RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

MEASUREMENT

 

J. C. Munson, "Software Measurement: Problems and Practice," Annals of Software Engineering, Vol. 1., August 1995, J. G. Baltzer AG, Switzerland, pp. 255-285.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "The Measurement of Data Structure Complexity," Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 20, No. 3, March, 1993, pp. 217-226. 

S. G. Elbaum and J. C. Munson, "Modeling the Fault Insertion Process," will appear Empirical Software Engineering Journal, 1999.

J. C. Munson, S. G. Elbaum, and R. M. Karcich, "Software Risk Assessment Through Software Measurement and Modeling", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference, IEEE Computer Society Press.

F. D. Anger, J. C. Munson, and R. V. Rodriguez, "Temporal Complexity and Software Faults," Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Symposium of Software Reliability Engineering, Monterey, November 1994, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 115-125.

J. C. Munson and D. S. Werries, "Measuring Software Evolution," Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium , IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 41-51.

J. C. Munson, "Statistical Testing of Computer Software: A Redefinition," will appear Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, June 1994.

J. C. Munson, "The Relationship Between Software Metrics and Quality Metrics," The Forum for Statistical Methods in Software Engineering, The National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. October, 1993.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "Canonical Complexity Measures,", Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Complexity, 1993, OCATE, Portland State University Portland, Oregon, March 1993.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar, J. C. Munson, and D. L. Lanning, "Dynamic System Complexity," Proceedings of International Software Metrics Symposium, 1993, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 129-140.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "An Aggregate Measure of Program Module Complexity," Proceedings of the Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Complexity, 1992, Portland, Oregon.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "A Measure of Data Structure Complexity," Proceedings of the Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Complexity, 1992, Portland, Oregon.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "The Dimensionality of Program Complexity," Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Software Engineering, Pittsburgh, May 1989, pp. 245-253.

 

TESTING

J. C. Munson and A. Nikora. "A Methodology for the Measurement of Test Effectiveness" in Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality Engineering, World Scientific Publishers, April 1999

J. C. Munson and A. P. Nikora, "Estimating Rates Of Fault Insertion And Test Effectiveness In Software Systems" Proceedings of the Fourth ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, August 12-14, 1998 pp. 263-269.

J. C. Munson and S. Elbaum, "A Measurement Methodology For The Evaluation Of Regression Tests", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 24-33.

J. C. Munson, "Dynamic Program Complexity and Software Testing," Proceedings of the IEEE International Test Conference, Washington, D.C., October 1996.

J. C. Munson and G. A. Hall, "Estimating Test Effectiveness with Dynamic Complexity Measurement," Empirical Software Engineering Journal. Feb. 1997.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar, J. C. Munson, and D. L. Lanning, "A Comparative Study of Predictive Models for Program Changes during System Testing and Maintenance," Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 72-79.

J. C. Munson, "Software Measurement and Software Testing," a keynote address, Proceedings of the 5th International Software Quality Week, Science Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1992.

 

RELIABILITY

 

J. C. Munson and S. G. Elbaum, "Software Reliability as a Function of User Execution Patterns", will appear Proceedings of HICSS-32, Hawaii, 1999.

A. Nikora and J. C. Munson. "Design of Experiments in Reliability", a chapter in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 1999.

A. P. Nikora and J. C. Munson, "Software Evolution and the Fault Process," Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Software Engineering Workshop, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL), 1998.

A. P. Nikora, J. C. Munson, "Determining Fault Insertion Rates For Evolving Software Systems", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium of Software Reliability Engineering, Paderborn, Germany, November 1998, IEEE Computer Society Press.

J. C. Munson, "A Functional Approach to Software Reliability Modeling," in Boisvert, ed., Quality of Numerical Software, Assessment and Enhancement, Chapman & Hall, London, 1997. ISBN 0-412-80530-8.

J. C. Munson, "Software Faults, Software Failures, and Software Reliability Modeling", Information and Software Technology, December, 1996.

A. Nikora, N. Schneidewind, J. Munson, and G. Hall " IV&V Issues In Achieving High Reliability And Safety In Critical Control System Software", Proceedings of the Third ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, March 12-14, 1997

J. C. Munson, "Software Metrics for Reliability Assessment," a chapter in Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering, Ed. by M. Lyu, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996.

J. C. Munson, "Software Measurement and Modeling for the Space Shuttle Primary Avionics Software System," a keynote address given at the Eleventh Annual Conference on Software Reliability Modeling, Dublin, Ireland, September 1994.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "Software Metrics and the Quality of Telecommunication Software," in High-Speed Communication Networks, Harry Perros, Ed. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1992.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "The Detection of Fault-Prone Programs," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-18, No. 5, May, 1992. pp. 423-433.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "Dynamic Program Complexity: The Determinants of Performance and Reliability," IEEE Software November, 1992, pp.48-55.

J. C. Munson and R. H. Ravenel, "Designing Reliable Software," Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium of Software Reliability Engineering, Denver, November 1993, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 45-54.

J. C. Munson, "The Application of Software Metrics in Software Reliability Modeling," Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Claremont McKenna College Institute of Decision Science Conference on Software Reliability and Safety for the 90's, November 1993.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "Predicting Software Development Errors Using Software Complexity Metrics," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 8, No. 2, February 1990.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "Regression Modeling of Software Quality," Information and Software Technology, Vol. 32 No. 2 March 1990, pp. 105-114.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "Applications of a Relative Complexity Metric for Software Project Management," Journal of Systems and Software, Vol 12, No. 3, July 1990, pp. 283-293.

J. C. Munson, "Canonical Correlations of Software Quality Measures and Software Code Measures," Proceedings of the SSQ Conference Achieving Quality Software IV, January 1994.

J. C. Munson, "Understanding Software Faults and Their Role in Software Reliability Modeling," Proceedings of the Dual-Use Space Technology Transfer Conference, February 1994.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "The Use of Software Complexity Metrics in Software Reliability Modeling," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, May, 1991, pp. 2-11.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "The Lines of Code Metric as a Predictor of Program Faults: A Critical Analysis," Proceedings of COMPSAC 90 November, 1990.

J. C. Munson and T. M. Khoshgoftaar, "The Relative Software Complexity Metric: A Validation Study," Proceedings of the Software Engineering 1990 Conference, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990, pp. 89-102.

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "Software Metrics in Reliability Models," Proceedings of the IEEE Software Reliability Engineering Workshop, Washington, D. C. April, 1990

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "An Empirical Analysis of Factors Influencing Software Reliability," Proceedings of the 21st Symposium on the Interface: Computing Science and Statistics, Orlando, April 1989.

J. C. Munson and G. A. Hall, "Software Measurement Based Statistical Testing," Proceedings of the Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Complexity, 1994, Portland, Oregon.

J. C. Munson, "Software Faults, Software Failures and Software Measurement" Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, 1995

T. M. Khoshgoftaar and J. C. Munson, "An Attribute Modeling Approach for Predicting Program Changes", Proceedings of the Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Complexity, 1993, OCATE, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, March 1993.

 

SECURITY

J. C. Munson, "A Software Blackbox Recorder," Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference, Aspen, CO, February 1996.

S. G. Elbaum and J. C. Munson, "Intrusion Detection through Dynamic Software Measurement", will appear Proceedings of the USENIX Workshop on Intrusion Detection and Network Monitoring , Santa Clara, CA, April 1999.