Program Committee

Opening Session

Opening Remarks (PDF)

Margaret Caulfield, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Mike Hinchey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

pp. 3

The NASA Software Engineering Initiative — Status at the End of the First Year (PDF)

John C. Kelly, NASA Headquarters

pp. 4

Goddard?s Software Process Improvement Project: First Year Using CMMI (PDF)

Sally Godfrey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

James Andary, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

pp. 5

Analysis

Report on Results of Discriminant Analysis Experiment (Abstract)

Norman F. Schneidewind, Naval Postgraduate School

pp. 9

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Proactive Detection of Software Aging Mechanisms in Performance Critical Computers (Abstract)

Kenny C. Gross, Sun Microsystems

Vatsal Bhardwaj, Duke University

Randy Bickford, Expert Microsystems

pp. 17

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Fault Tree Analysis for Software Design (Abstract)

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle University

Dolores R. Wallace, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Albert M. Gallo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

pp. 24

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Paradigms

Guerrilla Tactics: Motivating Design Patterns for High-Dependability Applications (Abstract)

Michelle McElvany Hugue, University of Maryland

James Purtilo, University of Maryland

pp. 33

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Towards Autonomic Computing: Effective Event Management (Abstract)

Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster

pp. 40

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Metrics

Metrics That Matter (Abstract)

Tim Menzies, West Virginia University

Justin S. Di Stefano, West Virginia University

Mike Chapman, West Virginia University

Ken McGill, West Virginia University

pp. 51

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An Empirical Study of Modifying the Fagan Inspection Process and the Resulting Main Effects and Interaction Effects Among Defects Found, Effort Required, Rate of Preparation and Inspection, Number of Team Members and Product 1 (Abstract)

Nancy S. Eickelmann, Motorola Labs

Francesca Ruffolo, Motorola Labs

Jongmoon Baik, Motorola Labs

Animesh Anant, Motorola Labs

pp. 58

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Formality and Reliability

Composite Propositions:Toward Support for Formal Specification of System Properties (Abstract)

Oscar A. Mondragon, University of Texas at El Paso

Ann Q. Gates, University of Texas at El Paso

Steven M. Roach, University of Texas at El Paso

pp. 67

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A Rigorous Approach to Reviewing Formal Specifications (Abstract)

Shaoying Liu, Hosei University

pp. 75

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Software Reliability Corroboration (Abstract)

Carol Smidts, University of Maryland at College Park

Bojan Cukic, West Virginia University

Erdogan Gunel, West Virginia University

Ming Li, University of Maryland at College Park

Harshinder Singh, West Virginia University

pp. 82

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Testing

An Investigation of the Applicability of Design of Experiments to Software Testing (Abstract)

D. Richard Kuhn, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Michael J. Reilly, National Institute of Standards and Technology

pp. 91

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An On-Line Test Platform for Component-Based Systems (Abstract)

Peter H. Deussen, Fraunhofer Research Institute for Open Communication Systems

George Din, Fraunhofer Research Institute for Open Communication Systems

Ina Schieferdecker, Fraunhofer Research Institute for Open Communication Systems

pp. 96

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Requirements

Descoping (Abstract)

Martin S. Feather, California Institute of Technology

Steven L. Cornford, California Institute of Technology

Kenneth A. Hicks, California Institute of Technology

pp. 107

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Requirements Engineering in Science Data Processing Systems (Abstract)

Jeanne Behnke, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

James B. Byrnes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

pp. 114

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Software Requirements Practices: Some Real Data (Abstract)

Phillip A. Laplante, Penn State University

Colin J. Neill, Penn State University

Craig Jacobs, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

pp. 121

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Lessons Learned

Packaging and Disseminating Lessons Learned from COTS-Based Software Development (Abstract)

Ioana Rus, Fraunhofer Center Maryland

Mikael Lindvall, Fraunhofer Center Maryland

Carolyn Seaman, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Fraunhofer Center Maryland

Victor Basili, University of Maryland College Park and Fraunhofer Center Maryland

pp. 131

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A Software Engineering Lessons Learned Repository (Abstract)

Warren Harrison, Portland State University

pp. 139

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Applications

Distributed Simulation Communication through an Active Real-Time Database (Abstract)

Marcus Brohede, University of Skövde

Sten F. Andler, University of Skövde

pp. 147

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Eyekon: Augmented Reality for Battlefield Soldiers (Abstract)

Jeffrey D. Hicks, University of Nebraska and 21 st Century Systems, Inc.

Richard A. Flanagan, 21 st Century Systems, Inc.

Plamen V. Petrov, 21 st Century Systems, Inc.

Alexander D. Stoyen, 21 st Century Systems, Inc.

pp. 156

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Progressive Autonomy: A Method for Gradually Introducing Autonomy into Space Missions (Abstract)

Walt Truszkowski, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Christopher Rouff, SAIC

pp. 164

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Architecture Issues

Extending Software Change Impact Analysis into COTS Components (PDF)

Shawn A. Bohner, Virginia Tech

pp. 175

Elemental Design Patterns: A Formal Semantics for Composition of OO Software Architecture (Abstract)

Jason McC. Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David Stotts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

pp. 183

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A Process for Software Architecture Evaluation Using Metrics (Abstract)

Roseanne Tesoriero Tvedt, Fraunhofer Center Maryland for Experimental Software Engineering and Washington College

Mikael Lindvall, Fraunhofer Center Maryland for Experimental Software Engineering

Patricia Costa, Fraunhofer Center Maryland for Experimental Software Engineering

pp. 191

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Tools and Run-Time Support

Towards a User-Friendly Design and Verification Environment (Abstract)

Antonio Cerone, University of Queensland

pp. 199

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A Simple Multi-Tasking Simulator (Abstract)

Adriaan de Beer, University of Queensland

Colin Fidge, University of Queensland

pp. 209

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Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 217