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2018
  1. Mohab Aly, Foutse Khomh, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Hironori Washizaki, and Soumaya Yacout. Is Fragmentation a Threat to the Success of the Internet of Things?. Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ), August 2018. Note: 24 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): ESE4IoT, CJ.

  2. Le An, Foutse Khomh, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. An Empirical Study of Crash-inducing Commits in Mozilla Firefox. Software Quality Journal (SQJ), 26(2):553–-584, June 2018. Note: 33 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, SQJ.

  3. Jane Huffman Hayes, Alexander Dekhtyar, Jody Larsen, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Effective Use of Analysts' Effort in Automated Tracing. Requirements Engineering (REEN), 23(1):119–-143, March 2018. Note: 26 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Requirement traceability, REEN.

  4. Francis Palma, Naouel Moha, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. UniDoSA: The Unified Specification and Detection of Service Antipatterns. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), March 2018. Note: 31 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, TSE.

  5. Fabio Petrillo, Philippe Merle, Francis Palma, Naouel Moha, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. A Lexical and Semantical Analysis on REST Cloud Computing APIs. Computing Journal (CJ), June 2018. Note: 24 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, CJ.

  6. Cristiano Politowski, Lisandra M. Fontoura, Fabio Petrillo, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Learning from the Past: a Process Recommendation System for Video Game Projects using Postmortems Experiences. Information and Software Technology (IST), 100:103--118, August 2018. Note: 15 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, IST.

  7. Fatima Sabir, Francis Palma, Ghulam Rasool, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Naouel Moha. A Systematic Literature Review on the Detection of Smells and their Evolution in Object-Oriented and Service-Oriented Systems. Software: Practice and Experience (SPE), August 2018. Note: 48 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, SPE.

  8. Rubén Saborido, Rodrigo Morales, Foutse Khomh, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. Getting the Most from Map Data Structures in Android. Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 23(5):2829--2864, October 2018. Note: 35 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, EMSE.

  9. Zéphyrin Soh, Foutse Khomh, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. Noise in Mylyn Interaction Traces and Its Impact on Developers and Recommendation Systems. Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 23(2):645–-692, April 2018. Note: 49 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, EMSE.

  10. Hironori Washizaki, Foutse Khomh, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. ProMeTA: A Taxonomy for Program Metamodels in Program Reverse Engineering. Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 23(4):2323--2358, August 2018. Note: 35 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, EMSE.


2017
  1. Latifa Guerrouj, Zeinab Kermansaravi, Venera Arnaoudova, Benjamin C. M. Fung, Foutse Khomh, Giuliano Antoniol, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Investigating the Relation between Lexical Smells and Change- and Fault-proneness: An Empirical Study. Software Quality Journal (SQJ), 25(3):641--670, September 2017. Note: 30 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, SQJ.

  2. Fehmi Jaafar, Angela Lozano, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Kim Mens. Analyzing Software Evolution and Quality by Extracting Asynchrony Change Patterns. Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), 131:311--322, September 2017. Note: 12 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, JSS.

  3. Francis Palma, Javier Gonzalez-Huerta, Mohamed Founi, Naouel Moha, Guy Tremblay, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Semantic Analysis of RESTful APIs for the Detection of Linguistic Patterns and Antipatterns. International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS), 26(2):1--37, June 2017. Note: 38 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, IJCIS.

  4. Aminata Sabané, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Venera Arnaoudova, and Giuliano Antoniol. Fragile Base-class Problem, Problem?. Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 22(5):2612--2657, October 2017. Note: Special issue on negative results. 46 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, EMSE.


2016
  1. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Gi-hwon Kwon, and Pornsiri Muenchaisri. Guest Editorial: Special Section with the Extensions to the Best Papers from APSEC'13 and APSEC'14, volume 74, chapter 1, pages 181--182. Elsevier, June 2016. Note: 2 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, IST.

  2. Fehmi Jaafar, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Sylvie Hamel, Foutse Khomh, and Mohammad Zulkernine. Evaluating the Impact of Design Pattern and Anti-pattern Dependencies on Changes and Faults. Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 21(3):896--931, February 2016. Note: 35 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, Design patterns, EMSE.

  3. Wenbin Li, Jane Huffman Hayes, Giulio Antoniol, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Bram Adams. Error Leakage and Wasted Time: Sensitivity and Effort Analysis of a Requirements Consistency Checking Process. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP), 28(12):1061--1080, October 2016. Note: 20 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Requirement traceability, JSEP.

  4. Wei Wu, Foutse Khomh, Bram Adams, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. An Exploratory Study of API Changes and Usages based on Apache and Eclipse Ecosystems. Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 21(6):2366--2412, December 2016. Note: 47 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, EMSE.


2015
  1. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc and Tom Mens. Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Software Maintenance and Evolution Research, volume 20, chapter 1, pages 1193--1197. Springer, February 2015. Note: 4 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, EMSE.

  2. Nasir Ali, Zohreh Sharafi, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. An Empirical Study on the Importance of Source Code Entities for Requirements Traceability. Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 20(2):442--478, April 2015. Note: 37 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, Understanding program comprehension, EMSE.

  3. José Côté, Sylvie Cossette, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Alexandra De Pokomandy, Catherine Worthington, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Patricia Auger, François Boudreau, Joyal Miranda, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Cécile Tremblay. Evaluation of a Web-based Tailored Intervention (TAVIE en santé) to Support People Living with HIV in the Adoption of Health Promoting Behaviours: an Online Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. BMC Public Health (BMC), 15, October 2015. [Text ] Keyword(s): VIHTAVIE, BMC Public Health.

  4. José Côté, Gaston Godin, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Geneviève Rouleau, Anne Bourbonnais, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Cécile Tremblay, and Joanne Otis. Virtual Intervention to Support Self-Management of Antiretroviral Therapy Among People Living With HIV. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 17(1):e6, January 2015. [Text ] Keyword(s): VIHTAVIE, JMIR.

  5. Zohreh Sharafi, Zéphyrin Soh, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. A Systematic Literature Review on the Usage of Eye-tracking in Software Engineering. Journal of Information and Software Technology (IST), 67:79--107, November 2015. Note: 28 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, IST.

  6. Wei Wu, Adrien Serveaux, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. The Impact of Imperfect Change Rules on Framework API Evolution Identification: An Empirical Study. Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 20(4):1126--1158, August 2015. Note: 32 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, EMSE.


2014
  1. Foutse Khomh, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Giuliano Antoniol, and Massimiliano Di Penta. Modèles de qualité et conception des programmes, chapter 3, pages 85--116. Éditions Lavoisier, avril 2014. Note: Hermes Science. Traité IC2, série Informatique et Systèmes d'Information. 32 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Quality models, Design patterns, EMSL.

  2. Venera Arnaoudova, Laleh Eshkevari, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rocco Oliveto, Giuliano Antoniol, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. REPENT: Analyzing the Nature of Identifier Renamings. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 40(5):502--532, May 2014. Note: 30 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Linguistic smells, TSE.

  3. Fehmi Jaafar, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Guiliano Antoniol, and Sylvie Hamel. Detecting Asynchrony and Dephase Change Patterns by Mining Software Repositories. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice (JSME), 26(1):77--106, January 2014. Note: 29 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, JSME-JSEP.

  4. Fehmi Jaafar, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Sylvie Hamel, and Foutse Khomh. Analysing Anti-patterns Static Relationships with Design Patterns. Electronic Communications of the EASST (ECEASST), 59, August 2014. Note: 26 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, ECEASST.

  5. Soumaya Medini, Venera Arnaoudova, Massimiliano Di Penta, Giulian Antoniol, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Paolo Tonella. SCAN: An Approach to Label and Relate Execution Trace Segments. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP), 26(11):962--995, November 2014. Note: 33 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, JSME-JSEP.

  6. Francis Palma, Mathieu Nayrolles, Naouel Moha, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Benoit Baudry, and Jean-Marc Jézéquel. SOA Antipatterns: An Approach for their Specification and Detection. International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS), 23(1), March 2014. Note: 31 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, IJCIS.

  7. Abdelilah Sakti, Gilles Pesant, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Instance Generator and Problem Representation to Improve Object Oriented Code Coverage. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 40(99):1--22, October 2014. Note: 22 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Test case generation, TSE.


2013
  1. Nasir Ali, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. Trustrace: Mining Software Repositories to Improve the Accuracy of Requirement Traceability Links. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 39(5):725--741, May 2013. Note: 20 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, TSE.

  2. Latifa Guerrouj, Massimiliano Di Penta, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. An Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Context on Source Code Identifiers Splitting and Expansion. Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), pp 1--48, July 2013. Note: 45 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Identifier analysis, EMSE.

  3. Ségla Kpodjedo, Filippo Ricca, Philippe Galinier, Giuliano Antoniol, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. MADMatch: Many-to-many Approximate Diagram Matching for Design Comparison. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 39(8):1090--1111, February 2013. Note: 23 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, TSE.

  4. Ségla Kpodjedo, Filippo Ricca, Philippe Galinier, Giuliano Antoniol, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Studying Software Evolution of Large Object-oriented Software Systems using an ETGM Algorithm. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice (JSME), 25(2):139--163, September 2013. Note: 28 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, JSME-JSEP.

  5. Joyal Miranda, José Côté, Gaston Godin, Martin Blais, Joanne Otis, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Ghayas Fadel, Luisa Barton, and Shawn Fowler. An Internet-Based Intervention Condom-Him to Increase Condom Use Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 2(2):e39, October 2013. Note: 8 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): VIHTAVIE, JMIRResProtoc.


2012
  1. Nasir Ali, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. Factors Impacting the Inputs of Traceability Recovery Approaches, chapter 7, pages 99--127. Springer, September 2012. Note: 28 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, SST.

  2. José Côté, Gaston Godin, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Geneviève Rouleau, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Joanne Otis, Cécile Tremblay, and Ghayas Fadel. Evaluation of a Real-time Virtual Intervention to Empower Persons Living with HIV for Therapy Self-management: Study Protocol for an Online Randomized Controlled Trial. Trials Journal (Trials), 13(1), December 2012. Note: 27 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): VIHTAVIE, Trials.

  3. José Côté, Geneviève Rouleau, Gaston Godin, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Georgette Nahas, Cécile Tremblay, Joanne Otis, and Annick Hernandez. Acceptability and Feasibility Study of a Virtual Intervention to Help Persons Living with HIV Manage their Daily Therapies. Journal of Telemedecine and Telecare (JTT), 18(7):409--421, October 2012. Note: 12 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): VIHTAVIE, JTT.

  4. Foutse Khomh, Massimiliano Di Penta, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Antipatterns on Class Change- and Fault-Proneness. Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 17(3):243--275, June 2012. Note: 27 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, EMSE.

  5. Benoît de Smet, Lorent Lempereur, Zohreh Sharafi, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Giuliano Antoniol, and Naji Habra. Taupe: Visualising and Analysing Eye-tracking Data. Science of Computer Programming (SCP), 79:260--278, February 2012. Note: 2nd special issue on Experimental Software and Toolkits. 20 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, SCP.


2011
  1. Latifa Guerrouj, Massimiliano Di Penta, Giuliano Antoniol, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. TIDIER: An Identifier Splitting Approach using Speech Recognition Techniques. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice (JSME), 25(6):575-599, June 2011. Note: 24 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Identifier analysis, JSME-JSEP.

  2. Foutse Khomh, Stéphane Vaucher, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Houari Sahraoui. A GQM-based Method and a Bayesian Approach for the Detection of Code and Design Smells. Journal of Software and Systems (JSS), 84(4):559--572, April 2011. Note: 35 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, JSS.

  3. Ségla Kpodjedo, Filippo Ricca, Philippe Galinier, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. Design Evolution Metrics for Defect Prediction in Object Oriented Systems. Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 16(1):141--175, February 2011. Note: 34 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, EMSE.


2010
  1. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Design Patterns: Empirical Studies on the Impact of Design Patterns on Quality, chapter 19, pages 204--219. Taylor and Francis Group, September 2010. Note: 16 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Design patterns, ESE.

  2. Tom Mens, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Juan Fernandez-Ramil, and Maja D'Hondt. Guest Editorial: Software Evolution, volume 27, chapter 1, pages 22--25. IEEE CS Press, July--August 2010. Note: 4 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Evolution patterns, IEEE Software.

  3. Gerardo Cepeda Porras and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. An Empirical Study on the Efficiency of Different Design Pattern Representations in UML Class Diagrams. Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 15(5):493--522, February 2010. Note: 29 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, EMSE.

  4. José Côté, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Geneviève Rouleau, Diane Saulnier, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Annick Hernandez, and Gaston Godin. A Nursing Virtual Intervention: Real-Time Support for Managing Antiretroviral Therapy. Computers, Informatics, Nursing (CIN), 29(1):43--51, January--February 2010. Note: 22 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): VIHTAVIE, CIN.

  5. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Jean-Yves Guyomarc'h, and Houari Sahraoui. Improving Design Pattern Identification: a New Approach and an Exploratory Study. Software Quality Journal (SQJ), 18(1):145--166, March 2010. Note: 21 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Design patterns, SQJ.

  6. Olivier Kaczor, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Sylvie Hamel. Identification of Design Motifs with Pattern Matching Algorithms. Information and Software Technology (IST), 52(2):152--168, February 2010. Note: 16 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Design patterns, IST.

  7. Naouel Moha, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Laurence Duchien, and Anne-Françoise Le Meur. DECOR: A Method for the Specification and Detection of Code and Design Smells. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 36(1):20--36, January--February 2010. Note: 16 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, TSE.

  8. Naouel Moha, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Anne-Françoise Le Meur, Laurence Duchien, and Alban Tiberghien. From a Domain Analysis to the Specification and Detection of Code and Design Smells. Formal Aspects of Computing (FAC), 22(3):345--368, May 2010. Note: 23 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Code and design smells, FAC.

  9. Houari Sahraoui, Lionel C. Briand, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Olivier Beaurepaire. Investigating the Impact of a Measurement Program on Software Quality. Information and Software Technology (IST), 52(9):923--933, September 2010. Note: 10 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Quality models, IST.


2009
  1. Luc Charest, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Yousra Tagmouti. Translating Design Pattern Concepts to Hardware Concepts, chapter 4, pages 93--118. CRC Press, September 2009. Note: 25 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Design patterns, NET.

  2. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. A Theory of Program Comprehension---Joining Vision Science and Program Comprehension. International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence (IJSSCI), 1(2):54--72, April-June 2009. Note: 18 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Understanding program comprehension, JSSCI.

  3. Janice Ka-Yee Ng, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol. Identification of Behavioral and Creational Design Motifs through Dynamic Analysis. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice (JSME), 22(8):597--627, November 2009. Note: 30 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Design patterns, JSME-JSEP.


2008
  1. Khashayar Khosravi and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. On Issues with Software Quality Models, chapter 11, pages 218--235. ICFAI University Press, January 2008. Note: 28 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Quality models, Design patterns, SQM.

  2. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc and Giuliano Antoniol. DeMIMA: A Multi-layered Framework for Design Pattern Identification. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 34(5):667--684, September 2008. Note: 18 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Design patterns, TSE.


2007
  1. Denys Poshyvanyk, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Andrian Marcus, Giuliano Antoniol, and Václav Rajlich. Feature Location using Probabilistic Ranking of Methods based on Execution Scenarios and Information Retrieval. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 33(6):420--432, June 2007. Note: 14 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, TSE.


2006
  1. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Jean-Yves Guyomarc'h, Khashayar Khosravi, and Houari Sahraoui. Design Patterns as Laws of Quality, chapter 5, pages 105--142. Idea Group, January 2006. Note: 35 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Quality models, Design patterns, OODK.

  2. Giuliano Antoniol and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. Feature Identification: An Epidemiological Metaphor. Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 32(9):627--641, September 2006. Note: 15 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): Features and requirements, TSE.


2003
  1. Andrés Farìas and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. On the Coherence of Component Protocols. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS), 82(5):42--53, April 2003. Note: 12 pages. [Text ] Keyword(s): ENTCS.