Nara

In 2011 the IWSM Mensura conference was held on November 3-4 in Nara (Japan).

This conference was organized by the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) at the Nara-Ken New Public Hall.

Co-located events

3rd International Workshop on Empirical Software Engineering in Practice (IWESEP 2011)

Mining Software Repository School in Asia (MSR 2011)

Papers

On this conference 43 papers were presented. These papers are published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

Measurement Tools and Frameworks

  • Yoshiki Higo, Akira Saitoh, Goro Yamada, Tatsuya Miyake, Shinji Kusumoto and Katsuro Inoue
    A Pluggable Tool for Measuring Software Metrics from Source Code Xplore it
  • Shinsuke Matsumoto and Masahide Nakamura
    Service Oriented Framework for Mining Software Repository Xplore it
  • Tiago L. Alves, José Pedro Correia and Joost Visser
    Benchmark-Based Aggregation of Metrics to Ratings Xplore it

Software Quality I

  • Tadashi Nagano, Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Satoshi Haraguchi, Hironori Takeuchi, Shiho Ogino and Akira Fukuda
    Critiquing Rules and Quality Quantification of Development-Related Documents Xplore it
  • Hirohisa Aman
    A Proposal of NHPP-Based Method for Predicting Code Change in Open Source Development Xplore it
  • Taiga Nakamura, Hironori Takeuchi, Futoshi Iwama and Ken Mizuno
    Enabling Analysis and Measurement of Conventional Software Development Documents Using Project-Specific Formalism Xplore it

Software Quality II

  • Yasutaka Kamei, Hiroki Sato, Akito Monden, Shinji Kawaguchi, Hidetake Uwano, Masataka Nagura, Ken-Ichi Matsumoto and Naoyasu Ubayashi
    An Empirical Study of Fault Prediction with Code Clone Metrics Xplore it
  • Hiroyuki Okamura, Yusuke Etani and Tadashi Dohi
    Quantifying the Effectiveness of Testing Efforts on Software Fault Detection with a Logit Software Reliability Growth Model Xplore it
  • Sylvie Trudel and Alain Abran
    Bidirectional Influence of Defects and Functional Size Xplore it

Size and Performance Measurement

  • Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran, Sophie Stern and Amar Ramdan-Cherif
    Design of a Functional Size Measurement Procedure for Real-Time Embedded Software Requirements Expressed using the Simulink Model Xplore it
  • Kenneth Lind, Rogardt Heldal, Tigran Harutyunyan and Tony Heimdahl
    CompSize: Automated Size Estimation of Embedded Software Components Xplore it
  • Robert Neumann, Eric Göltzer, Reiner Dumke and Andreas Schmietendorf
    Caching Highly Compute-Intensive Cloud Applications: An Approach to Balancing Cost with Performance Xplore it

OSS / Repository Mining

  • Passakorn Phannachitta, Pijak Jirapiwong, Akinori Ihara, Masao Ohira and Ken-Ichi Matsumoto
    An Analysis of Gradual Patch Application: A Better Explanation of Patch Acceptance Xplore it
  • Anakorn Jongyindee, Masao Ohira, Akinori Ihara and Ken-ichi Matsumoto
    Good or Bad Committers? A Case Study of Committers’ Cautiousness and the Consequences on the Bug Fixing Process in the Eclipse Project Xplore it
  • Junwei Liang and Osamu Mizuno
    Analyzing Involvements of Reviewers through Mining a Code Review Repository Xplore it

Software Project and Business

  • Vishwajit Sudhir Joshi
    Metrics Center of Excellence: From Idea to Implementation of a “Meaningful” Measurement and Analysis Process Xplore it
  • Adam Trendowicz, Jens Heidrich and Katsutoshi Shintani
    Aligning Software Projects with Business Objectives Xplore it
  • Masateru Tsunoda, Akito Monden, Tomoko Matsumura and Ken-ichi Matsumoto
    A Model of Project Supervision for Process Correction and Improvement Xplore it

Software Maintenance

  • Henk van der Schuur, Slinger Jansen and Sjaak Brinkkemper
    Sending Out a Software Operation Summary: Leveraging Software Operation Knowledge for Prioritization of Maintenance Tasks Xplore it
  • Hakim Lounis, Tamer Fares Gayed and Mounir Boukadoum
    Using Efficient Machine-Learning Models to Assess Two Important Quality Factors: Maintainability and Reusability Xplore it
  • Yuto Nakamura, Kazunori Sakamoto, Kiyohisa Inoue, Hironori Washizaki and Yoshiaki Fukazawa
    Evaluation of Understandability of UML Class Diagrams by Using Word Similarity Xplore it

Software Cost and Effort

  • Sousuke Amasaki, Yohei Takahara and Tomoyuki Yokogawa
    Performance Evaluation of Windowing Approach on Effort Estimation by Analogy Xplore it
  • Cornelius Wille, Anja Fiegler, Robert Neumann and Reiner R. Dumke
    Evidence-Based Evaluation of Effort Estimation Methods Xplore it

Software Process Improvement

  • Noriko Hanakawa
    A Process Refactoring for Software Development with Process Complexity and Activity Priority Lists Xplore it
  • José L. Cuadrado-García, Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego, Miguel A. Herranz-Martínez and Pablo Rodríguez-Soria
    Improve Tracking in the Software Development Projects Xplore it
  • Tatsuya Kaneko, Masafumi Katahira, Yuko Miyamoto and Martin Kowalczyk
    Application of GQM+Strategies® in the Japanese Space Industry Xplore it
  • Hidetake Uwano, Yasutaka Kamei, Akito Monden and Ken-ichi Matsumoto
    An Analysis of Cost-Overrun Projects Using Financial Data and Software Metrics Xplore it

Education and Human Factors

  • Haruaki Tamada, Akihiro Ogino and Hirotada Ueda
    A Framework for Programming Process Measurement and Compiling Error Interpretation for Novice Programmers Xplore it
  • Mónica Villavicencio and Alain Abran
    Educational Issues in the Teaching of Software Measurement in Software Engineering Undergraduate Programs Xplore it
  • Konstantina Georgieva, Robert Neumann, Anja Fiegler and Reiner R. Dumke
    Validation of the Model for Prediction of the Human Performance Xplore it
  • Tatsuya Sasaki, Shuji Morisaki and Kenichi Matsumoto
    An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Usage of Screenshot in Software Inspection Recording Activity Xplore it

Software Quality III

  • Syed Nadeem Ahsan and Franz Wotawa
    Fault Prediction Capability of Program File’s Logical-Coupling Metrics Xplore it
  • Benoît Vanderose and Naji Habra
    Tool-Support for a Model-Centric Quality Assessment: QuaTALOG Xplore it
  • Jean-Marc Desharnais, Bugra Kocatürk and Alain Abran
    Using the COSMIC Method to Evaluate the Quality of the Documentation of Agile User Stories Xplore it
  • Yasunari Takai, Takashi Kobayashi and Kiyoshi Agusa
    Software Metrics Based on Coding Standards Violations Xplore it

Software Verification

  • Yuko Muto, Kozo Okano and Shinji Kusumoto
    Improvement of a Visualization Technique for the Passage Rate of Unit Testing and Static Checking and Its Evaluation Xplore it
  • Ryosuke Nakashiro, Yasutaka Kamei, Naoyasu Ubayashi, Shin Nakajima and Akihito Iwai
    Translation Pattern of BPEL Process into Promela Code Xplore it
  • Ryo Ujiie, Masafumi Katahira, Yuko Miyamoto, Haruka Nakao and Nobuyuki Hoshino
    Measurement of JAXA’s IV&V Activity Effectiveness Based on Findings Xplore it
  • Nobuhiro Nakamura, Satoru Takahashi, Shinji Kusumoto and Kousuke Nakatsuka
    Approach to Introducing a Statistical Quality Control Xplore it

Software Effort and Productivity

  • Ozden Ozcan Top, Baris Ozkan, Mina Nabi and Onur Demirors
    Internal and External Software Benchmark Repository Utilization for Effort Estimation Xplore it
  • Aysegül Özkaya, Erdir Ungan and Onur Demirörs
    Common Practices and Problems in Effort Data Collection in the Software Industry Xplore it
  • Taku Fujii and Megumi Kimura
    Analysis Results on Productivity Variation in Force.com Applications Xplore it
  • Anja Fiegler and Reiner R. Dumke
    Growth- and Entropy-Based SOA Measurement: Vision and Approach in a Large Scale Environment Xplore it

Organization

General Chairs

Koichi Matsuda (Software Engineering Center, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan)
Kenichi Matsumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Koji Torii (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) honorary

Organizing Chair

Masahide Nakamura (Kobe University, Japan)

Program Chair

Akito Monden (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Fast Abstract Co-Chairs

Yoshiki Mitani (Nara Institute of Science and Technology/MITANI Advanced Research Institute, LLC., Japan)
Jens Heidrich (Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany)

Invited Session Chair

Shuji Morisaki (Shizuoka University, Japan)

Tutorial Chair

Masao Ohira (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Workshop Chair

Yasutaka Kamei (Kyushu University, Japan)

Publicity Chair

Masafumi Katahira (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs

Shinji Uchida (Nara National College of Technology, Japan)
Yasuhiro Takemura (Osaka University of Arts, Japan)

Publication Chair

Masateru Tsunoda (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Student Volunteers Chair

Akinori Ihara (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Website

Original website: mensura.wordpress.com

Shortlink to this page: 2011.iwsm-mensura.org