"This book is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on trends, techniques, and uses of various technology applications and examines the benefits and challenges of these computational developments. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as utility computing, computer security, and information systems applications"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Editorial Advisory Board
• List of Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
  • Chapter 1: A Brief Overview of Software Process Models
  • Chapter 2: Learning Software Industry Practices With Open Source and Free Software Tools
  • Chapter 3: Introduction to Network Security
  • Chapter 4: The Human Role in Model Synthesis
  • Chapter 5: The Role of Compliance and Conformance in Software Engineering
  • Chapter 6: Some Key Topics to be Considered in Software Process Improvement
• Section 2: Development and Design Methodologies
  • Chapter 7: Important Issues in Software Fault Prediction
  • Chapter 8: ECSE
  • Chapter 9: Incorporating Free/Open-Source Data and Tools in Software Engineering Education
  • Chapter 10: Applying Online Learning in Software Engineering Education
  • Chapter 11: Practicing Soft Skills in Software Engineering
  • Chapter 12: An Integrated Secure Software Engineering Approach for Functional, Collaborative, and Information Concerns
  • Chapter 13: Knowware-Based Software Engineering
  • Chapter 14: Building Defect Prediction Models in Practice
  • Chapter 15: Providing Automated Holistic Process and Knowledge Assistance During Software Modernization
  • Chapter 16: Supporting Model-Driven Development
  • Chapter 17: A Framework of Statistical and Visualization Techniques for Missing Data Analysis in Software Cost Estimation
  • Chapter 18: A Methodology for Model-Based Reliability Estimation
  • Chapter 19: Understanding the Role of Knowledge Management in Software Development
  • Chapter 20: A Semantic-Enabled Framework for E-Government Systems Development
  • Chapter 21: Towards Knowledge Management to Support Decision Making for Software Process Development
  • Chapter 22: Dynamically Reconfigurable Architectures
  • Chapter 23: Model-Based Testing of Highly Configurable Embedded Systems
  • Chapter 24: A Two-Layer Approach to Developing Self-Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems in Open Environment
  • Chapter 25: A Proposed Pragmatic Software Development Process Model
  • Chapter 26: Quality-Driven Database System Development Within MDA Approach
  • Chapter 27: A Multi-Agent-Based Approach for Critical Components Identification and Testing
  • Chapter 28: Viewpoint-Based Modeling
  • Chapter 29: Attaining Semantic Enterprise Interoperability Through Ontology Architectural Patterns
  • Chapter 30: Developing Secure Software Using UML Patterns
  • Chapter 31: A Structured Method for Security Requirements Elicitation Concerning the Cloud Computing Domain
  • Chapter 32: Optimized and Distributed Variant Logic for Model-Driven Applications
• Section 3: Tools and Technologies
  • Chapter 33: Natural Language Processing
  • Chapter 34: Teaching Software Engineering Through a Collaborative Game
  • Chapter 35: Wiki for Agility
  • Chapter 36: Object-Oriented Cognitive Complexity Measures
  • Chapter 37: A Semantic Approach for Multi-Agent System Design
  • Chapter 38: Designing an Evaluation Tool to Measure Emotional Goals
  • Chapter 39: Consistency Checking of Specification in UML
  • Chapter 40: Excess Entropy in Computer Systems
  • Chapter 41: Model-Driven Reverse Engineering of Open Source Systems
  • Chapter 42: Parameterized Transformation Schema for a Non-Functional Properties Model in the Context of MDE
  • Chapter 43: Software Development Tools to Automate CAD/CAM Systems
  • Chapter 44: Code Clone Detection and Analysis in Open Source Applications
  • Chapter 45: A Method to Design a Software Process Architecture in a Multimodel Environment
  • Chapter 46: A Mixed-Criticality Integration in Cyber-Physical Systems
• Section 4: Utilization and Applications
  • Chapter 47: Towards an Understanding of Collaborations in Agile Course Projects
  • Chapter 48: Underpinning EISB With Enterprise Interoperability Neighboring Scientific Domains
  • Chapter 49: Lessons From Practices and Standards in Safety-Critical and Regulated Sectors
  • Chapter 50: Experiences in Software Engineering Education
  • Chapter 51: Digital Home
  • Chapter 52: An Innovative Approach to the Development of an International Software Process Lifecycle Standard for Very Small Entities
  • Chapter 53: From Textual Analysis to Requirements Elicitation
  • Chapter 54: Learning Software Engineering With Global Teams
  • Chapter 55: Controlled Experiments as Means to Teach Soft Skills in Software Engineering
  • Chapter 56: Open Innovation
  • Chapter 57: Requirements Refinement and Component Reuse
  • Chapter 58: Agile Development Processes and Knowledge Documentation
  • Chapter 59: Feral Systems as Institutional Phenomena
  • Chapter 60: Reverse Engineering of Object-Oriented Code
  • Chapter 61: An Integrated Infrastructure Using Process Mining Techniques for Software Process Verification
  • Chapter 62: Validating Autonomic Services
  • Chapter 63: An Empirical Study of the Effect of Design Patterns on Class Structural Quality
  • Chapter 64: Managing Tacit Knowledge to Improve Software Processes
  • Chapter 65: Software Engineering and New Emerging Technologies
  • Chapter 66: On Software Architecture Processes and Their Use in Practice
  • Chapter 67: Modeling Trust Relationships for Developing Trustworthy Information Systems
  • Chapter 68: The Impact of Software Testing Governance Choices
  • Chapter 69: Organization and Information Support of Expert Reviews of I&C Systems Modernization at NPP of Ukraine
  • Chapter 70: Open Source Software Adaptation in Africa
• Section 5: Organizational and Social Implications
  • Chapter 71: The Influence of Personality Traits on Software Engineering and Its Applications
  • Chapter 72: Bridging the Academia-Industry Gap in Software Engineering
  • Chapter 73: Developing Communities of Practice to Prepare Software Engineers With Effective Team Skills
  • Chapter 74: Teaching Software Architecture in Industrial and Academic Contexts
  • Chapter 75: Engaging Software Engineering Students With Employability Skills
  • Chapter 76: Peer Feedback in Software Engineering Courses
  • Chapter 77: Threats Classification
  • Chapter 78: Preventing the Increasing Resistance to Change Through a Multi-Model Environment as a Reference Model in Software Process Improvement
  • Chapter 79: Addressing Privacy in Traditional and Cloud-Based Systems
  • Chapter 80: Project-Based Learning
• Section 6: Critical Issues and Challenges
  • Chapter 81: Critical Issues in Requirements Engineering Education
  • Chapter 82: Is Modeling a Treatment for the Weakness of Software Engineering?
  • Chapter 83: Technique for Risk Identification of Software Acquisition and Information Technologies
  • Chapter 84: T-Way Testing Strategies
  • Chapter 85: Threat Analysis in Goal-Oriented Security Requirements Modelling
  • Chapter 86: Prediction of Change-Prone Classes Using Machine Learning and Statistical Techniques
  • Chapter 87: Software Evolution Visualization
  • Chapter 88: Towards a New Approach for Controlling the Reorganization Process of Multi-Agent Systems
• Index