% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
3. 3

   Lionel C. Briand, John W. Daly, and Jürgen Wüst:
   A Unified Framework for Coupling Measurement in Object-Oriented Systems.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   989 cites at Semantic Scholar

   613% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
4. 4

   Victor R. Basili, Forrest Shull, and Filippo Lanubile:
   Building Knowledge Through Families of Experiments.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   887 cites at Semantic Scholar

   540% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
5. 5

   Emil Lupu and Morris Sloman:
   Conflicts in Policy-Based Distributed Systems Management.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   690 cites at Semantic Scholar

   398% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
6. 6

   Rodolphe Ortalo, Yves Deswarte, and Mohamed Kaâniche:
   Experimenting with Quantitative Evaluation Tools for Monitoring Operational Security.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   425 cites at Semantic Scholar

   207% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
7. 7

   Sunita Chulani, Barry W. Boehm, and Bert Steece:
   Bayesian Analysis of Empirical Software Engineering Cost Models.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   341 cites at Semantic Scholar

   146% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
8. 8

   Chris F. Kemerer and Sandra Slaughter:
   An Empirical Approach to Studying Software Evolution.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
   

   330 cites at OpenAlex

   138% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
9. 9

   Jonathan E. Cook and Alexander L. Wolf:
   Software Process Validation: Quantitatively Measuring the Correspondence of a Process to a Model.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1999
   

   266 cites at Semantic Scholar

   92% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
10. 10

    Lionel C. Briand, Sandro Morasca, and Victor R. Basili:
    Defining and Validating Measures for Object-Based High-Level Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    230 cites at Semantic Scholar

    66% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
11. 11

    Ingunn Myrtveit and Erik Stensrud:
    A Controlled Experiment to Assess the Benefits of Estimating with Analogy and Regression Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    205 cites at Semantic Scholar

    48% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
12. 12

    Walter J. Gutjahr:
    Partition Testing vs. Random Testing: The Influence of Uncertainty.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    152 cites at Semantic Scholar

    10% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
13. 13

    Mayuram S. Krishnan and Marc I. Kellner:
    Measuring Process Consistency: Implications for Reducing Software Defects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    145 cites at Semantic Scholar

    5% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
14. 14

    Michael Siff and Thomas W. Reps:
    Identifying Modules via Concept Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    128 cites at OpenAlex

    -8% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
15. 15

    Ritu Agarwal, Prabuddha De, and Atish P. Sinha:
    Comprehending Object and Process Models: An Empirical Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    127 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -8% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
16. 16

    John M. Rushby:
    Systematic Formal Verification for Fault-Tolerant Time-Triggered Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    125 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -10% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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17. 17

    D. Richard Kuhn:
    Fault Classes and Error Detection Capability of Specification-Based Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1999
    

    110 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -21% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
18. 18

    Shing-Chi Cheung and Jeff Kramer:
    Checking Safety Properties Using Compositional Reachability Analysis.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1999
    

    109 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -21% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
19. 19

    William N. Robinson and Suzanne D. Pawlowski:
    Managing Requirements Inconsistency with Development Goal Monitors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    104 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -25% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
20. 20

    Steven P. Reiss:
    The Desert Environment.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1999
    

    101 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -27% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI

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1. 1

   Alfonso Fuggetta, Gian Pietro Picco, and Giovanni Vigna:
   Understanding Code Mobility.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   1301 cites at Semantic Scholar

   758% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
2. 2

   Jonathan E. Cook and Alexander L. Wolf:
   Discovering Models of Software Processes from Event-Based Data.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1998
   

   1007 cites at Semantic Scholar

   564% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
3. 3

   Lionel C. Briand, John W. Daly, and Jürgen Wüst:
   A Unified Framework for Cohesion Measurement in Object-Oriented Systems.
   Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 1998
   

   686 cites at Semantic Scholar

   352% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
4. 4

   Axel van Lamsweerde, Robert Darimont, and Emmanuel Letier:
   Managing Conflicts in Goal-Driven Requirements Engineering.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   684 cites at Semantic Scholar

   351% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
5. 5

   Rocco De Nicola, Gian-Luigi Ferrari, and Rosario Pugliese:
   KLAIM: A Kernel Language for Agents Interaction and Mobility.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   629 cites at Semantic Scholar

   315% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
6. 6

   Colette Rolland, Carine Souveyet, and Camille Ben Achour:
   Guiding Goal Modeling Using Scenarios.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   518 cites at Semantic Scholar

   242% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
7. 7

   Shyam R. Chidamber, David P. Darcy, and Chris F. Kemerer:
   Managerial Use of Metrics for Object-Oriented Software: An Exploratory Analysis.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   496 cites at Semantic Scholar

   227% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
8. 8

   João Carreira, Henrique Madeira, and João Gabriel Silva:
   Xception: A Technique for the Experimental Evaluation of Dependability in Modern Computers.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   454 cites at Semantic Scholar

   199% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
9. 9

   Richard H. Carver, Steve Counsell, and Reuben V. Nithi:
   An Evaluation of the MOOD Set of Object-Oriented Software Metrics.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
   

   431 cites at Semantic Scholar

   184% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
10. 10

    Alistair G. Sutcliffe, Neil A. M. Maiden, Shailey Minocha, and Darrel Manuel:
    Supporting Scenario-Based Requirements Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    396 cites at Semantic Scholar

    161% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
11. 11

    Raymond J. A. Buhr:
    Use Case Maps as Architectural Entities for Complex Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    344 cites at Semantic Scholar

    127% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
12. 12

    Daniel Le Métayer:
    Describing Software Architecture Styles Using Graph Grammars.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    308 cites at Semantic Scholar

    103% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
13. 13

    Gregg Rothermel and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Empirical Studies of a Safe Regression Test Selection Technique.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    274 cites at Semantic Scholar

    81% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
14. 14

    Axel van Lamsweerde and Laurent Willemet:
    Inferring Declarative Requirements Specifications from Operational Scenarios.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    270 cites at Semantic Scholar

    78% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
15. 15

    Michael Jackson and Pamela Zave:
    Distributed Feature Composition: A Virtual Architecture for Telecommunications Services.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    268 cites at Semantic Scholar

    77% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
16. 16

    Lorenzo Alvisi and Keith Marzullo:
    Message Logging: Pessimistic, Optimistic, Causal, and Optimal.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    243 cites at Semantic Scholar

    60% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
17. 17

    Gail C. Murphy, David Notkin, William G. Griswold, and Erica S.-C. Lan:
    An Empirical Study of Static Call Graph Extractors.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1998
    

    239 cites at Semantic Scholar

    58% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
18. 18

    Dirk O. Keck and Paul Julius Kühn:
    The Feature and Service Interaction Problem in Telecommunications Systems. A Survey.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    236 cites at Semantic Scholar

    56% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
19. 19

    Anthony Hunter and Bashar Nuseibeh:
    Managing Inconsistent Specifications: Reasoning, Analysis, and Action.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1998
    

    223 cites at Semantic Scholar

    47% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
20. 20

    Constance L. Heitmeyer, James Kirby, Bruce G. Labaw, Myla Archer, and Ramesh Bharadwaj:
    Using Abstraction and Model Checking to Detect Safety Violations in Requirements Specifications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    218 cites at Semantic Scholar

    44% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI

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1. 1

   Gerard J. Holzmann:
   The Model Checker SPIN.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
   

   4490 cites at Semantic Scholar

   2658% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
2. 2

   Robert Allen and David Garlan:
   A Formal Basis for Architectural Connection.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
   

   1533 cites at Semantic Scholar

   842% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
3. 3

   David M. Cohen, Siddhartha R. Dalal, Michael L. Fredman, and Gardner C. Patton:
   The AETG System: An Approach to Testing Based on Combinatiorial Design.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
   

   1100 cites at Semantic Scholar

   576% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
4. 4

   Martin J. Shepperd and Chris Schofield:
   Estimating Software Project Effort Using Analogies.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
   

   1057 cites at Semantic Scholar

   549% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
5. 5

   Pamela Zave and Michael Jackson:
   Four Dark Corners of Requirements Engineering.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
   

   861 cites at Semantic Scholar

   429% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
6. 6

   Gregg Rothermel and Mary Jean Harrold:
   A Safe, Efficient Regression Test Selection Technique.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
   

   833 cites at Semantic Scholar

   412% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
7. 7

   Lionel C. Briand:
   Guest Editor's Introduction.
   Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 1997
   

   423 cites at Semantic Scholar

   160% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
8. 8

   David B. Stewart, Richard Volpe, and Pradeep K. Khosla:
   Design of Dynamically Reconfigurable Real-Time Software Using Port-Based Objects.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
   

   335 cites at Semantic Scholar

   106% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
9. 9

   Erland Jonsson and Tomas Olovsson:
   A Quantitative Model of the Security Intrusion Process Based on Attacker Behavior.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
   

   308 cites at Semantic Scholar

   89% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
10. 10

    Matt Kaufmann and J Strother Moore:
    An Industrial Strength Theorem Prover for a Logic Based on Common Lisp.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    279 cites at Semantic Scholar

    71% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
11. 11

    Brad A. Myers, Richard G. McDaniel, Robert C. Miller, Alan S. Ferrency, Andrew Faulring, Bruce D. Kyle, Andrew Mickish, Alex Klimovitski, and Patrick Doane:
    The Amulet Environment: New Models for Effective User Interface Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    266 cites at Semantic Scholar

    63% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
12. 12

    David W. Binkley:
    Semantics Guided Regression Test Cost Reduction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    222 cites at Semantic Scholar

    36% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
13. 13

    Don S. Batory and Bart J. Geraci:
    Composition Validation and Subjectivity in GenVoca Generators.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    212 cites at Semantic Scholar

    30% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
14. 14

    Gavin Lowe and A. W. Roscoe:
    Using CSP to Detect Errors in the TMN Protocol.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    206 cites at Semantic Scholar

    27% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
15. 15

    Krishnakumar Pillai and V. S. S. Nair:
    A Model for Software Development Effort and Cost Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    203 cites at Semantic Scholar

    25% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
16. 16

    Riccardo Focardi and Roberto Gorrieri:
    The Compositional Security Checker: A Tool for the Verification of Information Flow Security Properties.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    199 cites at Semantic Scholar

    22% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
17. 17

    Aloysius K. Mok and Deji Chen:
    A Multiframe Model for Real-Time Tasks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    198 cites at OpenAlex

    22% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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18. 18

    Dar-Tzen Peng, Kang G. Shin, and Tarek F. Abdelzaher:
    Assignment and Scheduling Communicating Periodic Tasks in Distributed Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    175 cites at Semantic Scholar

    8% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
19. 19

    Alberto Avritzer and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Monitoring Smoothly Degrading Systems for Increased Dependability.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 1997
    

    160 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -2% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
20. 20

    Vincenzo Ambriola, Reidar Conradi, and Alfonso Fuggetta:
    Assessing Process-Centered Software Engineering Environments.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
    

    157 cites at Semantic Scholar

    -4% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI

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1. 1

   Victor R. Basili, Lionel C. Briand, and Walcélio L. Melo:
   A Validation of Object-Oriented Design Metrics as Quality Indicators.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
   

   1949 cites at Semantic Scholar

   1056% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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2. 2

   David Harel and Amnon Naamad:
   The STATEMATE Semantics of Statecharts.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1996
   

   1258 cites at Semantic Scholar

   646% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
3. 3

   Lionel C. Briand, Sandro Morasca, and Victor R. Basili:
   Property-Based Software Engineering Measurement.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
   

   836 cites at Semantic Scholar

   396% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
4. 4

   Gregg Rothermel and Mary Jean Harrold:
   Analyzing Regression Test Selection Techniques.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
   

   829 cites at Semantic Scholar

   392% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
5. 5

   A. Jefferson Offutt, Ammei Lee, Gregg Rothermel, Roland H. Untch, and Christian Zapf:
   An Experimental Determination of Sufficient Mutant Operators.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1996
   

   708 cites at Semantic Scholar

   320% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
6. 6

   Constance L. Heitmeyer, Ralph D. Jeffords, and Bruce G. Labaw:
   Automated Consistency Checking of Requirements Specifications.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1996
   

   683 cites at Semantic Scholar

   305% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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7. 7

   Rajeev Alur, Thomas A. Henzinger, and Pei-Hsin Ho:
   Automatic Symbolic Verification of Embedded Systems.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
   

   670 cites at Semantic Scholar

   298% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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8. 8

   Martín Abadi and Roger M. Needham:
   Prudent Engineering Practice for Cryptographic Protocols.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
   

   578 cites at OpenAlex

   243% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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9. 9

   Victor R. Basili, Scott Green, Oliver Laitenberger, Filippo Lanubile, Forrest Shull, Lars Sivert Sørumgård, and Marvin V. Zelkowitz:
   The Empirical Investigation of Perspective-Based Reading.
   Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 1996
   

   456 cites at Semantic Scholar

   171% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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10. 10

    Roger Ferguson and Bogdan Korel:
    The Chaining Approach for Software Test Data Generation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1996
    

    415 cites at Semantic Scholar

    146% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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11. 11

    Niclas Ohlsson and Hans Alberg:
    Predicting Fault-Prone Software Modules in Telephone Switches.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    381 cites at Semantic Scholar

    126% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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12. 12

    Mats Per Erik Heimdahl and Nancy G. Leveson:
    Completeness and Consistency in Hierarchical State-Based Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    346 cites at Semantic Scholar

    105% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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13. 13

    Richard N. Taylor, Nenad Medvidovic, Kenneth M. Anderson, E. James Whitehead Jr., Jason E. Robbins, Kari A. Nies, Peyman Oreizy, and Deborah L. Dubrow:
    A Component- and Message-Based Architectural Style for GUI Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    322 cites at OpenAlex

    91% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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14. 14

    Phil Stocks and David A. Carrington:
    A Framework for Specification-Based Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    286 cites at Semantic Scholar

    70% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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15. 15

    Matthew K. Franklin and Michael K. Reiter:
    The Design and Implementation of a Secure Auction Service.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    276 cites at OpenAlex

    64% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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16. 16

    Martin Hitz and Behzad Montazeri:
    Chidamber and Kemerer's Metrics Suite: A Measurement Theory Perspective.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    265 cites at Semantic Scholar

    57% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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17. 17

    Deepak Gupta, Pankaj Jalote, and Gautam Barua:
    A Formal Framework for On-Line Software Version Change.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    253 cites at Semantic Scholar

    50% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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18. 18

    James C. Corbett:
    Evaluating Deadlock Detection Methods for Concurrent Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    249 cites at Semantic Scholar

    48% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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19. 19

    Joseph D. Blackburn, Gary D. Scudder, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove:
    Improving Speed and Productivity of Software Development: A Global Survey of Software Developers.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    202 cites at Semantic Scholar

    20% above average of year

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20. 20

    Nicholas J. Puketza, Kui Zhang, Mandy Chung, Biswanath Mukherjee, and Ronald A. Olsson:
    A Methodology for Testing Intrusion Detection Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    190 cites at Semantic Scholar

    13% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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1. 1

   Mary Shaw, Robert DeLine, Daniel V. Klein, Theodore L. Ross, David M. Young, and Gregory Zelesnik:
   Abstractions for Software Architecture and Tools to Support Them.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   1023 cites at Semantic Scholar

   559% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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2. 2

   David C. Luckham, John J. Kenney, Larry M. Augustin, James Vera, Doug Bryan, and Walter Mann:
   Specification and Analysis of System Architecture Using Rapide.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   920 cites at Semantic Scholar

   493% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

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3. 3

   David C. Luckham, John J. Kenney, Larry M. Augustin, James Vera, Doug Bryan, and Walter Mann:
   Correction to "Specification and Analysis of System Architecture Using Rapide".
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   920 cites at Semantic Scholar

   493% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: Link
4. 4

   Koral Ilgun, Richard A. Kemmerer, and Phillip A. Porras:
   State Transition Analysis: A Rule-Based Intrusion Detection Approach.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   879 cites at Semantic Scholar

   466% above average of year

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5. 5

   Sam Owre, John M. Rushby, Natarajan Shankar, and Friedrich W. von Henke:
   Formal Verification for Fault-Tolerant Architectures: Prolegomena to the Design of PVS.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   684 cites at Semantic Scholar

   341% above average of year

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6. 6

   Hafedh Mili, Fatma Mili, and Ali Mili:
   Reusing Software: Issues and Research Directions.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   678 cites at Semantic Scholar

   337% above average of year

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7. 7

   R. Geoff Dromey:
   A Model for Software Product Quality.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   672 cites at Semantic Scholar

   333% above average of year

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8. 8

   Barbara A. Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, and Norman E. Fenton:
   Towards a Framework for Software Measurement Validation.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   658 cites at Semantic Scholar

   324% above average of year

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9. 9

   David C. Luckham and James Vera:
   An Event-Based Architecture Definition Language.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
   

   584 cites at Semantic Scholar

   276% above average of year

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10. 10

    Krishnamoorthy Srinivasan and Douglas Fisher:
    Machine Learning Approaches to Estimating Software Development Effort.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    550 cites at Semantic Scholar

    254% above average of year

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11. 11

    Adam A. Porter, Lawrence G. Votta, and Victor R. Basili:
    Comparing Detection Methods for Software Requirements Inspections: A Replicated Experiment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    483 cites at Semantic Scholar

    211% above average of year

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12. 12

    Jerome A. Rolia and Kenneth C. Sevcik:
    The Method of Layers.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    444 cites at Semantic Scholar

    186% above average of year

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13. 13

    David Garlan and Dewayne E. Perry:
    Introduction to the Special Issue on Software Architecture.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    403 cites at Semantic Scholar

    160% above average of year

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14. 14

    Mark Moriconi, Xiaolei Qian, and Robert A. Riemenschneider:
    Correct Architecture Refinement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    387 cites at Semantic Scholar

    149% above average of year

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15. 15

    David S. Rosenblum:
    A Practical Approach to Programming With Assertions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    371 cites at Semantic Scholar

    139% above average of year

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16. 16

    Amy Moormann Zaremski and Jeannette M. Wing:
    Signature Matching: A Tool for Using Software Libraries.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1995
    

    368 cites at Semantic Scholar

    137% above average of year

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17. 17

    Gregory D. Abowd, Robert Allen, and David Garlan:
    Formalizing Style to Understand Descriptions of Software Architecture.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1995
    

    338 cites at Semantic Scholar

    118% above average of year

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18. 18

    Paola Inverardi and Alexander L. Wolf:
    Formal Specification and Analysis of Software Architectures Using the Chemical Abstract Machine Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    304 cites at Semantic Scholar

    96% above average of year

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19. 19

    Magne Jørgensen:
    Experience With the Accuracy of Software Maintenance Task Effort Prediction Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    294 cites at Semantic Scholar

    89% above average of year

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20. 20

    Robert H. Bourdeau and Betty H. C. Cheng:
    A Formal Semantics for Object Model Diagrams.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    217 cites at Semantic Scholar

    40% above average of year

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   Shyam R. Chidamber and Chris F. Kemerer:
   A Metrics Suite for Object Oriented Design.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   2704 cites at Semantic Scholar

   1998% above average of year

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2. 2

   Bashar Nuseibeh, Jeff Kramer, and Anthony Finkelstein:
   A Framework for Expressing the Relationships Between Multiple Views in Requirements Specification.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   711 cites at Semantic Scholar

   452% above average of year

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3. 3

   Nancy G. Leveson, Mats Per Erik Heimdahl, Holly Hildreth, and Jon Damon Reese:
   Requirements Specification for Process-Control Systems.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   619 cites at Semantic Scholar

   380% above average of year

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4. 4

   Norman E. Fenton:
   Software Measurement: A Necessary Scientific Basis.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   509 cites at OpenAlex

   295% above average of year

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5. 5

   James A. Whittaker and Michael G. Thomason:
   A Markov Chain Model for Statistical Software Testing.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   448 cites at Semantic Scholar

   248% above average of year

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6. 6

   Anthony Finkelstein, Dov M. Gabbay, Anthony Hunter, Jeff Kramer, and Bashar Nuseibeh:
   Inconsistency Handling in Multperspective Specifications.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   398 cites at Semantic Scholar

   209% above average of year

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7. 7

   Roong-Ko Doong and Phyllis G. Frankl:
   The ASTOOT Approach to Testing Object-Oriented Programs.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1994
   

   380 cites at Semantic Scholar

   195% above average of year

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8. 8

   Jack E. Matson, Bruce E. Barrett, and Joseph M. Mellichamp:
   Software Development Cost Estimation Using Function Points.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   351 cites at Semantic Scholar

   172% above average of year

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9. 9

   James M. Bieman and Linda M. Ott:
   Measuring Functional Cohesion.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   304 cites at Semantic Scholar

   136% above average of year

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10. 10

    Gang Luo, Gregor von Bochmann, and Alexandre Petrenko:
    Test Selection Based on Communicating Nondeterministic Finite-State Machines Using a Generalized WP-Method.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    293 cites at Semantic Scholar

    127% above average of year

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11. 11

    Elaine J. Weyuker, Tarak Goradia, and Ashutosh Singh:
    Automatically Generating Test Data from a Boolean Specification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    293 cites at Semantic Scholar

    127% above average of year

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12. 12

    William B. Frakes and Thomas P. Pole:
    An Empirical Study of Representation Methods for Reusable Software Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    287 cites at Semantic Scholar

    123% above average of year

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13. 13

    Santanu Paul and Atul Prakash:
    A Framework for Source Code Search Using Program Patterns.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    246 cites at Semantic Scholar

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14. 14

    Farnam Jahanian and Aloysius K. Mok:
    Modechart: A Specification Language for Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    242 cites at Semantic Scholar

    88% above average of year

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15. 15

    A. Jefferson Offutt and Stephen D. Lee:
    An Empirical Evaluation of Weak Mutation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    214 cites at Semantic Scholar

    66% above average of year

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16. 16

    Gianfranco Ciardo, Reinhard German, and Christoph Lindemann:
    A Characterization of the Stochastic Process Underlying a Stochastic Petri Net.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    203 cites at OpenAlex

    57% above average of year

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17. 17

    Michael González Harbour, Mark H. Klein, and John P. Lehoczky:
    Timing Analysis for Fixed-Priority Scheduling of Hard Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    179 cites at Semantic Scholar

    39% above average of year

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18. 18

    Hemant D. Pande, William Landi, and Barbara G. Ryder:
    Interprocedural Def-Use Associations for C Systems with Single Level Pointers.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    142 cites at Semantic Scholar

    10% above average of year

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19. 19

    Tsong Yueh Chen and Yuen-Tak Yu:
    On the Relationship Between Partition and Random Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    140 cites at Semantic Scholar

    9% above average of year

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20. 20

    Les Hatton and Andy Roberts:
    How Accurate Is Scientific Software?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
    

    137 cites at Semantic Scholar

    6% above average of year

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   Emden R. Gansner, Eleftherios Koutsofios, Stephen C. North, and Kiem-Phong Vo:
   A Technique for Drawing Directed Graphs.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
   

   810 cites at Semantic Scholar

   763% above average of year

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2. 2

   Mary Jean Harrold, Rajiv Gupta, and Mary Lou Soffa:
   A Methodology for Controlling the Size of a Test Suite.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1993
   

   661 cites at OpenAlex

   604% above average of year

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3. 3

   Ricky W. Butler and George B. Finelli:
   The Infeasibility of Quantifying the Reliability of Life-Critical Real-Time Software.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
   

   471 cites at Semantic Scholar

   402% above average of year

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4. 4

   Paul Klint:
   A Meta-Environment for Generating Programming Environments.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1993
   

   412 cites at Semantic Scholar

   339% above average of year

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5. 5

   Anish Arora and Mohamed G. Gouda:
   Closure and Convergence: A Foundation of Fault-Tolerant Computing.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
   

   322 cites at Semantic Scholar

   243% above average of year

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6. 6

   Phyllis G. Frankl and Stewart N. Weiss:
   An Experimental Comparison of the Effectiveness of Branch Testing and Data Flow Testing.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
   

   318 cites at Semantic Scholar

   239% above average of year

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7. 7

   Sergio Bandinelli, Alfonso Fuggetta, and Carlo Ghezzi:
   Process Model Evolution in the SPADE Environment.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
   

   314 cites at Semantic Scholar

   235% above average of year

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8. 8

   Giovanni Chiola, Marco Ajmone Marsan, Gianfranco Balbo, and Gianni Conte:
   Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets: A Definition at the Net Level and Its Implications.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
   

   294 cites at Semantic Scholar

   213% above average of year

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9. 9

   Pamela Zave and Michael Jackson:
   Conjunction as Composition.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1993
   

   265 cites at Semantic Scholar

   182% above average of year

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10. 10

    Daniel I. Katcher, Hiroshi Arakawa, and Jay K. Strosnider:
    Engineering and Analysis of Fixed Priority Schedulers.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    245 cites at Semantic Scholar

    161% above average of year

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11. 11

    Jia Xu and David Lorge Parnas:
    On Satisfying Timing Constraints in Hard-Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    234 cites at OpenAlex

    149% above average of year

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12. 12

    Joanne M. Atlee and John D. Gannon:
    State-Based Model Checking of Event-Driven System Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    227 cites at OpenAlex

    142% above average of year

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13. 13

    Wei-lun Kao, Ravishankar K. Iyer, and Dong Tang:
    FINE: A Fault Injection and Monitoring Environment for Tracing the UNIX System Behavior Under Faults.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    226 cites at Semantic Scholar

    141% above average of year

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14. 14

    William G. Griswold and David Notkin:
    Automated Assistance for Program Restructuring.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1993
    

    221 cites at Semantic Scholar

    136% above average of year

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15. 15

    Phyllis G. Frankl and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    A Formal Analysis of the Fault-Detecting Ability of Testing Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    215 cites at Semantic Scholar

    129% above average of year

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16. 16

    Lionel C. Briand, Victor R. Basili, and Christopher J. Hetmanski:
    Developing Interpretable Models with Optimized Set Reduction for Identifying High-Risk Software Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    202 cites at Semantic Scholar

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17. 17

    Jia Xu:
    Multiprocessor Scheduling of Processes with Release Times, Deadlines, Precedence, and Exclusion Relations.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    179 cites at Semantic Scholar

    91% above average of year

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18. 18

    Anders P. Ravn, Hans Rischel, and Kirsten Mark Hansen:
    Specifying and Verifying Requirements of Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    168 cites at OpenAlex

    79% above average of year

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19. 19

    Andrew Sears:
    Layout Appropriateness: A Metric for Evaluating User Interface Widget Layout.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    156 cites at Semantic Scholar

    66% above average of year

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20. 20

    Maria Letizia Jaccheri and Reidar Conradi:
    Techniques for Process Model Evolution in EPOS.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    154 cites at Semantic Scholar

    64% above average of year

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   John Mylopoulos, Lawrence Chung, and Brian A. Nixon:
   Representing and Using Nonfunctional Requirements: A Process-Oriented Approach.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   1181 cites at Semantic Scholar

   763% above average of year

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2. 2

   Ram Chillarege, Inderpal S. Bhandari, Jarir K. Chaar, Michael J. Halliday, Diane S. Moebus, Bonnie K. Ray, and Man-Yuen Wong:
   Orthogonal Defect Classification - A Concept for In-Process Measurements.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   891 cites at Semantic Scholar

   551% above average of year

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3. 3

   Carl A. Waldspurger, Tad Hogg, Bernardo A. Huberman, Jeffrey O. Kephart, and W. Scott Stornetta:
   Spawn: A Distributed Computational Economy.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   765 cites at Semantic Scholar

   459% above average of year

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4. 4

   Stephen G. Eick, Joseph L. Steffen, and Eric E. Sumner Jr.:
   Seesoft-A Tool For Visualizing Line Oriented Software Statistics.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   744 cites at Semantic Scholar

   444% above average of year

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5. 5

   Don S. Batory and Sean W. O'Malley:
   The Design and Implementation of Hierarchical Software Systems with Reusable Components.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1992
   

   713 cites at Semantic Scholar

   421% above average of year

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6. 6

   John C. Munson and Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar:
   The Detection of Fault-Prone Programs.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   499 cites at Semantic Scholar

   265% above average of year

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7. 7

   Henri E. Bal, M. Frans Kaashoek, and Andrew S. Tanenbaum:
   Orca: A Language For Parallel Programming of Distributed Systems.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   491 cites at Semantic Scholar

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8. 8

   Jeffrey M. Voas:
   PIE: A Dynamic Failure-Based Technique.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
   

   457 cites at Semantic Scholar

   234% above average of year

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9. 9

   A. Jefferson Offutt:
   Investigations of the Software Testing Coupling Effect.
   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1992
   

   439 cites at Semantic Scholar

   221% above average of year

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10. 10

    Norman F. Schneidewind:
    Methodology For Validating Software Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    405 cites at Semantic Scholar

    196% above average of year

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11. 11

    Keith W. Miller, Larry J. Morell, Robert E. Noonan, Stephen K. Park, David M. Nicol, Branson W. Murrill, and Jeffrey M. Voas:
    Estimating the Probability of Failure When Testing Reveals No Failures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    330 cites at Semantic Scholar

    141% above average of year

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12. 12

    Balasubramaniam Ramesh and Vasant Dhar:
    Supporting Systems Development by Capturing Deliberations During Requirements Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    328 cites at Semantic Scholar

    140% above average of year

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13. 13

    Nicolas Halbwachs, Fabienne Lagnier, and Christophe Ratel:
    Programming and Verifying Real-Time Systems by Means of the Synchronous Data-Flow Language LUSTRE.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    293 cites at Semantic Scholar

    114% above average of year

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14. 14

    Norman Wilde and Ross Huitt:
    Maintenance Support for Object-Oriented Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    275 cites at Semantic Scholar

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15. 15

    Lionel C. Briand, Victor R. Basili, and William M. Thomas:
    A Pattern Recognition Approach for Software Engineering Data Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    253 cites at Semantic Scholar

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16. 16

    Michael Daskalantonakis:
    A Practical View of Software Measurement and Implementation Experiences Within Motorola.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    246 cites at Semantic Scholar

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17. 17

    Eduardo Ostertag, James A. Hendler, Rubén Prieto Díaz, and Christine Braun:
    Computing Similarity in a Reuse Library System: An AI-Based Approach.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1992
    

    236 cites at Semantic Scholar

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18. 18

    Nachimuthu Karunanithi, L. Darrell Whitley, and Yashwant K. Malaiya:
    Prediction of Software Reliability Using Connectionist Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    235 cites at Semantic Scholar

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19. 19

    Richard N. Taylor, David L. Levine, and Cheryl D. Kelly:
    Structural Testing of Concurrent Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    224 cites at Semantic Scholar

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20. 20

    Kevin J. Sullivan and David Notkin:
    Reconciling Environment Integration and Software Evolution.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1992
    

    196 cites at Semantic Scholar

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   Bernard Berthomieu and Michel Diaz:
   Modeling and Verification of Time Dependent Systems Using Time Petri Nets.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   1177 cites at Semantic Scholar

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2. 2

   Norman C. Hutchinson and Larry L. Peterson:
   The X-Kernel: An Architecture for Implementing Network Protocols.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   978 cites at Semantic Scholar

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3. 3

   Richard A. DeMillo and A. Jefferson Offutt:
   Constraint-Based Automatic Test Data Generation.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   903 cites at Semantic Scholar

   630% above average of year

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4. 4

   Keith Brian Gallagher and James R. Lyle:
   Using Program Slicing in Software Maintenance.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   765 cites at Semantic Scholar

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5. 5

   Susumu Fujiwara, Gregor von Bochmann, Ferhat Khendek, Mokhtar Amalou, and Abderrazak Ghedamsi:
   Test Selection Based on Finite State Models.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   712 cites at Semantic Scholar

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6. 6

   Yoëlle S. Maarek, Daniel M. Berry, and Gail E. Kaiser:
   An Information Retrieval Approach For Automatically Constructing Software Libraries.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   510 cites at Semantic Scholar

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7. 7

   Elaine J. Weyuker and Bingchiang Jeng:
   Analyzing Partition Testing Strategies.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   394 cites at Semantic Scholar

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8. 8

   Carlo Ghezzi, Dino Mandrioli, Sandro Morasca, and Mauro Pezzè:
   A Unified High-Level Petri Net Formalism for Time-Critical Systems.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   386 cites at Semantic Scholar

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9. 9

   Thomas Kunz:
   The Influence of Different Workload Descriptions on a Heuristic Load Balancing Scheme.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
   

   317 cites at Semantic Scholar

   156% above average of year

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10. 10

    Howard B. Reubenstein and Richard C. Waters:
    The Requirements Apprentice: Automated Assistance for Requirements Acquisition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    306 cites at Semantic Scholar

    147% above average of year

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11. 11

    Brigitte Plateau and Karim Atif:
    Stochastic Automata Network For Modeling Parallel Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    282 cites at Semantic Scholar

    128% above average of year

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12. 12

    Julio César Sampaio do Prado Leite and Peter A. Freeman:
    Requirements Validation Through Viewpoint Resolution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    281 cites at Semantic Scholar

    127% above average of year

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13. 13

    Geoffrey K. Gill and Chris F. Kemerer:
    Cyclomatic Complexity Density and Software Maintenance Productivity.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    278 cites at Semantic Scholar

    125% above average of year

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14. 14

    Roy S. Freedman:
    Testability of Software Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    276 cites at Semantic Scholar

    123% above average of year

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15. 15

    Matthew S. Jaffe, Nancy G. Leveson, Mats Per Erik Heimdahl, and Bonnie E. Melhart:
    Software Requirements Analysis for Real-Time Process-Control Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    258 cites at Semantic Scholar

    108% above average of year

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16. 16

    Michiel van Genuchten:
    Why Is Software Late? An Empirical Study of Reasons For Delay in Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    240 cites at Semantic Scholar

    94% above average of year

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17. 17

    Michael D. Vose:
    A Linear Algorithm For Generating Random Numbers With a Given Distribution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    237 cites at Semantic Scholar

    92% above average of year

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18. 18

    Dave E. Eckhardt, Alper K. Caglayan, John C. Knight, Larry D. Lee, David F. McAllister, Mladen A. Vouk, and John P. J. Kelly:
    An Experimental Evaluation of Software Redundancy as a Strategy For Improving Reliability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    209 cites at Semantic Scholar

    69% above average of year

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19. 19

    Kuo-Chung Tai, Richard H. Carver, and Evelyn E. Obaid:
    Debugging Concurrent Ada Programs by Deterministic Execution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    182 cites at Semantic Scholar

    47% above average of year

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20. 20

    Richard W. Selby and Victor R. Basili:
    Analyzing Error-Prone System Structure.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    176 cites at Semantic Scholar

    42% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

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