Alain Abran

Professeur émérite

Département

Département de génie logiciel et TI

Formation

M. Sc. (U. Ottawa), Ph. D. (Polytechnique Montréal)

Courriel

alain.abran@etsmtl.ca

Alain Abran est l'auteur des ouvrages suivants :

Unité de recherche

Visiter le site web de : Chaire philanthropique de recherche en gestion des produits et projets logiciels

Expertises

Principes fondamentaux du génie logiciel
Propriétés des mesures du logiciel
Mesures de la qualité du logiciel
Mesures de taille fonctionnelle de logiciels
Modèles de productivité et d’estimation
Évaluation des modèles d’estimation
Évaluation et gestion des risques

Prix et distinctions

2024 : Classement Scholar GPS | Nommé parmi les 0,5% des chercheuses et chercheurs les plus éminents au monde.

2015 : Cercle d'excellence de l'Université du Québec

Alain Abran est l'auteur des ouvrages suivants :

Encadrements

Conception et expérimentation d'un modèle de mesures supportant l'amélioration continue de la productivité des organisations qui développent, maintiennent et utilisent intensivement du logiciel, par Sylvain Béland
Automne 2011
Software asset management processes and model, par David Déry
Automne 2007
Un référentiel pour la mesure des logiciels avec la norme ISO 19761 (COSMIC-FFP) : une étude exploratoire, par Adel Khelifi
Automne 2005
Software Construction by Composition of Components, par Hamdan Msheik
Été 2010
En codirection avec : Christopher Fuhrman
Référentiel des processus et d'un entrepôt générique des mesures pour la vérification & validation (V&V) des logiciels critiques., par Élyse Palza Vargas
Automne 2008
Design d'un système d'aide à la décision à l'évaluation de la sous-traitance industrielle, par Fernando Constante Romero Ramirez
Hiver 2009
Inventaire, analyse et consolidation des principes fondamentaux du génie logiciel, par Normand Séguin
Automne 2006
Processus de vérification des mesures de logiciels selon la perspective de métrologie, par Asma Sellami
Automne 2005

Modèle de méthodologie de gestion des risques d'un projet d'innovation technologique en technologie de l'information dans le cadre d'un projet de développement, d'intégration ou d'un projet de type mixte, par Daniel Girard
Été 2011
SPQmm : A software product quality maturity model using ISO/IEEE standards, metrology, and sigma concepts, par Rafa Al Qutaish
Été 2007
Études empiriques des relations entre les modèles de qualité du logiciel d'ISO 9126 en utilisant le référenciel de données d'ISBSG et la méthode Taguchi, par Laila Cheikhi
Hiver 2008
Analysis of software engineering principles from an engineering perspective., par Kenza Meridji
Automne 2009
En codirection avec : Pierre Bourque
Development of a prototype for multidimensional performance management in software engineering, par Vasile Stroian
Hiver 2011
Méthode pour la définition des langages dédiés basée sur le métamodèle ISO/IEC 24744, par Abdelilah Kahlaoui
Hiver 2011
Using the cosmic functional size measurement method (ISO19761) as a software requirements improvement mechanism, par Sylvie Trudel
Hiver 2012
En codirection avec : Ahmed Seffah
A Pattern-Oriented and Model-Driven Architecture for Interactive Systems, par Mohamed Taleb
Hiver 2009
En codirection avec : Witold Suryn
Méthodologie de transformation du CIM en PIM dans l'approche MDA, par Samir Kherraf
Automne 2011
En codirection avec : JEAN-MARC DESHARNAIS
Methods to evaluate lightweight software process assessment methods based on evaluation theory and engineering design principles, par Mohammad Za'Rour
Hiver 2009
En codirection avec : Pierre Bourque
Improving the Estimation, Contingency Planning and Tracking of Agile Software Development Projects, par Eduardo Luis Miranda
Été 2010
Design of a fuzzy logic software estimation process, par Francisco Valdés
Automne 2011
Identification, Specification and Measurement, Using International Standards, of the System Non Functional Requirements Allocated to Real-time Embedded Software, par Khalid Al-Sarayreh
Automne 2011
En codirection avec : Alain April
La sécurité des applications en technologie de l'information - une approche d'intégration des éléments de sécurité dans le cycle de vie des applications et des systèmes d'information, par Luc Poulin
Été 2014
En codirection avec : Alain April
Representation of business processes at multiple levels of abstraction (strategic, tactical and operational) during the requirements elicitation stage of a software project, and the measurement of their functional size with ISO-19761, par Carlos Teodoro Monsalve
Automne 2012
Impact Analysis of a Multiple Imputation Technique for Handling Missing Value in the ISBSG Repository of Software Projetcts, par Abdalla Bala
Été 2013
En codirection avec : Amar Ramdane-Cherif
Automatisation de la mesure fonctionnelle COSMIC-ISO 1971 des logiciels temps-réel embarqués, en se basant sur leurs spécifications fonctionnelles, par Hassan Soubra
Été 2011
Auditing for ISO 9001 Requirements in the Context of Agile Software Processes, par Malik Qasaimeh
Été 2012
Development of a Framework for the Education of Software Measurement in Software Engineering Undergraduate Programs, par Monica Villavicencio
Hiver 2014
Development of a Scaling Factors Framework to Improve the Approximation of Software Functional Size with COSMIC – ISO 19761, par Khaled Almakadmeh
Été 2013
En codirection avec : Alain April
A Performance Measurement Model for Cloud Computing Applications, par Luis Eduardo Bautista Villalpando
Été 2014
En codirection avec : Ghizlane El boussaidi
Systematic Inference of the Context of Utilization of the Design Knowledge by Using a Reference Model, par Sébastien Adam
Été 2015
En codirection avec : Ghizlane El boussaidi
Example-Based Model Refactoring Using Heuristic Search, par Adnane Ghannem
Automne 2014
Improve Software Defect Estimation with Six Sigma Defect Measures : Empirical Studies with Imputation Techniques on ISBSG Date Repository with a High Ratio of Missing Data, par Mhammed Almakadmeh
Été 2017
A Semantic Metadata Enrichment Software Ecosystem (SMESE): its Prototypes for Digital Libraries, Metadata Enrichments and Assisted Literature Reviews, par Ronald Brisebois
Hiver 2017
En codirection avec : Ghizlane El boussaidi
Recovering Software Layers from Object Oriented Systems: a Formalization as an Optimization Problem, par Alvine Boaye Belle
Automne 2016
En codirection avec : Jean-Marc Desharnais
iOS Application User Rating Prediction Using Usability Evaluation and Machine Learning, par Fatih Nayebi
Été 2015
Estimation Model for Software Testing, par Jayakumar Kamala Ramasubramani
Été 2016
Analysis of Limitations and Metrology Weaknesses of Enterprise Architecture (EA) Measurement Solutions and Proposal of a COSMIC-Based Approach to EA Measurement, par Ammar Abdallah
Automne 2019
Detection of Spam Review on Mobile App Stores, Evaluation of Helpfulness of User Review and Extraction of Quality Aspects Using Machine Learning Techniques, par Necmiye Genc
Automne 2019
En codirection avec : Alain April
A Proposed Framework and Classification for the Analysis and Desing of Metaheuristics, par Iannick Gagnon
Automne 2025

En codirection avec : Mohamed Taleb
Architecture des entrepôts de données orientée service, par Fahmi Touati
Été 2014
Investigation of the COSMIC Sizing of Real-time Embedded and AI Software for Their Usage within a Priori and a Posteriori Contexts for Estimation Purposes in Industry, par Shaghayegh Vedadi Moghaddam
Automne 2020

Prédiction de l'effort de maintenance et de développement en utilisant la taille foncitonnelle, par Fateh Djellab
Automne 2005

En codirection avec : Pierre Bourque
Développement d'un guide pour la gestion des projets d'innovation en intelligence artificielle, par Lilia Zaouache
Automne 2025

Pistes de solutions pour augmenter la qualité des cas d'utilisation en entreprise, par Bernard Baraby
Hiver 2006
Outil d'aide à la mesure de la taille fonctionnelle avec la norme ISO 19761 : COSMIC-FFP, par Mohamed Chahine Imakor
Été 2006
Création d'un itinéraire (roadmap) afin d'amener une organisation certifiée ISO 9001:2000 à CMMI-DEV V1.2 niveau 3 de maturité en utilisant les synergies entre ISO 9001:2000, ISO/CEI 90003:2004 et CMMI-DEV V1.2, par David-Alexandre Paquette
Été 2008
Établissement d'un modèle d'estimation à posteriori de projets de maintenance de logiciels, par Christophe Commeyne
Été 2014

En codirection avec : Hugo Therrien
Gestion de projets avec le progiciel SAP-Project System (PS) et Business Object (BO), par Chola Ogoudjobi
Été 2011
En codirection avec : Sylvie Trudel
Projet d'analyse du niveau de maturité d'un processus de maintenance logicielle en entreprise, par Eric Tremblay
Automne 2017

La gestion de la valeur acquise dans un projet d'Implantation d'un nouveau module d'un progiciel de gestion intégrée - Volet architecture d'affaires, par Alejandro Zelarayan
Été 2014
Analyse d'une solution BPM, par Khalil El Kasbaoui
Hiver 2015
Audit de maturité de la gestion de projets et recommandations d'amélioration dans la compagnie colombienne Dataware and Tech S.A., par Paulo Alejandro Zuluaga Grajales
Hiver 2016
Réalisation de modèles de productivité cosmic en se basant sur l'historique des projets déjà finis ainsi que les données de l'ISBSG, par Saâdia Ait Abdelouahad
Hiver 2017
En codirection avec : Pierre Bourque
Spécifications d'un prototype sur les exigences non fonctionnelles, par Alpha Kabinet Toure
Automne 2022

Publications

Alain Abran. 2013 « Guest editor's introduction ». International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering vol. 23 , nº 4. p. 407-409
Francisco Valdés, Alain Abran. 2013 « Prioritization of software projects using fuzzy logic ». Software measurement news vol. 18 , nº 1. p. 11-26
Alain Abran. 2011 « Guest editor's introduction ». International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering vol. 21 , nº 3. p. 309-310
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2011 « Méthode de mesure et unité de base en génie logiciel ». La lettre d'Adeli , nº 85. p. 32-37
Aleš Živkovič, Cigdem Gencel, Alain Abran. 2011 « Guest editorial: Advances in functional size measurement and effort estimation - Extended best papers ». Information and Software Technology vol. 53 , nº 8. p. 873
R. Dupuis, P. Bourque, A. Abran. 1999 « The software engineering body of knowledge and the guidelines ». Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education vol. 9 , nº 2
Robert Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 1999 « Related disciplines currently being considered by the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Project ». Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education vol. 9 , nº 11
Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 1994 « An innovative software reengineering tools workshop—a test of market maturity and lessons learned ». ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes vol. 19 , nº 3. p. 30-34

Ammar Abdallah, Alain Abran, Munthir Qasaimeh, Malik Qasaimeh, Bashar Abdallah. 2025 « Measurement of the functional size of web analytics implementation: A COSMIC-based case study using machine learning ». Future Internet vol. 17 , nº 7
David Attipoe, Donatien Koulla Moulla, Ernest Mnkandla, Alain Abran. 2025 « Predicting residential energy consumption in South Africa using ensemble models ». Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing vol. 2025 , nº 1
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2025 « Assessing the impact of tuning parameter in instance selection based bug resolution classification ». Information and Software Technology vol. 188
Ibtissam Abnane, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2024 « Optimized fuzzy clustering-based k-nearest neighbors imputation for mixed missing data in software development effort estimation ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 36 , nº 4
Fouzia Amar, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2024 « Electronic health record and semantic issues using fast healthcare interoperability resources: Systematic mapping review ». Journal of Medical Internet Research vol. 26
Yann Argotti, Yasmine Kenfaoui, Claude Baron, Alain Abran, Philippe Esteban. 2024 « An operational quality model of embedded software aligned with ISO 25000 ». ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems vol. 24 , nº 1
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2024 « On the value of instance selection for bug resolution prediction performance ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process
Donatien Koulla Moulla, David Attipoe, Ernest Mnkandla, Alain Abran. 2024 « Predictive model of energy consumption using machine learning: A case study of residential buildings in South Africa ». Sustainability vol. 16 , nº 11
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Ernest Mnkandla, Moussa Aboubakar, Ado Adamou Abba Ari, Alain Abran. 2024 « PdM-FSA: Predictive maintenance framework with fault severity awareness in Industry 4.0 using machine learning ». International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering vol. 14 , nº 6. p. 7211-7223
Karima Moumane, Lamyae Sardi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2024 « Functional size measurement of postnatal care apps: Morocco case study ». Informatics for Health and Social Care
Amira Hossam Eldin Omar, Hassan Soubra, Donatien Koulla Moulla, Alain Abran. 2024 « An innovative honeypot architecture for detecting and mitigating hardware trojans in IoT devices ». IoT vol. 5 , nº 4. p. 730-755
Ammar Abdallah, Alain Abran, Malik Qasaimeh, Alaeddin Mohammad Khalaf Ahmad, Abdullah Al-Refai. 2023 « Analysis of the scale types and measurement units in enterprise architecture (ea) measurement ». Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management vol. 18. p. 321-352
Ibtissam Abnane, Ali Idri, Imane Chlioui, Alain Abran. 2023 « Evaluating ensemble imputation in software effort estimation ». Empirical Software Engineering vol. 28 , nº 2
Adriana Collaguazo, Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2023 « An activity-based approach for the early identification and resolution of problems in the development of IoT systems in academic projects ». Internet of Things vol. 24
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran. 2023 « Systematic review of machine learning-based open-source software maintenance effort estimation ». Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications vol. 16 , nº 3
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Ernest Mnkandla, Alain Abran. 2023 « Evaluation of IoT measurement solutions from a metrology perspective ». Computer Systems Science and Engineering vol. 47 , nº 2. p. 2455-2479
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Ernest Mnkandla, Alain Abran. 2023 « Systematic literature review of IoT metrics ». Applied Computer Science vol. 19 , nº 1. p. 64-81
Angel J. Sanchez-Garcia, Cuauhtemoc Lopez-Martin, Alain Abran. 2023 « Gradient boosting optimized through differential evolution for predicting the testing effort of software projects ». IEEE Access vol. 11. p. 135235-135254
Ammar Abdallah, Alain Abran, Monica Villavicencio. 2022 « Measurement solutions in the enterprise architecture literature: A metrology evaluation ». Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology vol. 100 , nº 9. p. 2935-2957
Ammar Abdallah, Alain Abran, Mohammed A. Khasawneh. 2021 « Enterprise architecture measurement: A systematic literature review ». Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology vol. 99 , nº 6. p. 1257-1268
Alain Abran. 2021 « IEEE 2430 non-functional sizing measurements: A numerical placebo ». IEEE Software vol. 38 , nº 3. p. 113-120
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Kenza Meridji, Alain Abran. 2021 « Software engineering principles: A systematic mapping study and a quantitative literature review ». Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal vol. 24 , nº 3. p. 768-781
Luis-Eduardo Bautista-Villalpando, Alain Abran. 2021 « A data security framework for cloud computing services ». Computer Systems Science and Engineering vol. 37 , nº 2. p. 203-218
Francois Blackburn-Grenon, Alain Abran, Michel Rioux, Tony Wong. 2021 « A team-based workshop to capture organizational knowledge for identifying AI proof-of-value projects ». IEEE Engineering Management Review vol. 49 , nº 2. p. 181-195
Bouchra ElOuassif, Ali Idri, Mohamed Hosni, Alain Abran. 2021 « Classification techniques in breast cancer diagnosis: A systematic literature review ». Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization vol. 9 , nº 1. p. 50-77
Iannick Gagnon, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2021 « An investigation of the effects of chaotic maps on the performance of metaheuristics ». Engineering Reports vol. 3 , nº 8
Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2021 « On the value of filter feature selection techniques in homogeneous ensembles effort estimation ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 33 , nº 6
Igor V. Ilin, Anastasia I. Levina, Alissa S. Dubgorn, Alain Abran. 2021 « Investment models for enterprise architecture (EA) and IT architecture projects within the open innovation concept ». Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity vol. 7 , nº 1
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Alain Abran. 2021 « Duration estimation models for Open Source Software projects ». International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science vol. 13 , nº 1. p. 1-17
Ibtissam Abnane, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2020 « Fuzzy case-based-reasoning-based imputation for incomplete data in software engineering repositories ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 32 , nº 9
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Kenza Meridji, Alain Abran, Sylvie Trudel. 2020 « System performance requirements: A standards-based model for early identification, allocation to software functions and size measurement ». E-Informatica Software Engineering Journal vol. 14 , nº 1. p. 117-148
Sara Elmidaoui, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2020 « Machine learning techniques for software maintainability prediction: Accuracy analysis ». Journal of Computer Science and Technology vol. 35 , nº 5. p. 1147-1174
Iannick Gagnon, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2020 « A critical analysis of the bat algorithm ». Engineering Reports vol. 2 , nº 8
Bilal Naqvi, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2020 « Framework for examination of software quality characteristics in conflict: A security and usability exemplar ». Cogent Engineering vol. 7 , nº 1
Ammar Abdallah, Alain Abran. 2019 « Enterprise architecture measurement: an extended systematic mapping study ». International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science vol. 11 , nº 9. p. 9-19
Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2019 « Analysis of cluster center initialization of 2FA-kprototypes analogy-based software effort estimation ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 31 , nº 12
Mariam Bachiri, Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Leanne M. Redman, José Luis Fernández-Alemán. 2019 « Sizing prenatal mPHRs using COSMIC measurement method ». Journal of Medical Systems vol. 43 , nº 10
Salma El Koutbi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2019 « Empirical evaluation of an entropy-based approach to estimation variation of software development effort ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 31 , nº 3
Sara Elmidaoui, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2019 « Empirical studies on software product maintainability prediction: A systematic mapping and review ». E-Informatica Software Engineering Journal vol. 13 , nº 1. p. 141-202
Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2019 « Evaluating filter fuzzy analogy homogenous ensembles for software development effort estimation ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 31 , nº 2
Kenza Meridji, Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran, Sylvie Trudel. 2019 « System security requirements: a framework for early identification, specification and measurement of related software requirements ». Computer Standards and Interfaces vol. 66
Ali Bou Nassif, Mohammad Azzeh, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2019 « Software development effort estimation using regression fuzzy models ». Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience vol. 2019
Abdalla Bala, Alain Abran. 2018 « Impact analysis of multiple imputation on effort estimation models with the ISBSG repository of software projects ». Software Measurement News vol. 23 , nº 1. p. 17-34
Luis Eduardo Bautista Villalpando, Alain Abran, Anderson Ravanello, Arturo Elias Ramirez. 2018 « A three-dimensional performance measurement model for cloud computing ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 11 , nº 5. p. 235-248
Andrés García-Floriano, Cuauhtémoc López-Martín, Cornelio Yáñez-Márquez, Alain Abran. 2018 « Support vector regression for predicting software enhancement effort ». Information and Software Technology vol. 97. p. 99-109
Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Ali Bou Nassif. 2018 « On the value of parameter tuning in heterogeneous ensembles effort estimation ». Soft Computing vol. 22 , nº 18. p. 5977-6010
Ali Idri, Ibtissam Abnane, Alain Abran. 2018 « Evaluating Pred(p) and standardized accuracy criteria in software development effort estimation ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 30 , nº 4
Ali Idri, Ibtissam Abnane, Alain Abran. 2018 « Support vector regression-based imputation in analogy-based software development effort estimation ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 30 , nº 12. p. e2114
Rosa Leonor Ulloa-Cazarez, Cuauhtémoc López-Martín, Alain Abran, Cornelio Yáñez-Márquez. 2018 « Prediction of online students performance by means of genetic programming ». Applied Artificial Intelligence vol. 32 , nº 9-10. p. 858-881
Mhammed Almakadmeh, Alain Abran. 2017 « The ISBSG software project repository: An analysis from six sigma measurement perspective for software defect estimation ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 10 , nº 8. p. 693-720
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega. 2017 « A semantic metadata enrichment software ecosystem (SMESE) based on a multi-platform metadata model for digital libraries ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 10 , nº 4. p. 370-405
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega. 2017 « A semantic metadata enrichment software ecosystem based on metadata and affinity models ». International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science vol. 9 , nº 8
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega, Philippe N'techobo. 2017 « A semantic metadata enrichment software ecosystem based on sentiment and emotion metadata enrichments ». International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology vol. 3 , nº 2. p. 625-641
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega, Philippe N'techobo. 2017 « A semantic metadata enrichment software ecosystem based on topic metadata enrichments ». International Journal of Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process (IJDKP) vol. 7 , nº 3
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega, Philippe N'techobo. 2017 « A semantic metadata enrichment software ecosystembased on machine learning to analyze topic, sentiment and emotions ». International Journal of Recent Scientific Research vol. 8 , nº 4. p. 16698-16714
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega, Philippe N'techobo. 2017 « An assisted literature review using machine learning models to identify and build a literature corpus ». International Journal of Engineering Science Invention vol. 6 , nº 7. p. 72-84
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Apollinaire Nadembega, Philippe N'techobo. 2017 « Efficient scientific research literature ranking model based on text and data mining technique ». International Journal of Engineering Research and Management vol. 4 , nº 2. p. 95-105
Ronald Brisebois, Apollinaire Nadembega, Alain Abran. 2017 « Real time software energy consumption measurement in the context of green software ». Annals the Collegium of Economic Analysis , nº 43. p. 175-184
Necmiye Genc-Nayebi, Alain Abran. 2017 « A systematic literature review: Opinion mining studies from mobile app store user reviews ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 125. p. 207-219
Kamala Ramasubramani Jayakumar, Alain Abran. 2017 « Estimation models for software functional test effort ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 10 , nº 4. p. 338-353
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Alain Abran, Kolyang. 2017 « An architecture for effort estimation of solutions based on Open Source ». Annals of the Collegium of Economic Analysis , nº 43. p. 69-86
Cuauhtemoc Lopez-Martin, Ali Bou Nassif, Alain Abran. 2017 « A training process for improving the quality of software projects developed by a practitioner ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 131. p. 98-111
Apollinaire Nadembega, Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran, Philippe N'techobo. 2017 « Text and data mining & machine learning models to build an assisted literature review with relevant papers ». International Journal of Scientific Research in Information Systems and Engineering (IJSRISE) vol. 3 , nº 1
R. Ouanouki, A. April, A. Abran, A. Gomez, J. M. Desharnais. 2017 « Toward building RDB to HBase conversion rules ». Journal of Big Data vol. 4 , nº 1
Miroslaw Staron, Wilhelm Meding, Alain Abran, Jan Bosch. 2017 « Preface to the special issue on advances in software measurement ». Science of Computer Programming vol. 135. p. 1-3
Mohammad Zarour, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2017 « The software engineering body of knowledge : A benchmarking tool for organizational process assessment and improvement – case study ». Indian Journal of Science and Technology vol. 10 , nº 43
Abdalla Bala, Alain Abran. 2016 « Use of the multiple imputation strategy to deal with missing data in the ISBSG repository ». Journal of Information Technology and Software Engineering vol. 6 , nº 1
Christophe Commeyne, Alain Abran, Rachida Djouab. 2016 « Effort estimation with story points and COSMIC function points - an industry case study ». Software Measurement News vol. 21 , nº 1. p. 25-36
Rachida Djouab, Alain Abran, Ahmed Seffah. 2016 « An ASPIRE-based method for quality requirements identification from business goals ». Requirements Engineering vol. 21 , nº 1. p. 87-106
Ali Idri, Ibtissam Abnane, Alain Abran. 2016 « Missing data techniques in analogy-based software development effort estimation ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 117. p. 595-611
Ali Idri, Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Alain Abran. 2016 « Accuracy comparison of analogy-based software development effort estimation techniques ». International Journal of Intelligent Systems vol. 31 , nº 2. p. 128-152
Ali Idri, Mohamed Hosni, Alain Abran. 2016 « Improved estimation of software development effort using Classical and Fuzzy Analogy ensembles ». Applied Soft Computing vol. 49. p. 990-1019
Ali Idri, Mohamed Hosni, Alain Abran. 2016 « Systematic literature review of ensemble effort estimation ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 118. p. 151-175
Karima Moumane, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2016 « Usability evaluation of mobile applications using ISO 9241 and ISO 25062 standards ». SpringerPlus vol. 5 , nº 1
Malik Qasaimeh, Alain Abran, Ammar Abdallah, Raad S. Al-Qassas. 2016 « Investigating Vincenti engineering principles in support to the auditing of measurement processes in agile organizations ». Journal of Software vol. 11 , nº 2. p. 201-211
A. Ravanello, A. April, A. Gherbi, A. Abran, J. M. Desharnais, A. Gawanmeh. 2016 « Identifying most relevant performance measures for root cause analysis of performance degradation events on a private cloud computing application: Experiment in an industry environment ». British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science vol. 18 , nº 3
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Mohammad Zarour, Onur Demirors. 2015 « Productivity-based software estimation models and process improvement: an empirical study ». International Journal on Advances in Software vol. 8 , nº 1&2. p. 103-114
Cuauhtémoc López-Martín, Alain Abran. 2015 « Neural networks for predicting the duration of new software projects ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 101. p. 127-135
Fatih Nayebi, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2015 « Automated selection of a software effort estimation model based on accuracy and uncertainty ». Artificial Intelligence Research vol. 4 , nº 2. p. 45-54
Asma Sellami, Hela Hakim, Alain Abran, Hanêne Ben-Abdallah. 2015 « A measurement method for sizing the structure of UML sequence diagrams ». Information and Software Technology vol. 59. p. 222-232
Mónica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2015 « Sugerencias para la inclusión de temas de medición de software en un currículo de ingeniería de software para estudiantes de pregrado ». Revista Latinoamericana de Ingenieria de Software vol. 3 , nº 3. p. 117-126
Mohammad Zarour, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Abdulrahman Alarifi. 2015 « An investigation into the best practices for the successful design and implementation of lightweight software process assessment methods: a systematic literature review ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 101. p. 180-192
Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2014 « Software development effort estimation using classical and fuzzy analogy: A cross-validation comparative study ». International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications vol. 13 , nº 3
Luis Eduardo Bautista Villalpando, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2014 « Performance analysis model for big data applications in cloud computing ». Journal of Cloud Computing vol. 3
Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego, Alain Abran, Pablo Rodriguez-Soria, Miguel A. Lara. 2014 « An experimental study on the conversion between IFPUG and UCP functional size measurement units ». Journal of Zhejiang University: Science C vol. 15 , nº 3. p. 161-173
Abraham Gomez, Rafik Ouanouki, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2014 « Building an experiment baseline in migration process from SQL database to column oriented no-SQL databases ». Journal of Information Technology and Software Engineering vol. 4 , nº 2
Ali Idri, Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Alain Abran. 2014 « Analogy-based software development effort estimation: A systematic mapping and review ». Information and Software Technology vol. 58. p. 206-230
Luc Poulin, Alain Abran, Alain April. 2014 « L’évolution du modèle de la sécurité des applications - Le modèle SA utilisé pour intégrer la sécurité dans le cycle de vie des applications ». Génie Logiciel , nº 110. p. 16-25
Alain Abran, K. T. Al-Sarayreh, J. J. Cuadrado-Gallego. 2013 « A standards-based reference framework for system portability requirements ». Computer Standards and Interfaces vol. 35 , nº 4. p. 380-395
Khaled Almakadmeh, Alain Abran. 2013 « Experimental evaluation of an industrial technique for the approximation of software functional size ». International Journal of Computers and Technology vol. 10 , nº 3
K. T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran, J. J. Cuadrado-Gallego. 2013 « A standards-based model of system maintainability requirements ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 25 , nº 5. p. 459-505
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Gülşah Yıldızoğlu, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2013 « Building Productivity Models for Small Enhancements ». Journal of software engineering and applications vol. 6 , nº 3. p. 121-130
K. R. Jayakumar, Alain Abran. 2013 « A survey of software test estimation techniques ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 6 , nº 10a. p. 47-52
Beatriz Marin, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Tanja E. J. Vos, Alain Abran. 2013 « Using a functional size measurement procedure to evaluate the quality of models in MDD environments ». ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology vol. 22 , nº 3
Malik Qasaimeh, Alain Abran. 2013 « An audit model for ISO 9001 traceability requirements in agile-XP environments ». Journal of Software vol. 8 , nº 7. p. 1556-1567
Francisco Valdés, Alain Abran. 2013 « Using the ISO 19761 COSMIC measurement standard to reduce “information asymmetry” in software development contracts and enable greater competitiveness ». Technology and Investment vol. 4 , nº 4. p. 261-268
Mohamad Zarour, Abdulrahman Alarifi, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2013 « Evaluating software process assessment methods based on engineering design principles ». The International Journal of Soft Computing and Software Engineering vol. 3 , nº 3. p. 536-543
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego. 2012 « Measurement and quantification are not the same: ISO 15939 and ISO 9126 ». Journal of Software: Evolution and Process vol. 24 , nº 5. p. 585-601
Luis Bautista, Alain Abran, Alain April. 2012 « Design of a Performance Measurement Framework for Cloud Computing ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 5 , nº 2. p. 69-75
Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran. 2012 « Investigation of the Relationships Between the Software Quality Models of the ISO 9126 Standard: An Empirical Study Using the Taguchi Method ». Software Quality Professional vol. 14 , nº 2. p. 22-34
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2012 « Software measurement methods: An analysis of two designs ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 5 , nº 10. p. 797-809
Cuauhtemoc Lopez-Martin, Alain Abran. 2012 « Applying expert judgment to improve an individual's ability to predict software development effort ». International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering vol. 22 , nº 4. p. 467-483
Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Alain Abran. 2011 « A maturity model of software product quality ». Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology vol. 43 , nº 4. p. 307-327
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Witold Suryn. 2011 « Identification and analysis of attributes and base measures within ISO 9126 ». Software Quality Journal vol. 19 , nº 2. p. 447-460
Qasaimeh Malik, Alain Abran. 2011 « Extending extreme programming user stories to meet ISO 9001 formality requirements ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 4 , nº 11
Carlos Monsalve, Alain Abran, Alain April. 2011 « Measuring software functional size from business process models ». International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering vol. 21 , nº 3. p. 311-338
M. Taleb, A. Seffah, A. Abran. 2011 « Generation rules in POMA architecture ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 4 , nº 11. p. 1040-1046
Mónica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2011 « Facts and perceptions regarding software measurement in education and in practice: preliminary results ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 4 , nº 4. p. 227-234
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran. 2010 « Software specifications framework for system operations' requirements ». International Journal of Computer and Information Sciences vol. 10 , nº 3
Samir Kherraf, Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Witold Suryn, Éric Lefebvre. 2010 « The need to evaluate strategy and tactics before the software development process begins ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 3 , nº 7. p. 644-652
Beatriz Marìn, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran. 2010 « A quality model for conceptual models of MDD environments ». Advances in Software Engineering vol. 2010
Beatriz Marìn, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran. 2010 « Towards an accurate functional size measurement procedure for conceptual models in an MDA environment ». Data & Knowledge Engineering vol. 69 , nº 5. p. 472-490
K. Meridji, Alain Abran. 2010 « Software engineering principles : do they meet engineering criteria? ». Journal of Software Engineering and Applications vol. 3 , nº 10. p. 972-982
Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2010 « Investigating model-driven architecture for web-based interactive systems ». e-Minds vol. 2 , nº 6
Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran. 2010 « The contribution of functional size measurers in defects inspections : a case study with inexperienced measurers ». International Journal of Computing and Information Sciences vol. 11 , nº 3
Alain April, Alain Abran. 2009 « A software maintenance maturity model (S3M) : measurement practices at maturity levels 3 and 4 ». Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science vol. 233. p. 73-87
Eduardo Miranda, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 2009 « Sizing user stories using paired comparisons ». Information and Software Technology vol. 51 , nº 9. p. 1327-1337
Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego, Alain Abran. 2008 « Special issue on software process and product measurement ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 81 , nº 5. p. 601-602
Naji Habra, Alain Abran, Miguel Lopez, Asma Sellami. 2008 « A framework for the design and verification of software measurement methods ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 81 , nº 5. p. 633-648
Abdelilah Kahlaoui, Alain Abran, Éric Lefebvre. 2008 « DSML success factors and their assessment criteria ». Metrics News vol. 13 , nº 1. p. 43-51
E. Miranda, A. Abran. 2008 « Protecting software development projects against underestimation ». Project Management Journal vol. 39 , nº 3. p. 75-85
O. Ormandjieva, M. Abu Talib, Alain Abran. 2008 « Reliability model for component-based systems in cosmic (a case study) ». International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering vol. 18 , nº 4. p. 515-539
M. Taleb, A. Seffah, A. Abran, H. Habieb-Mammar. 2008 « Reconciling usability and interactive system architecture using patterns ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 81 , nº 11. p. 1845-1852
Alain Abran, Iphigenie Ndiaye, Pierre Bourque. 2007 « Evaluation of a black-box estimation tool : a case study ». Software Process Improvement and Practice vol. 12 , nº 2. p. 199-218
Pierre Bourque, Serge Oligny, Alain Abran, Bertrand Fournier. 2007 « Developing project duration models in software engineering ». Journal of Computer Science and Technology vol. 22 , nº 3. p. 348-357
Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2007 « The ISBSG software project repository: an analysis from the ISO 9126 quality perspective ». Software Quality Professional vol. 9 , nº 2. p. 4-24
Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego, Alain Abran. 2007 « Guest editorial: advances in measurements for software processes assessment ». Software Process Improvement and Practice vol. 12 , nº 2. p. 121-123
Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran. 2007 « Software measurement standards etalons: a design process ». International Journal on Computers vol. 1 , nº 3. p. 41-48
Eduardo Miranda, Alain Abran. 2007 « Calculating project contingencies to avoid software project failures ». Projects & Profits vol. 7 , nº 12. p. 38-47
Normand Séguin, Alain Abran. 2007 « Inventaire des principes du génie logiciel ». Génie Logiciel , nº 80. p. 45-51
Alain Abran. 2006 « Estimation models for software maintenance based on functional size ». Journal of Software Technology vol. 9 , nº 3. p. 18-25
Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego. 2006 « Analysis of the ISO 9126 on software product quality evaluation from the metrology and ISO 15939 perspectives ». WSEAS Transactions on Computers vol. 5 , nº 11. p. 2778-2786
Alain Abran, L. Buglione. 2006 « ISBSG software project repository and ISO 9126 : an opportunity for quality benchmarking ». European Journal for the Informatics Professional vol. 7 , nº 1. p. 46-52
Alain Abran, Kenza Meridji. 2006 « Analysis of software engineering from an engineering perspective ». European Journal for the Informatics Professional vol. 7 , nº 1. p. 5-19
Talib Abu, Olga Ormandjieva, Alain Abran, Adel Khelifi, Luigi Buglione. 2006 « Scenario-based black-box testing in COSMIC-FFP: a case study ». Journal of the American Society for Quality vol. 8 , nº 3. p. 22-33
Asma Sellami, Alain Abran. 2006 « Analyse d'une mesure de la taille fonctionnelle du logiciel selon le point de vue de la métrologie et application à la méthode COSMIC-FFP ». Génie Logiciel , nº 74. p. 2-12
Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2005 « Harmonization issues in the updating of ISO standards on software product quality ». Metrics News vol. 10 , nº 2. p. 35-44
Alain Abran, Dominic Paré. 2005 « Obvious outliers in the ISBSG repository of software projects : exploratory research ». Metrics News vol. 10 , nº 1. p. 28-36
Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner Dumke. 2005 « What do you need to know about software maintenance ». Maintenance & Asset Management vol. 20 , nº 2. p. 32-37
Alain April, Jane Huffman Hayes, Alain Abran, Reiner Dumke. 2005 « Software maintenance maturity model (SMmm): the software maintenance process model ». Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice vol. 17 , nº 3. p. 197-223
Alain April, Alain Abran, R. Dumke. 2004 « What you need to know about software maintenance ». The Maintenance Journal vol. 17 , nº 1
David Déry, Alain Abran. 2004 « Software assets management – modeling issues and proposed models ». Metrics News vol. 9 , nº 1. p. 39-46
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, A. Mayers, J. Vilz, F. Gruselin. 2004 « Verification and validation of a knowledge-based system ». KI - Künstliche Intelligenz vol. 4 , nº 3. p. 27-29
Olavo Mendes , Alain Abran. 2004 « Software engineering ontology : a development methodology ». Metrics News vol. 9 , nº 1. p. 64-71
Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2003 « A multidimensional performance model for consolidating balanced scorecards ». Advances in Engineering Software vol. 34 , nº 6. p. 339-49
Alain Abran, Adel Kehlifi, Witold Suryn, Ahmed Seffah. 2003 « Usability meanings and interpretations in ISO standards ». Software Quality Journal vol. 11 , nº 4. p. 325-338
Alain Abran, Ilionar Silva, Laura Primera. 2002 « Field studies using functional size measurement in building estimation models for software maintenance ». Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice vol. 14 , nº 1. p. 31-64
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp, Sybille Wolff. 2002 « Fundamental principles of software engineering - A journey ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 62 , nº 1. p. 59-70
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2002 « QEST nD: n-dimensional extension and generalisation of a software performance measurement model ». Advances in Engineering Software vol. 33 , nº 1. p. 1-7
Ali Idri, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Alain Abran. 2002 « Investigating soft computing in case-based reasoning for software cost estimation ». International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems for Electrical Engineering and Communications vol. 10 , nº 3. p. 147-157
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Denis St-Pierre. 2000 « Mesure de la taille fonctionnelle des logiciels temps réel ». Génie logiciel , nº 54. p. 8-13
Serge Oligny, Alain Abran, Denis Saint-Pierre, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2000 « Innovations dans la mesure de la taille fonctionnelle du logiciel ». Génie logiciel , nº 54. p. 2-7
P. Bourque, R. Dupuis, A. Abran, J. W. Moore, L. Tripp. 1999 « Le guide du corpus des connaissances en génie logiciel ». Génie logiciel , nº 51. p. 3-12
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp. 1999 « The guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge ». IEEE Software vol. 16 , nº 6. p. 35-44
L. Buglione, A. Abran. 1999 « Geometrical and statistical foundations of a three-dimensional model of software performance ». Advances in engineering software vol. 30 , nº 12. p. 913-919
Jabir, J. W. Moore. 1998 « A search for fundamental principles of software engineering ». Computer Standards and Interfaces vol. 19 , nº 2. p. 155-160
Alain Abran, Marcela Maya, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Denis St-Pierre. 1997 « Adapting function points to real-time software ». American Programmer vol. 10 , nº 11. p. 32-43
Alain Abran. 1996 « Teaching software engineering using ISO standards ». StandardView vol. 4 , nº 3. p. 139-145
Alain Abran, Pierre N. Robillard. 1996 « Function points analysis: an empirical study of its measurement processes ». IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering vol. 22 , nº 12. p. 895-910
D. St-Pierre, J.-M. Desharnais, A. Abran. 1996 « Definition of when requirements should be used to count function points in a project ». The Voice - A publication of the International Function Point Users Group vol. 1 , nº 1. p. 6-7, 22
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 1995 « Measurement of functional reuse in maintenance ». Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice vol. 7 , nº 4. p. 263-277
J.-M. Desharnais, A. Abran. 1995 « Implanter un programme de mesures en génie logiciel: des étapes pour éviter les risques d'échec ». L'expertise informatique vol. 1. p. 2-6
Alain Abran, Pierre N. Robillard. 1994 « Function points: a study of their measurement processes and scale transformations ». Journal of Systems and Software vol. 25 , nº 2. p. 171-184
Alain Abran, Nguyenkim Hong. 1993 « Measurement of the maintenance process from a demand-based perspective ». Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice vol. 5 , nº 2. p. 63-90
Alain Abran. 1985 « Les cercles de qualité en informatique ». Informatique Québec vol. 59. p. 6-7

Laila Cheikhi, Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2023 « An e-government portal maturity model: A detailed view and web-based tool ». In Impact of digital twins in smart cities development. p. 24-79. IGI Global
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Maya Daneva, Andrea Herrmann. 2016 « "Filling in the blanks": A way to improve requirements management for better estimates ». In Software Quality Assurance : In Large Scale and Complex Software-Intensive Systems. p. 151-176. Elsevier Inc.
Ali Idri, Ibtissam Abnane, Alain Abran. 2016 « Dealing with missing values in software project datasets: A systematic mapping study ». In Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing. p. 1-16. Springer International Publishing
Edgardo Palza, Jorge Sanchez, Guillermo Mamani, Percy Pacora, Alain Abran, Jane Moon. 2016 « A predictive analytic model for maternal morbidity ». In Improving Health Management through Clinical Decision Support Systems. p. 108-126. IGI Global
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Maya Daneva, Andrea Herrmann. 2015 « Filling in the blanks: a way to improve requirements management for better estimates ». In Software Quality Assurance: in Large Scale and Complex Software-Intensive Systems. p. 151-176. Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann
Luis Eduardo Bautista Villalpando, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2014 « DIPAR: a framework for implementing big data science in organizations ». In Continued rise of the cloud: advances and trends in cloud computing. p. 177-194. Springer
Mahammad Zarour, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2014 « Software process improvement for small and very small enterprises ». In Software Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications vol. 3. p. 1363-1384. IGI Global
Luis Eduardo Bautista Villalpando, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2013 « A methodology for identifying the relationships between performance factors for cloud computing applications ». In Software engineering frameworks for the cloud computing paradigm. p. 331-358. Springer
Abdellilah Khalaoui, Alain Abran. 2013 « Demystifying domain specific languages ». In Progressions and innovations in model-driven software engineering. Engineering Science Reference ; IGI Global
Kenza Meridji, Alain Abran, Khalid Sarayreh, Alain April. 2012 « A Framework for the Measurement Concepts in the SWEBOK Guide ». In Beiträge zum empirischen Software-Engineering - eine Bilanz. p. 85-91. Shaker Verlag
Mohammad Zarour, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2012 « Software process improvement and management: approaches and tools for practical development ». In Software process improvement and management: approaches and tools for practical development. p. 183-204. IGI Global Publisher
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Fatima Aziz. 2011 « Measurement convertibility: from function points to COSMIC FFP ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 214-225. CRC Press
Alain Abran, Peter Fagg, Roberto Meli, Charles R. Symons. 2011 « ISO transposition and clarifications of the COSMIC-FFP method of functional sizing ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 72-79. CRC Press
Alain Abran, Serge Oligny, Charles Symons. 2011 « COSMIC-FFP and the world-wide field trials strategy ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 2-11. CRC Press
Manar Abu Talib, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva. 2011 « COSMIC FFP and functional complexity (FC) measures: a study of their scales, units and scales types ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 157-169. CRC Press
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2011 « Applying a functional measurement method: cognitive issues ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 122-142. CRC Press
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Julien Vilz, François Gruselin, Naji Habra. 2011 « Verification and valdation of a knowledge-based system ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 283-299. CRC Press
Thomas Fetcke, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke. 2011 « A generalized represented for selected functional size measurement methods ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 89-111. CRC Press
Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2011 « A system of reference for software measurement with ISO 19761 (COSMIC-FFP) ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 142-157. CRC Press
Anabel Stambollian, Alain Abran. 2011 « Survey of automation tools supporting COSMIC FFP-ISO 19761 ». In COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices. p. 299-316. CRC Press
Alain Abran, Alain April, Luigi Buglione. 2010 « Software measurement body of knowledge ». In Encyclopedia of Software Engineering. p. 1157-1168. Auerbach Publications
Ricardo J. Rejas-Muslera, Elena Davara, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2010 « Intellectual Property Systems in Software ». In Information Communication Technology Law, Protection and Access Rights : Global Approaches and Issues. p. 121-135. IGI Global
Alain Abran, R. Al Qutaish, Jean-Marc Desharnais, N. Habra. 2007 « ISO-based model to measure software product quality ». In Software quality measurement - concept and approaches. p. 66-61. Institute of Chertered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI)
Alain Abran, Charles Symons. 2007 « Using the COSMIC full function point approach ». In Software measurement : establish - extract - evaluate - execute. p. 169-180. Springer
Alain Abran, Alain April. 2006 « Génie logiciel : La qualité du logiciel ». In Encyclopédie de l'informatique et des systèmes d'information. p. 1151-1159. Vuibert
Alain Abran, Juan Cuadrado, Elena García-Barriocanal, Olavo Mendes, Salvador Sánchez-Alonso, Miguel Sicilia. 2006 « Engineering the ontology for the SWEBOK : issues and techniques ». In Ontologies for software engineering and software technology. p. 103-121. Springer
Leila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2006 « El repositorio de proyectos software ISBSG & ISO 9126: una oportunidad para medir la calidad ». In Factores clave de éxito en Ingeniería del Software. p. 41-47. Asociación de Técnicos de Informática
Ali Idri, Alain Abran, T. M. Khoshgoftaar. 2004 « Fuzzy case-based reasoning models for software cost estimation ». In Soft Computing in Software Engineering. p. 64-96. Springer Berlin Heidelberg
James W. Moore, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, Leonard Tripp. 2002 « Software engineering body of knowledge project ». In Encyclopedia of software engineering. John Wiley & Sons
Alain Abran. 1996 « Préface ». In L'analyse du risque : une approche conceptuelle et systémique. p. IX. Chenelière/McGraw-Hill
Monika Müllerburgh, Alain Abran. 1995 « Editorial introduction ». In Metrics in Software Evolution. p. 1-10. R. Oldenbourg Verlag

Alain Abran. 2017 « Software cost estimating with COSMIC : critical knowledge for today and tomorrow ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2° Congreso Nacional de Medición y Estimación de Software (CNMES17) (Mexico City, Mexico, May 29, 2017)
Alain Abran. 2017 « Software cost estimating: critical knowledge for today and tomorrow ». Communication lors de la conférence : 3rd Annual ICEAA Workshop 2017 (Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 01-02, 2017)
Alain Abran, Charles Symons, Christof Ebert, Frank Vogelezang, Hassan Soubra. 2016 « Measurement of software size: Contributions of cosmic to estimation improvements ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2016 International Training Symposium (Bristol, UK, Oct. 17-20, 2016)
Alain Abran. 2015 « Earned scope management ». Communication lors de la conférence : 1er Congreso Nacional de Medición y Estimación de Software (CNMES'15) (Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2-4, 2015)
Alain Abran. 2015 « Estimación de software con COSMIC ». Communication lors de la conférence : 1er Congreso Nacional de Medición y Estimación de Software (CNMES'15) (Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2-4, 2015)
Alain Abran. 2015 « Estimation du logiciel: Alchimie ou Ingénierie ». Communication lors de la conférence : Présentation à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Chicoutimi, QC, Canada, 16 avril 2015)
Alain Abran. 2015 « Software estimation: craft or sound engineering ». Communication lors de la conférence : Présentation à l'Universidad Major San Marco (Lima, Peru, 24 avril 2015)
Alain Abran. 2015 « Software estimation: from wishful thinking to sound engineering ». Communication lors de la conférence : XVIII Ibero-american conference on software engineering (CIbSE 2015) (Lima, Peru, Apr. 22-24, 2015)
Alain Abran. 2014 « Software estimation & measurement: from malpractices to engineering ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2nd World Conference on Complex Systems (WCCS14) (Agadir, Morocco, Nov. 10-13, 2014)
Alain Abran. 2014 « Software estimation goals: providing numbers or insights ». Communication lors de la conférence : 8th UYMS 2014 - National Software Engineering Conference (Guzelyurt, Cyprus, Sept. 8-10, 2014)
Ronald Brisebois, Alain Abran. 2013 « Health mobile persuasive ecosystem (HMPE) ». Communication lors de la conférence : Euro-Asia Economic Forum EAEF 2013 (Xian, China, Sept. 26-28, 2013)
Monica Villavicencio, Alan Abran. 2013 « Workshop on software measurement education for undergraduate students ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2013 IEEE 26th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) (San Francisco, CA, USA, May 19-21, 2013)
Alain Abran. 2012 « Software Measurement and Lessons from the Masters: Benefits for the Industry ». Communication lors de la conférence : IWSM-MENSURA (Assisi, Italy, Oct. 17-19, 2012)
F. AbuTalib, D. Giannacopoulos, Alain Abran. 2012 « Case study: Applying the COSMIC ISO 19761 measurement method on an MRI mesh generation medical applications ». Communication lors de la conférence : 11th International Conference on Information Science, Signal Processing and their Applications (ISSPA) (Montreal, QC, Canada, July 3-5, 2012)
H. Soubra, Alain Abran, A. Ramdame-Cherif. 2012 « Refined functional size measurement procedure for real-time embedded software requirements expressed using the simulink model ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2012 Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement & of the 2012 7 th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA 2012) (Assisi, Italy, Oct. 17-19, 2012)
F. Valdés, Alain Abran. 2012 « Case study: COSMIC approximate sizing approach without using historical data ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2012 Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement & of the 2012 7 th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA 2012) (Assisi, Italy, Oct. 17-19, 2012)
Alain Abran. 2011 « Quality of software measures ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Conference on Software Engineering (CONSEG) (Bangalore, India, Feb. 17-19, 2011)
Alain Abran, Khalid Sarayreh. 2011 « Specification of system non functional requirements and their measurement when allocated as software requirements ». Communication lors de la conférence : SPIN Chennai (Software Process Improvement Network) (Chennai, India, Feb. 24, 2011)
Alain April, Alain Abran. 2011 « It's time for maintenance ». Communication lors de la conférence : Seoul CIO Conference (Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 22, 2011)
Alain Abran. 2010 « 1C-4 Metrics for the development of embedded software using the COMIC function points approach ». Communication lors de la conférence : ERTS² 2010 : Embedded Real Time Software and Systems (Toulouse, France, May 19-21, 2010)
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2010 « Benchmarking et estimation de projets logiciels en utilisant des normes internationales de mesure ». Communication lors de la conférence : CGI –Québec (Québec, QC, Canada, 11 janv. 2010)
Alain Abran. 2009 « COSMIC, function points of use case point? ». Communication lors de la conférence : 5to Circuito Technologico Avantare-Spingere "Midiendo y estimato software : les retos actuales" (Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 15, 2009)
Alain Abran. 2009 « Industry data with COSMIC = Datos de la industria con COSMIC ». Communication lors de la conférence : 5to Circuito Technologico Avantare-Spingere "Midiendo y estimato software : les retos actuales" (Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 15, 2009)
Alain Abran. 2009 « Software estimation : a single catch-all model or multiple models? ». Communication lors de la conférence : Canadian Conference on Computer Sciences and Software Engineering (C3S2e-09) (Montréal, QC, Canada, May 19-21, 2009)
Alain Abran. 2009 « Software sizing : estimation, negociation, control & benchmarking with international standards ». Communication lors de la conférence : Comité Exécutif du Club des Grandes Entreprises de l'Embarqué (CG2E) (Guyancourt, France, Dec. 2, 2009)
A. Abran, M. Abu-Talib, A. Khelifi. 2008 « Software Measurement ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier de formation à la Zayed University (Abu Dhabi, UAE, Jan 13-17, 2008)
Alain Abran. 2008 « Les défis du génie logiciel pour la prochaine décade ». Communication lors de la conférence : Département de Génie Logiciel et des Technologies de l’Information (Montréal, QC, Canada, 12 nov. 2008)
Alain Abran. 2008 « Software Development – How to Design and Use Quantitative Models for Estimation & Productivity Comparisons ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier de formation au Technocentre Renault de Guyancourt (Paris, France, Mar. 10-13, 2008)
Alain Abran, E. Miranda. 2008 « L’estimation de l’effort pour un projet logiciel : de la magie ou de l’ingénierie? ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférence de la Communauté Bureaux de Gestion de Projets (Montréal, QC, Canada, 10 sept. 2008)
Alain April, Alain Abran. 2008 « Améliorer la maintenance des logiciels: une vue d'ensemble ». Communication lors de la conférence : Journée de la qualité (2008)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2008 « Performance calculation and estimation with QEST/LIME using ISBSG Release 10 data ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Milan, Italy, May 28-30, 2008)
A. Abran, A. Panteliuc. 2007 « Estimation models based on functional profiles ». Communication lors de la conférence : III Taller internacional de Calidad en technologias de information et de communications (Cuba, Feb. 15-16, 2007)
Alain Abran. 2007 « Software cost estimation models : can you trust them? ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Madrid, Spain, Nov. 29-Oct. 29, 2007)
Alain Abran. 2007 « Software measurement : arts or sciences ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Valencia, Espagne, Oct. 30, 2007)
Alain Abran. 2007 « The emergence of software engineering as a new engineering discipline ». Communication lors de la conférence : PReCISE Day '07 (Namur, Belgium, Dec. 12, 2007)
Alain Abran. 2007 « The emergence of software engineering as a new engineering discipline: how to develop quickly and international consensus on a new body of knowledge- The SWEBOK example ». Communication lors de la conférence : La Catedra Ateneo -Engineering Research Institute of Aragon, Universidad de Zaragosa (Zaragosa, Spain, Oct. 26, 2007)
Alain Abran, K. Meridji, J. Dolado. 2007 « Software engineering from an engineering perspective : SWEBOK as a study object ». Communication lors de la conférence : Apoyo a la Decision en Ingenieria del Software - ADIS Workshop, Congresso Espanol de Informatica - CEDI Conference (Zaragoza, Spain, Sept. 11-14, 2007)
Alain Abran, Fran J. Ruiz-Bertol, Javier Dolado. 2007 « Ontology development for software engineering knowledge management ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE) (Coimbra, Portugal, Sept. 2-7, 2007)
Alain April, Alain Abran. 2007 « A model to improve the maturity of software maintenance ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software and Systems Process Improvement Network, SPIN (Montreal, QC, Canada, 2007)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2007 « Improving estimations in agile projects: issues and avenues ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, May 8-11, 2007)
R. Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran, J. Moore. 2007 « In search of software engineering principles - 1996-1998 delphi studies to develop a group consensus ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Conference on Software Engineering and Education (ICEE) (Coimbra, Portugal, Sept. 3-7, 2007)
R. Dupuis, N. Séguin, Alain Abran, K. Meridji. 2007 « Principles of practice - development strategy ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Conference on Software Engineering and Education (ICEE) (Coimbra, Portugal, Sept. 3-7, 2007)
K. Meridji, Alain Abran. 2007 « Software engineering principles - do they meet engineering criteria ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Conference on Software Engineering and Education (ICEE) (Coimbra, Portugal, Sept. 3-7, 2007)
K. Meridji, Alain Abran. 2007 « Software requirements - application of fundamental principles ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Conference on Software Engineering and Education (ICEE) (Coimbra, Portugal, Sept. 3-7, 2007)
Alain Abran. 2006 « COSMIC-FFP : from its initial design to its acceptance as an international standard ». Communication lors de la conférence : 1st Workshop on Ontology, Conceptualization, Epistomology for Software and Systems Engineering - ONTOSE (Alacala, Spain, June 9-10, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2006 « Development of an international consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge : SWEBOK ». Communication lors de la conférence : 1st Workshop on Ontology, Conceptualization, Epistomology for Software and Systems Engineering - ONTOSE (Alcala, Madrid, Spain, June 9-10, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2006 « La vision internationale de la qualité du logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : La boule de cristal du CRIM, Édition 2006 (Montréal, QC, Canada, 16-17 fév. 2006)
Alain Abran. 2006 « Qualité du logiciel: Image de marque et concurrence internationale : Serez-vous parmi les gagnants? ». Communication lors de la conférence : La boule de cristal du CRIM, Édition 2006 (Montréal, QC, Canada, 16-17 fév. 2006)
Alain Abran. 2006 « Research in software measurements ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad de Granada (Granada, Spain, Nov. 11, 2006)
Alain Abran, Alain April. 2006 « Assessment of maintenance using a software maintenance maturity model (S3m) ». Communication lors de la conférence : IT productivity Metrics (Toronto, ON, Canada, Oct. 19, 2006)
Alain Abran. 2005 « A multidimensional performance model for consolidating balance scorecards ». Communication lors de la conférence : Statistics Canada's information technology (IT) Conference 2005 (Ottawa, ON, Canada, Apr. 6-7, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « COSMIC-FFP: from its initial design to its acceptance as an international standard ». Communication lors de la conférence : First Workshop on Ontology, Conceptualization, Epistomology for Software and Systems Engineering (ONTOSE) (Alcala, Spain, June 9-10, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « Development of an International Consensus on the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) ». Communication lors de la conférence : First Workshop on Ontology, Conceptualization, Epistomology for Software and Systems Engineering (ONTOSE) (Alcala, Spain, June 9-10, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « Génie logiciel et gestion de projets : Le mariage SWEBOK ». Communication lors de la conférence : PMI-Montréal (Project Management Institute) (Montréal, QC, Canada, 5 oct. 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « Génie logiciel et gestion de projets: Le marriage SWEBOK ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier de formation au congrès PMI-Montréal (Montréal, QC, Canada, 5 Oct. 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « ISO 90003 : Lignes directrices pour l’application d’ISO 9001:2000 aux logiciels ». Communication lors de la conférence : 6ièmes journées d’études en informatique : certification des logiciels selon les normes ISO (Hammamet, Tunisie, July 12-16, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « Metrics or measures? Which one would you better trust? ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad del Pais Vasco (San Sebastian, Spain, June 3, 2005)
Alain Abran. 2005 « Software measurement is maturing to international standards ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid, Spain, June 7, 2005)
P. Bourque, R. Dupuis, A. Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2005 « An international consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : MITEL (Ottawa, ON, Canada, Feb. 10, 2005)
P. Bourque, R. Dupuis, A. Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2005 « Le guide du corpus de connaissance en génie logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (Gatineau, QC, Canada, 10 fév. 2005)
Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, Alain Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2005 « Le guide du corpus de connaissances en génie logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : Section régionale de l'Outaouais, Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (Gatineau, QC, Canada, )
Alain Abran. 2004 « New views COSMIC-FFP concepts ». Communication lors de la conférence : NASSCOM Quality Conference (Bangalore, India, Sept. 13, 2004)
Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2004 « Software engineers : what does industry expect them to know and master? ». Communication lors de la conférence : SPIN-Chennai (Chennai, India, Sept. 14, 2004)
Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp. 2004 « An international consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Workshop on Software Engineering (IWSS) (Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 6-8, 2004)
M. Bouisset, R. Dupuis, P. Bourque, A. Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2004 « El guia de conocimientos en ingeniera de software ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad Technica Federico Santa Maria (Valparaiso, Chile, May 18, 2004)
Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, Alain Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2004 « Le guide du corpus de connaissances en génie logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2 ièmes Journées du JEP MEDA TEMPUS CRISTEL (Tunis, Tunisie, 11 févr. 2004)
R. Dupuis, P. Bourque, A. Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2004 « El guia de conocimientos en ingeniera de software ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad de Concepcion (Concepcion, Chile, May 24, 2004)
Alain Abran. 2003 « La vision internationale de la qualité du logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : Colloque : La semaine de la qualité, CRIM - Centre de tests des logiciels (Montréal, QC, Canada, 19 mars 2003)
Alain Abran. 2003 « Software estimation (witch)craft or science ». Communication lors de la conférence : Polytecnica Universitat de Valencia (Valencia, Spain, Nov. 10, 2003)
Alain Abran. 2003 « Software estimation : black box or white box ». Communication lors de la conférence : ADIS Workshop (Alicante, Spain, Nov. 12, 2003)
Alain Abran. 2003 « Software measurement methods & design issues: ISO 19761 case study ». Communication lors de la conférence : Polytecnica Universitat de Valencia (Valencia, Spain, Nov. 10, 2003)
A. April, A. Abran, P. Bourque. 2003 « Analysis of the knowledge content and classification in the SWEBOK chapter: Software Maintenance ». Communication lors de la conférence : 11th International workshop on software technology and engineering practice (STEP 2003) (Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 19-21, 2003)
Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, Alain Abran, J. Moore, L. Tripp. 2003 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2nd Annual QAAM/QAI Conference (Baltimore, MD, USA, Oct. 20-23, 2003)
L. Buglione, Alain Abran, François Coallier. 2003 « A revision of the knowledge classification in three SWEBOK chapters : management, process and quality ». Communication lors de la conférence : 11th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP 2003) (Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept., 2003)
J. M. Desharnais, A. Abran, A. Mayers, V. Bevo. 2003 « Design of a diagnostic tool to improve the quality of the functional measurement ». Communication lors de la conférence : CUSEC 2003: Adapting the Process (Montreal, QC, Canada, Jan. 16-18, 2003)
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2003 « Mayers et Bevo design of a diagnostic tool to improve the quality of functional measurement ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférence CUSEC (Canadian University Software Engineering Conference) (Montréal, QC, Canada, janv. 2003)
Alain Abran. 2002 « SWEBOK and its world impact ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2002 (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2002)
Alain Abran. 2002 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge and software quality ». Communication lors de la conférence : ASQ 2002 Conference of the Software Division (Ottawa, ON, Canada, Oct. 8-9, 2002)
Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2002 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : Canadian University Conference on Software Engineering (CUSE) (Montreal, QC, Canada, 2002)
Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2002 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : NSERC (Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2002)
A. Abran, R. Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2001 « Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge : overview and applications ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software Engineering Accreditation Committee, Information Processing Society of Japan (Tokyo, Japan, 2001)
A. Abran, C. Symons, S. Oligny. 2001 « An overview of COSMIC-FFP field trial results ». Communication lors de la conférence : 12th European software control and metrics conference (ESCOM 2001) (London, UK, Apr. 2-4, 2001)
Alain Abran. 2001 « COSMIC Deployment of the second generation of Functional Size measurement methods ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier de formation à la JFPUG - COSMIC-FFP Study Group (Tokyo, Japan, 2001)
Alain Abran. 2001 « Software size and its relationship with project effort within COSMIC world-wide field trials ». Communication lors de la conférence : JSR (Gunma, Japan, 2001)
Alain Abran. 2001 « World-wide field trials of COSMIC : the second generation of functional size measurement methods ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software Process Improvement Network : SPIN-Montreal (Montreal, QC, Canada, 2001)
Alain Abran, Robert Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, James W. Moore, Leonard L. Tripp. 2001 « Software engineering body of knowledge and professionalisation ». Communication lors de la conférence : Universidad de Malaga (Malaga, Spain, 2001)
Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, Alain Abran. 2001 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : CASCON Conference (Toronto, ON, Canada, 2001)
Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, Alain Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2001 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : SPIN-Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2001)
R. Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2001 « Le guide au corpus des connaissances en génie logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : Journées-Conférences ÉTS (Montréal, QC, Canada, 2001)
N. Kececi, A. Abran. 2001 « Analysing, measuring and assessing software quality in a logic based graphical model ». Communication lors de la conférence : QUALITA 2001 : 4 ème congrès Qualité et sûreté de fonctionnement (Annecy, France, Mar. 22-23, 2001)
A. Abran, R. Basque. 2000 « When a Canadian industry (railroad) wakes up to the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) capability maturity model (CMM) ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conference on Software Development Management with CMM / SPICE (Beijing, China, 2000)
A. Abran, R. Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2000 « Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge : overview and applications ». Communication lors de la conférence : FESMA-AEMES Software Measurement Conference 2000 : Management Excellence Through IT Measurement (Madrid, Spain, 2000)
A. Abran, R. Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2000 « Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge : overview and applications ». Communication lors de la conférence : Nokia Research Center (Helsinki, Finland, 2000)
A. Abran, S. Oligny, C. Symons, D. St-Pierre, J.-M. Desharnais. 2000 « COSMIC-FFP field trials: status report ». Communication lors de la conférence : FESMA-AEMES Software Measurement Conference 2000 : Management Excellence Through IT Measurement (Madrid, Spain, Oct. 18-20, 2000)
A. Abran, S. Oligny, C. Symons, D. St-Pierre, J.-M. Desharnais. 2000 « Functional size measurement methods - COSMIC-FFP: Design and field trials ». Communication lors de la conférence : FESMA-AEMES Software Measurement Conference 2000 : Management Excellence Through IT Measurement (Madrid, Spain, Oct. 18-20, 2000)
A. Abran, C. Symons, J. M. Desharnais, P. Fagg, P. Morris, Serge Oligny, J. Onvlee, R. Meli, R. Nevalainen, G. Rule, D. St-Pierre. 2000 « COSMIC FFP field trials aims, progress and interim findings ». Communication lors de la conférence : Project control : the human factor : ESCOM-SCOPE 2000 (Munich, Germany, Apr. 8-20, 2000)
Alain Abran. 2000 « Balanced scorecard in software ». Communication lors de la conférence : Nokia Research Center (Helsinki, Finland, 2000)
Alain Abran. 2000 « Building a guide to an engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conference on Software Development Management with CMM / SPICE (Beijing, China, 2000)
Alain Abran. 2000 « Building a guide to an engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : World Computer Congress (WCCC-ICSP 2000) (Beijing, China, Aug. 21-25, 2000)
Alain Abran. 2000 « Challenges in functional size measurements ». Communication lors de la conférence : SPIN: Ottawa: Special Interest Group Treasury Board (Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2000)
Alain Abran. 2000 « Functional size measures and their entry into the 21st century ». Communication lors de la conférence : SPIN, Ottawa: Special Interest Group Treasury Board, 2000 (Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2000)
Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis. 2000 « Guide au corpus des connaissances en génie logiciel (Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge) ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférence Facultaire des Sciences. Montréal: Université du Québec à Montréal (Montréal, QC, Canada, 2000)
Alain Abran, S. Oligny, C. Symons. 2000 « COSMIC-FFP field trials: status report to Nokia ». Communication lors de la conférence : Nokia Research Center (Helsinki, Finland, 2000)
Pierre Bourque, R. Dupuis, A. Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2000 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : Jornadas de Ingenieria del Software : Jornados de Bases de Dator (JISBD 2000) (Valladilid, Spain, 2000)
S. Oligny, A. Abran. 2000 « COSMIC-FFP : current status and outlook ». Communication lors de la conférence : Tunisia-JECS Co. Ltd (Japan, 2000)
S. Oligny, A. Abran. 2000 « COSMIC-FFP Version 2.0 ». Communication lors de la conférence : Workshop, in Tutorial on COSMIC-FFP (Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 2000)
S. Oligny, A. Abran, C. Symon. 2000 « COSMIC-FFP some results from the field trials ». Communication lors de la conférence : 15th International Forum on COCOMO and software cost estimation (Los Angeles, CA, USA, Oct. 24-27, 2000)
A. Abran, J.-M. Desharnais, S. Oligny. 1999 « Measuring the Functional Size of Real-Time Software ». Communication lors de la conférence : Tutorial on Full Function Points (Rome, Italy, 1999)
A. Abran, J.-M. Desharnais, S. Oligny. 1999 « Measuring with Full Function Points ». Communication lors de la conférence : ESCOM SCOPE 99 - Maximising Quality and Managing Risk - Optimising Software Development and Maintenance (Herstmonceux Castle, England, 1999)
A. Abran, S. Oligny. 1999 « Full function points - current status and outlook ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japan: JECS System Research Co. Ltd. (Japan, 1999)
Alain Abran. 1999 « An implementation of COSMIC functional size measurement concepts ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2nd European Software Measurement Conference (FESMA'99) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 4-8, 1999)
Alain Abran. 1999 « Gestion logiciel: Gestion des risques ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier de formation d'une journée pour CGI (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1999)
Alain Abran. 1999 « Managing software product quality evaluation with ISO Standards ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software Engineering Management Research Lab. Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada in cooperation with GAIA and INFOJED (Vietnam, 1999)
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp. 1999 « Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - A project overview (tutorial) ».
R. Dupuis, A. Abran, P. Bourque. 1999 « Guide au corpus des connaissances en génie logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : 67e congrès de l'ACFAS (ACFAS'99) (Ottawa, ON, Canada, 10-14 mai 1999)
R. Dupuis, P. Bourque, A. Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 1999 « Guide to the Software Body of Knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : 12th international conference on Software and Systems Engineering and their Applications (ICSSEA '99) (Paris, France, 8-10 dec. 1999)
R. Dupuis, P. Bourque, A. Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 1999 « Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge ». Communication lors de la conférence : Frontiers in education (FIE'99) (San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 10-13, 1999)
Robert Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran, Sybille Wolff, James Moore. 1999 « Progress report on the fundamental principles of software engineering ». Communication lors de la conférence : 4th IEEE International Symposium and Forum on Software Engineering Standards (ISESS 1999) (Curitiba, Brazil, May 17-21, 1999)
C. Symons, A. Abran, C. Dekkers, J. M. Desharnais, P. Fagg, D. Morris, J. Onvlee, R. Nevalainen, G. Rule, D. St-Pierre. 1999 « Introduction and overview of principles ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japanese fucntion point user group (Tokyo, Japan, April 16, 1999)
C. Symons, A. Abran, J. M. Desharnais, P. Fagg, P. Goodman, P. Morris, S. Oligny, J. Onvlee, R. Nevalainen, G. Rule, D. St-Pierre. 1999 « COSMIC FFP : buts, approche conceptuelle et progrès ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférence ASSEMI (Paris, France, Sept. 30, 1999)
A. Abran. 1998 « Full function points: questions and answers ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japanese Function Points Users Group (JFPUG) (Tokyo, Japan, 1998)
A. Abran. 1998 « Software metrics need to mature into software metrology (recommendations) ». Communication lors de la conférence : NIST Workshop on advancing measurements and testing for information technology (Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 1998)
A. Abran, D. St-Pierre, M. Maya, J. M. Desharnais. 1998 « Function points : extension for embedded and real-time software ». Communication lors de la conférence : International software benchmarking standards group (ISBSG) & GUFPI (Rome, Italy, 1998)
A. Abran, D. St-Pierre, M. Maya, J.-M. Desharnais. 1998 « Full function points for embedded and real-time software ». Communication lors de la conférence : UKSMA Fall Conference (London, UK, Oct. 30-31, 1998)
Alain Abran. 1998 « Functional size of real-time software: challenges & solutions ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japanese Function Point Users Group (JFPUG) (Tokyo, Japan, 1998)
Alain Abran. 1998 « Industry sponsored research cooperation in software engineering management at UQAM ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japan: Asahi University (Gifu, Japan, 1998)
Alain Abran. 1998 « Industry-university research cooperation on software engineering management ». Communication lors de la conférence : United Kingdom Software Metrics Association (UKSMA), Japan: Gunma University (Kiryu, Japan, 1998)
Alain Abran. 1998 « Research themes in software engineering management ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japan: Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan, 1998)
Alain Abran. 1998 « Software engineering management: research directions ». Communication lors de la conférence : Japan: Nikkagiren (Tokyo, Japan, 1998)
Alain Abran, J.-M. Desharnais, S. Oligny. 1998 « Mesurer la taille des logiciels de type "temps-réel" ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier d'une journée sur la mise en oeuvre de la méthode de mesure (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1998)
L. Buglione, A. Abran. 1998 « A three dimensional software performance measurement model ». Communication lors de la conférence : International Software benchmarking conference (Rome, Italy, 1998)
L. Molinié, A. Abran, P. Bourque. 1998 « Software maintenance outsourcing contracts : an economic perspective ». Communication lors de la conférence : International function point users group (IFPUG) spring conference (Washington, DC, USA, 1998)
S. Oligny, A. Abran. 1998 « Field testing full function points : recent results ». Communication lors de la conférence : NESMA autumn congress (Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 10, 1998)
S. Oligny, Alain Abran. 1998 « Benchmarking et estimation de projet avec une banque de données internationale ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier d'une journée sur la mise en oeuvre du benchmarking et de l'estimation de projets informatiques en entreprise (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1998)
S. Oligny, Alain Abran. 1998 « Le Benchmarking avec une base de données internationale ». Communication lors de la conférence : Atelier d'une journée sur la mise en oeuvre du benchmarking et de l'estimation de projets informatiques en entreprise (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1998)
A. Abran. 1997 « Collaboration Industrie-Université ». Communication lors de la conférence : Recherche en gestion du logiciel : Institut Francophone d'informatique (IFI) (Hanoi, Vietnam, 1997)
A. Abran. 1997 « Design & assessment of measurement techniques for industry leaders in software engineering ». Communication lors de la conférence : Software engineering & software metrics : a Quebec-Swiss seminar (Zurich, Switzerland, 1997)
A. Abran, K. Paton. 1997 « Tool builders require structured rules specifications for building accurate automated FP counting tools ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Spring Conference (Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1997)
A. Abran, D. St-Pierre, M. Maya, J.-M. Desharnais. 1997 « A functional size measure for real-time software ». Communication lors de la conférence : Autralian Software Metrics Association - Victoria Chapter (ASMA Victoria) (Melbourne, Australia, 1997)
Alain Abran. 1997 « A Canadian model of industry-university research collaboration in software engineering management ». Communication lors de la conférence : Australia: Monash University (Melbourne, Australia, 1997)
Alain Abran. 1997 « Industry sponsorship of research in software engineering measurement: a Canadian initiative ». Communication lors de la conférence : Fourth Autralian Conference on Software Metrics (Canberra, Australia, 1997)
Alain Abran. 1997 « La métrologie du logiciel et la recherche industrielle ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2ième Forum International d'Informatique Appliquée (FIIA'96) (Tunis, Tunisie, 12-14 mars 1996)
Alain Abran. 1997 « Tutorial: Function Point Analysis - Extensions and Mappings ». Communication lors de la conférence : Fourth Australian Conference on Software Metrics (Canberra, Australia, 1997)
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 1997 « Measuring the functional size of real-time software ». Communication lors de la conférence : A One-Day Tutorial on Full Function Points (1997)
Alain Abran, A. Sanchez, D. Herron. 1997 « Tutorial: Software Benchmarking - Using the ISBSG Database ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Fall Conference (Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 1997)
T. Fetcke, A. Abran, T. H. Nguyen. 1997 « Mapping the OO-Jacobson approach into function point analysis ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Spring Conference (Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1997)
S. Oligny, P. Bourque, A. Abran, B. Fournier. 1997 « Refining empirical models of project duration in software engineering ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG 1997 Fall Conference (Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 1997)
D. St-Pierre, M. Maya, A. Abran, J. M. Desharnais. 1997 « Adapting function points to real-time software ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG 1997 Fall Conference (Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Sept. 15-19, 1997)
T. Wright, C. Lokan, A. Abran. 1997 « ISBSG Benchmarking Tutorial ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Spring Conference (Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1997)
A. Abran. 1996 « A university & industry research partnership on software measurement ». Communication lors de la conférence : International software benchmarking : engineering and measurement issues (Montreal, QC, Canada, 1996)
Alain Abran. 1996 « A software metrics industry/university partnership in Montreal ». Communication lors de la conférence : Vision 96- Software and Systems Engineering Process Improvement (Montreal, QC, Canada, Dec., 1996)
P. Bourque, A. Abran. 1996 « An experimental framework for software engineering research ». Communication lors de la conférence : Forum on software engineering standards (SES'96) (Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 1996)
P. Bourque, M. Maya, A. Abran. 1996 « A sizing measure for adaptive maintenance work products ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Spring conference (Atlanta, GA, USA, 1996)
T. Fetcke, A. Abran, T. H. Nguyen. 1996 « Mapping the OO-Jacobson approach into function point analysis ». Communication lors de la conférence : International software benchmarking : engineering and measurement issues (Montreal, QC, Canada, 1996)
J. -P. Jacquet, A. Abran. 1996 « Orientations de la normalisation internationale (ISO-IEC) en mesures du logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : International software benchmarking : engineering and measurement issues (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1996)
O. Mendes, A. Abran, P. Bourque. 1996 « An FP tool classification framework and market survey ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Fall Conference (Dallas, TX, USA, 1996)
J. J. Nsiempba, A. Abran. 1996 « Test de précision avec la métrique des points de fonction : version 4.0 ». Communication lors de la conférence : 64ème congrès de l'ACFAS (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1996)
M. Zitouni, A. Abran. 1996 « La maintenance des logiciels "élaboration d'un outil d'évaluation de processus" (version 1.0) ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférence Vision 96 (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1996)
M. Zitouni, A. Abran. 1996 « Un modèle d'amélioration du processus de la maintenance du logiciel ». Communication lors de la conférence : 64ème congrès de l'ACFAS (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1996)
A. Abran. 1995 « Critères de performance: exemples de données industrielles ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférences de la maîtrise en informatique de gestion : est-il possible de mesurer la productivité en maintenance ? (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Développement de modèles de productivité pour l'entretien ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférences de la maîtrise en informatique de gestion : est-il possible de mesurer la productivité en maintenance ? (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Efficiency and effectiveness of measurement programs ». Communication lors de la conférence : Joint Germany-Québec software metrics workshop : software metrics : from industrial issues to research themes (Berlin, Germany, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Function point analysis : extension and instrumentation ». Communication lors de la conférence : Joint Germany-Québec software metrics workshop : software metrics : from industrial issues to research themes (Berlin, Germany, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « La mesure de la réutilisation fonctionnelle avec les points de fonction ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférences de la maîtrise en informatique de gestion : est-il possible de mesurer la productivité en maintenance ? (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Les points de fonction sont-ils crédibles ? ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférences de la maîtrise en informatique de gestion : est-il possible de mesurer la productivité en maintenance ? (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Measurement of reuse ». Communication lors de la conférence : Joint Germany-Québec software metrics workshop : software metrics : from industrial issues to research themes (Berlin, Germany, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Panel position paper : product and process measurement : the quantitative basis for the feedback loop in total quality management ». Communication lors de la conférence : 2nd IEEE International symposium and forum on software engineering standards (ISESS'95) (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 21-25, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Risk assessment of a measurement program ». Communication lors de la conférence : International practioner forum : joint CIM-ASMA Workshop (Melbourne, Australia, 1995)
A. Abran. 1995 « Teaching function points analysis using hypertext ». Communication lors de la conférence : International practioner forum : joint CIM-ASMA Workshop (Melbourne, Australia, 1995)
A. Abran, D. Déry. 1995 « Mesure de la productivité de la maintenance des logiciels ». Communication lors de la conférence : Conférences de la maîtrise en informatique de gestion : est-il possible de mesurer la productivité en maintenance ? (Montréal, QC, Canada, 1995)
Alain Abran. 1995 « Credibility of function points ». Communication lors de la conférence : The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) 1995 Fall Conference (Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept. 18-22, 1995)
A. April, A. Abran. 1995 « Industry research in software maintenance: development of productivity models ». Communication lors de la conférence : Summer 95 GUIDE (Boston, MA, USA, 1995)
J. M. Desharnais, A. Abran. 1995 « 3D function point rules : project overview and issues ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Fall Conference (Toronto, ON, Canada, 1995)
M. Maya, A. Abran. 1995 « Function points adapted to small maintenance requests ». Communication lors de la conférence : IFPUG Fall Conference (Toronto, ON, Canada, 1995)

Adriana Collaguazo, Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran, Carmen Vaca-Ruiz. 2025 « PyTime IoT: A bootcamp to motivate high school students to choose STEM careers ». IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) (London, UK, Apr. 22-25, 2025) IEEE Computer Society
Donatien Koulla Moulla, David Attipoe, Lateef Adesola Akinyemi, Sree Ganesh Thottempudi, Jelil Olatunbosun Agbo-Ajala, Ernest Mnkandla, Alain Abran. 2025 « Machine learning algorithms for energy consumption prediction in smart homes: A comparative study ». 7th International Conference on Wireless, Intelligent and Distributed Environment for Communication, WIDECOM 2024 (Keene, NH, USA, Oct. 16-18, 2024) Springer
Rahma Becha, Asma Sellami, Nadia Bouassida, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2024 « BotCFP: A machine learning based tool for COSMIC chatbots sizing ». IWSM-MENSURA 2024 : Joint Proceedings IWSM and Mensura 2024 (Montréal, QC, Canada, Sept. 30-Oct. 04, 2024) CEUR-WS
Mohammed Rida Ouaziz, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2024 « Accessibility evaluation of five moroccan e-government portals ». IWSM-MENSURA 2024 : Joint Proceedings IWSM and Mensura 2024 (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 30-Oct. 04, 2024) CEUR-WS
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2023 « Bug resolution prediction for open-source software using ensembles of instance selection algorithms ». 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) (Rome, Italy, July 03-06, 2023) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2023 « The impact of grid search on bug resolution prediction for open-source software ». 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) (Roma, Italy, July 03-06, 2023) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2023 « An analysis of students teams scores at the 2022 software estimation challenge ». Joint of the 32nd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 17th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-MENSURA (Rome, Italy, Sept. 14-15, 2023) CEUR-WS
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Abdel Aziz Kitikil, Ernest Mnkandla, Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran. 2023 « Functional size measurement for X86 assembly programs ». Joint of the 32nd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 17th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-MENSURA (Rome, Italy, Sept. 14-15, 2023) CEUR-WS
Alain Abran, Alexander V. Yurkov, Vladimir G. Khalin, Olga Shilova. 2022 « Quantitative analysis of informational significance of SWEBOK knowledge areas in IEEE/ACM curriculum guidelines ». International Conference System Analysis in Engineering and Control (St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 22-23, 2021) Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Sara Elmidaoui, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2022 « Towards a taxonomy of software maintainability predictors: A detailed view ». Information Systems and Technologies : WorldCIST 2022 (Budva, Montenegro, Apr. 12-14, 2022) Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Ali Idri. 2022 « Maintenance effort estimation for open source software: Current trends ». CEUR Workshop Proceedings (Izmir, Turkey, Sept. 28-30, 2022) CEUR-WS
Chaymae Miloudi, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2022 « The impact of instance selection algorithms on maintenance effort estimation for open-source software ». Information Systems and Technologies : WorldCIST 2022 (Budva, Montenegro, Apr. 12-14, 2022) Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Donatien Koulla Moulla, Ernest Mnkandla, Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran. 2022 « Automated COSMIC function points measurement for C program using regular expressions ». CEUR Workshop Proceedings (Izmir, Turkey, Sept. 28-30, 2022) CEUR-WS
Ibtissam Abnane, Ali Idri, Mohamed Hosni, Alain Abran. 2021 « Heterogeneous ensemble imputation for software development effort estimation ». International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering (PROMISE) (Athens, Greece - En ligne, Aug. 19-20, 2021) Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Mohammad Sufian Badar, Shazmeen Shamsi, Md Maksuf ul Haque, Alain Abran. 2020 « Prediction and prognosis of breast cancer by machine learning ». 3rd Annual Congress on Bacterial, Viral and Infectious Diseases (Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 27-28, 2020)
Adriana Collaguazo, Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2020 « Education model for developing IoT and cloud mobile applications ». IEEE World Congress on Services (SERVICES) (Beijing, China, Oct. 18-23, 2020) IEEE
Sara Elmidaoui, Laila Cheikhi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2020 « Predicting software maintainability using ensemble techniques and stacked generalization ». 30th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 15th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura) (Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 29-30, 2020) CEUR-WS
Tuna Hacaloglu, Huseyin Unlu, Onur Demirors, Alain Abran. 2020 « COSMIC light vs COSMIC classic manual: Case studies in functional size measurement ». 30th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 15th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura) (Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 29-30, 2020) CEUR-WS
Hela Hakim, Asma Sellami, Hanêne Ben Abdallah, Alain Abran. 2020 « Improving the structural size measurement method through the assessment of nested (multi-level) control structures in UML sequence diagram ». 30th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 15th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura) (Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 29-30, 2020) CEUR-WS
Hassan Soubra, Yomna Abufrikha, Alain Abran. 2020 « Towards universal COSMIC size measurement automation ». 30th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 15th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura) (Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 29-30, 2020) CEUR-WS
Ammar Abdallah, Alain Abran, Bashar Abdallah. 2019 « Towards the adoption of international standards in enterprise architecture measurement ». 2nd International Conference on Data Science, E-Learning and Information Systems (DATA) (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2-5, 2019) Association for Computing Machinery
Ibtissam Abnane, Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2019 « Analogy software effort estimation using ensemble KNN imputation ». 45th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) (Kallithea-Chalkidiki, Greece, Aug. 28-30, 2019) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Alain Abran, Shaghayegh Vedadi. 2019 « Development of cosmic scaling factors using classification of functional requirements ». International Workshop on Software Measurement and International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura) (Haarlem, The Nertherlands, Oct. 07-09, 2019) CEUR-WS
Mariam Bachiri, Ali Idri, Leanne Redman, Alain Abran, Juan Manuel Carrillo de Gea, José Luis Fernández-Alemán. 2019 « COSMIC functional size measurement of mobile personal health records for pregnancy monitoring ». WorldCIST'19: World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies : New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies (Galicia, Spain, Apr. 16-19, 2019) Springer Verlag
Arlan Lesterhuis, Alain Abran. 2019 « Cosmic sizing of machine learning image classifier software using neural networks ». International Workshop on Software Measurement and International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura) (Haarlem, The Netherlands, Oct. 07-09, 2019) CEUR-WS
Nadia Chamkha, Asma Sellami, Alain Abran. 2018 « Automated COSMIC measurement of Java swing applications throughout their development life cycle ». Proceedings of the Academic Papers at IWSM Mensura 2018 "COSMIC Function Points - Fundamentals for Software Effort Estimation" held in conjunction with The China Software Cost Measurement Conference (CSCM 2018) (Beijing, China, Sept. 19-20, 2018) CEUR-WS
Necmiye Genc-Nayebi, Alain Abran. 2018 « A measurement design for the comparison of expert usability evaluation and mobile app user reviews ». Proceedings of the Academic Papers at IWSM Mensura 2018 "COSMIC Function Points - Fundamentals for Software Effort Estimation" held in conjunction with The China Software Cost Measurement Conference (CSCM 2018) (Beijing, China, Sept. 19-20, 2018) CEUR-WS
Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2018 « Improved effort estimation of heterogeneous ensembles using filter feature selection ». Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT 2018) (Porto, Portugal, July 26-28, 2018) SCITEPRESS
Erdir Ungan, Colin Hammond, Alain Abran. 2018 « Automated COSMIC measurement and requirement quality improvement through ScopeMaster® tool ». Proceedings of the Academic Papers at IWSM Mensura 2018 "COSMIC Function Points - Fundamentals for Software Effort Estimation" held in conjunction with The China Software Cost Measurement Conference (CSCM 2018) (Beijing, China, Sept. 19-20, 2018) CEUR-WS
Erdir Ungan, Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran. 2018 « Analysis of the gap between initial estimated size and final (True) size of implemented software ». Proceedings of the Academic Papers at IWSM Mensura 2018 "COSMIC Function Points - Fundamentals for Software Effort Estimation" held in conjunction with The China Software Cost Measurement Conference (CSCM 2018) (Beijing, China, Sept. 19-20, 2018) CEUR-WS
Ibtissam Abnane, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2017 « Empirical evaluation of fuzzy analogy for software development effort estimation ». 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) (Marrakesh, Morocco, Apr. 04-06, 2017) Association for Computing Machinery
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2017 « COSMIC (ISO 19761) certification: Analysis of examinee results ». 27th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 12th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM Mensura) (Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 25-27, 2017) Association for Computing Machinery
Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2017 « Investigating heterogeneous ensembles with filter feature selection for software effort estimation ». 27th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 12th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM Mensura) (Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 25-27, 2017) Association for Computing Machinery
I. Ilin, A. Levina, A. Abran, O. Iliashenko. 2017 « Measurement of enterprise architecture (EA) from an IT perspective: research gaps and measurement avenues ». 27th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 12th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 25-27, 2017) ACM
Antti Knutas, Ahmed Seffah, Lene Sorensen, Andrey Sozykin, Fawaz Al-Zaghoul, Alain Abran. 2017 « Crossing the borders and the cultural gaps for educating PhDs in software engineering ». IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) (Savannah, GA, USA, Nov. 07-09, 2017) IEEE
Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran. 2017 « Functional size measurement for the Internet of Things (IoT): An example using COSMIC and the arduino open-source platform ». 27th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 12th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM Mensura) (Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 25-27, 2017) Association for Computing Machinery
Ammar Abdallah, James Lapalme, Alain Abran. 2016 « Enterprise architecture measurement: A systematic mapping study ». 4th International Conference on Enterprise Systems (ES) (Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Nov. 02-03, 2016) IEEE
Alain Abran, Charles Symons, Christof Ebert, Frank Vogelezang, Hassan Soubra. 2016 « Measurement of software size: Contributions of cosmic to estimation improvements ». 2016 International Training Symposium (Bristol, UK, Oct. 17-20, 2016)
Sébastien Adam, Alain Abran. 2016 « The software architecture mapping framework for managing architectural knowledge ». 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE) (Redwood City, CA, USA, July 1-3, 2016) Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School
Luis Eduardo Bautista Villalpando, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2016 « CloudMeasure: A platform for performance analysis of cloud computing systems ». 9th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (San Francisco, CA, USA, June 27 -July 2, 2016) IEEE
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Christiane Gresse Von Wangenheim, Fergal McCaffery, Jean Carlo Rossa Hauck. 2016 « Risk management: Achieving higher maturity capability levels through the LEGO approach ». Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Berlin, Germany, 5-7 Oct. 2016) IEEE Computer Society
Salma El Koutbi, Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2016 « Systematic mapping study of dealing with error in software development effort estimation ». 2016 42th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) (Limassol, Cyprus, Aug. 31- Sept. 02, 2016) IEEE Computer Society
Mohamed Hosni, Ali Idri, Ali Bou Nassif, Alain Abran. 2016 « Heterogeneous ensembles for software development effort estimation ». 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI) (Dubaï, UAE, Nov. 23-25, 2016) IEEE
Ali Idri, Mohamed Hosni, Alain Abran. 2016 « Systematic mapping study of ensemble effort estimation ». 11th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Software Approaches to Software Engineering (Rome, Italy, Apr. 27-28, 2016) Scitepress
Miroslaw Staron, Wihelm Meding, Kent Niesel, Alain Abran. 2016 « A Key performance indicator quality model and its industrial evaluation ». 2016 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Berlin, Allemagne, Oct. 5-7, 2016) IEEE
Charles Symons, Alain Abran, Christof Ebert, Frank Vogelezang. 2016 « Measurement of software size: advances made by the COSMIC community ». Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Berlin, Germany, Oct. 05-07, 2016) IEEE
Sébastien Adam, Ghizlane El Boussaidi, Alain Abran. 2015 « An approach for classifying design artifacts ». SEKE 2015. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, July 6-8, 2015) Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School
Anas Al-Badareen, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2015 « A suite of rules for developing and evaluating software quality models ». Software Measurement. 25th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 10th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-Mensura 2015, Kraków, Poland, October 5-7, 2015, Proceedings (Kraków, Poland, Oct. 5-7, 2015) Springer
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, Fergal Mc Caffery, Jean Carlo Rosso Hauck. 2015 « Software or Service? That’s the question! ». Software Measurement. 25th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 10th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-Mensura 2015, Kraków, Poland, October 5-7, 2015, Proceedings (Kraków, Poland, Oct. 5-7, 2015) Springer
Abraham Gomez, Rafik Ouanouki, Anderson Ravanello, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2015 « Experimental validation as support in the migration from SQL databases to NoSQL databases ». The Sixth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization. CLOUD COMPUTING 2015 (Nice, France, March 22-27, 2015) International Academy, Research, and Industry Association
Ali Idri, Ibtissam Abnane, Alain Abran. 2015 « Systematic mapping study of missing values techniques in software engineering data ». 13th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Research, Management, and Applications (SERA 2015) (Hammamet, Tunisia, May 13-15, 2015)
Ali Idri, Ibtissam Abnane, Alain Abran. 2015 « Systematic mapping study of missing values techniques in software engineering data ». 2015 16th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD) (Takamatsu, Japan, June 1-3, 2015) IEEE
Ali Idri, Aya Hassani, Alain Abran. 2015 « RBFN networks-based models for estimating software development effort: A cross-validation study ». 2015 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) (Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 7-10, 2015) IEEE
Carlos Monsalve, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2015 « Business process modeling with levels of abstraction : a survey of practitioners with experience ». 2015 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM) (Popayan, Colombia, May 13-15, 2015) IEEE
Malik Qasaimeh, Alain Abran. 2015 « Design and assessment for agile auditing model: the case of ISO 9001 traceability requirements ». 6th International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2014) (Paris, France, Sept. 17-18, 2014)
Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran, Mehdi Sehit. 2015 « Functional size measurement for processor load estimation in AUTOSAR ». Software Measurement. 25th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 10th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-Mensura 2015, Kraków, Poland, October 5-7, 2015, Proceedings (Kraków, Poland, Oct. 5-7, 2015) Springer
Francisco Valdés Souto, Alain Abran. 2015 « Improving the COSMIC approximate sizing using the fuzzy logic EPCU model ». Software Measurement. 25th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 10th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-Mensura 2015, Kraków, Poland, October 5-7, 2015, Proceedings (Kraków, Poland, Oct. 5-7, 2015) Springer
Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2015 « Software measurement for undergraduates: suggestions for a software engineering curriculum ». XI Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Ingenieria de Software e Ingenieria del Conocimiento y Congreso Ecuatoriano en Ingenieria del Software, JIISIC-CEIS'2015 (Riobamba, Ecuador, June 4-5, 2015)
Alain Abran. 2014 « Software estimation: transforming dust into pots of gold? ». 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement. (IWSM-MENSURA). Proceedings (Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 6-8, 2014) IEEE Computer Society
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Mohamad Zarour, Onur Demirors. 2014 « Productivity-based software estimation model: an economics perspective and an empirical study ». ICSEA 2014 : The Ninth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (Nice, France, Oct. 12-16, 2014) IARIA
F. A. Amazal, A. Idri, Alain Abran. 2014 « An analogy-based approach to estimation of software development effort using categorical data ». 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement. (IWSM-MENSURA). Proceedings (Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 6-8, 2014) IEEE Computer Society
F. A. Amazal, A. Idri, Alain Abran. 2014 « Improving fuzzy analogy based software development effort estimation ». 2014 21st Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) (Jeju, South Korea, Dec. 1-4, 2014) IEEE Computer Society
L. Buglione, Alain Abran. 2014 « Measurement process: improving the ISO 15939 standard ». 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement. (IWSM-MENSURA). Proceedings (Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 6-8, 2014) IEEE Computer Society
H. Soubra, Alain Abran, A. Ramdane-Cherif. 2014 « Verifying the accuracy of automation tools for the measurement of software with COSMIC -- ISO 19761 including an AUTOSAR-based example and a case study ». 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement. (IWSM-MENSURA). Proceedings (Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 6-8, 2014) IEEE Computer Society
V. Stroian, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 2014 « A white-box tool to set performance targets in software engineering management using the ISBSG repository ». 2014 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 22-24, 2014) IEEE
Charles Symons, Alain Abran, Cigdem Gencel, Chris Woodward, Jaroslaw Swierczek. 2014 « COSMIC workshop - Update on method v4.0, NFR and estimating ». 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (Mensura) (Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 06-08, 2014) IEEE
Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2014 « A UsiXML proposal for a pattern-oriented and model-driven architecture for interactive systems ». Seventh International Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences (ADVCOMP 2013) (Porto, Portugal, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2013 ) Curran Associates, Inc.
Feras Abu Talib, Dennis Giannacopoulos, Alain Abran. 2014 « Designing a standard-based measurement method for the safety requirements of medical device software ». 2014 16th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC) (Annecy, France, May 25-28, 2014)
Francisco Valdés Souto, Alain Abran. 2014 « COSMIC approximate sizing using a fuzzy logic approach: A quantitative case study with industry data ». Proceedings - 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2014 and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, Mensura 2014 (Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 6-8, 2014) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
l. B. Villalpando, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2014 « Methodology to determine relationships between performance factors in Hadoop cloud computing applications ». CLOSER 2014: 4th International conference on cloud computing (Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 3-5, 2014)
L. Buglione, Alain Abran. 2013 « Improving the User Story Agile Technique Using the INVEST Criteria ». 2013 Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM 2013)and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA 2013) (Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23-26, 2013) IEEE
L. Cheikhi, Alain Abran. 2013 « Promise and ISBSG software engineering data repositories: a survey ». 2013 Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM 2013)and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA 2013) (Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23-26, 2013) IEEE
Ali Idri, Aya Hassani, Alain Abran. 2013 « Assessing RBFN-based software cost estimation models ». The 25th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2013) (Boston, MA, USA, June 27-29, 2013)
Ali Idri, Karima Moumane, Alain Abran. 2013 « On the use of software quality standard ISO/IEC 9126 in mobile environments ». 2013 20th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) (Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 2-5, 2013) IEEE
K. R. Jayakumar, Alain Abran. 2013 « Analysis of ISBSG R12 data for understanding testing efforts ». 1st International Conference on IT Data Collection, Analysis and Benchmarking (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 3, 2013)
Beatriz Marin, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran. 2013 « Interaction models matter in the evaluation of quality of conceptual models ». Proceedings - 13th International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2013 (Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, July 29-30, 2013) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Fatih Nayebi, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2013 « An expert-based framework for evaluating iOS application usability ». Proceedings - Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, IWSM-MENSURA 2013 (Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23-26, 2013) IEEE Computer Society
F. A. Talib, D. Giannacopoulos, Alain Abran. 2013 « Designing a Measurement Method for the Portability Non-functional Requirement ». 2013 Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM 2013)and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA 2013) (Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23-26, 2013) IEEE
S. Trudel, Alain Abran. 2013 « Measurement of business rules specified as reusable components: exploratory study of its impact on the functional size of software projects ». 2013 Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM 2013)and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA 2013) (Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23-26, 2013) IEEE
M. Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2013 « Towards the Development of a Framework for Education in Software Measurement ». 2013 Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM 2013)and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA 2013) (Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23-26, 2013) IEEE
Khaled Almakadmeh, Alain Abran. 2012 « Workshop: Assigning scaling factors to software requirements documented at the beginning of a project ». The Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) and the 7th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (Mensura) IWSM/MENSURA 2012 (Assisi, Italy, Oct. 17-19, 2012)
S. Beland, Alain Abran. 2012 « A Measurement Framework to Support Continuous Improvement in Software Intensive Organizations ». 2012 Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 2012 7th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Assisi, Italy, Oct. 17-19, 2012) IEEE
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2012 « Workshop: The GP 2.8 Game - Deploying a balanced measurement plan by the 'Play'n'Learn' approach ». The Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) and the 7th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (Mensura) IWSM/MENSURA 2012 (Assisi, Italy, Oct. 17-19, 2012)
Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2012 « Analysis of the ISBSG software repository from the ISO 9126 view of software product quality ». 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2012 (Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 25-28, 2012) IEEE Computer Society
Carlos Monsalve, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2012 « On the expressiveness of business process modeling notations for software requirements elicitation ». 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2012 (Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 25-28, 2012) IEEE Computer Society
Fatih Nayebi, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2012 « The state of the art of mobile application usability evaluation ». 2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) (Montreal, QC, Canada, Apr. 29-May 2, 2012) IEEE Computer Society
Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2012 « A constructuvist approach for the teaching of software measurement ». IX Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Ingenieria de Software e Ingenieria del Conocimiento 2012, JIISIC 2012 (Lima, Peru, Nov. 28-30, 2012) Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP)
Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2012 « Software measurement in software engineering education: A delphi study to develop a list of teaching topics and related levels of learning ». 38th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) (Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, Sept. 5-8, 2012) IEEE Computer Society
Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2012 « The necessary software measurement knowledge in software engineering education from the practitioners' point of view ». 2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) (Montreal, QC, Canada, Apr. 29-May 2, 2012) IEEE Computer Society
Mohammad Zarour, Abdulrahman Alarifi, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2012 « Evaluating the assessment method of the software maintenance maturity model ». 2012 International Conference on Information Technology and e-Services (ICITeS) (Sousse, Tunisia, Mar. 24-26, 2012) IEEE Computer Society
Alain Abran. 2011 « Quality of the software measures proposed to the industry ». Proceedings of International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Quality: The Road Ahead, CONSEG 2011 (Bangalore, India, Feb. 17-19, 2011) Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited
Soumaya Barkallah, Abdelouahed Gherbi, Alain Abran. 2011 « COSMIC functional size measurement using UML models ». Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education (Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, Dec. 8-10, 2011) Springer
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Bugra Kocaturk, Alain Abran. 2011 « Using the COSMIC method to evaluate the quality of the documentation of Agile user stories ». Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (WSM-MENSURA) (Nara, Japan, Nov. 3-4, 2011) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
K. Lee, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2011 « 금융권 차세대시스템 구축 이후 금융 IT 발전 전략 ». Korean Financial IT Conference 2011 (South Korea, Oct. 20, 1011)
Carlos Monsalve, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2011 « BPM and requirements elicitation at multiple levels of abstraction : a review ». Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems (Avila, Spain, Mar. 11-13, 2011) International Association for Development of the Information Society
Carlos Monsalve, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2011 « Requirements elicitation using BPM notations : focusing on the strategic level representation ». 10th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer and Applied Computational Science (ACACOS) (Venice, Italy, Mar. 8-10, 2011) World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran, Sophie Stern, Amar Ramdan-Cherif. 2011 « Design of a functional size measurement procedure for real-time embedded software requirements expressed using the Simulink model ». Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Nara, Japan, Nov. 3-4, 2011) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran. 2011 « Bidirectional influence of defects and functional size ». Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Nara, Japan, Nov. 3-4, 2011) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2011 « Educational issues in the teaching of software measurement in software engineering undergraduate programs ». Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA) (Nara, Japan, Nov. 3-4, 2011) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Mohammad Zarour, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2011 « Evaluation of software process assessment methods : case study ». 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE) (Dublin, Ireland, May 30-June 1, 2011) Springer
Alain Abran, Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh. 2010 « A standards-based model for the specification of system design and implementation constraints ». 17th EuroSPI² Conference (Grenoble, France, Sept. 1-3, 2010)
Alain Abran, Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Juan José Cuadrado-Gallego. 2010 « Measurement model of software requirements derived from system maintainability requirements ». 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE) (San Francisco, CA, USA, July 1-3, 2010) Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2010 « Assessment of the quality of the documentation of functional user requirement using criteria derived from using COSMIC - ISO 19761 ». 20th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) (Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 10-12, 2010) Shaker Verlag
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran. 2010 « A generic model for the specification of software interface requirements and measurement of their functional size ». 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 24-26, 2010) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran. 2010 « Measurement of software requirements derived form system operations requirements ». 20th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) (Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 10-12, 2010) Shaker Verlag
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran. 2010 « Specification and measurement of system configuration non functional requirements ». 20th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) (Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 10-12, 2010) Shaker Verlag
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego. 2010 « A standards-based model for the specification and measurement of portability requirements ». 9th Annual International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 12-15, 2010) CSREA Press
Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Alain Abran, Luca Santillo. 2010 « Measurement of software requirements derived from system reliability requirements ». Proceedings of the Workshop on Advances in Functional Size Measurement and Effort Estimation (Maribor, Slovenia, June 21-25, 2010) Association for Computing Machinery
Beatriz Marìn, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Tanja E. J. Vos, Alain Abran. 2010 « Evaluating the usefulness of a functional size measurement procedure to detect defects in MDD models ». 4th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) (Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Sept. 16-17, 2010) Association for Computing Machinery
Carlos Monsalve, Alain Abran, Alain April. 2010 « Functional size measurement with business process models : the business application domain ». 20th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) (Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 10-12, 2010) Shaker Verlag
Carlos Monsalve, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2010 « Representing unique stakeholder perspectives in BPM notations ». 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (Montréal, Canada, May 24-26, 2010) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Edgardo Palza, J. Sanchez, G. Mamani, Alain Abran. 2010 « Implementing KPI with open source BI software in a academic department ». Workshop on Industrial Software Evolution and Maintenance Processes (WISEMP) In Computing Professionals (CP) (Montréal, Québec, Canada, April 23, 2010)
Malik Qasaimeh, Alain Abran. 2010 « Investigation of the capability of XP to support the requirements of ISO 9001 software process certification ». 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 24-26, 2010) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Normand Séguin, Alain Abran, Robert Dupuis. 2010 « Software engineering principles : a survey and an analysis ». 3rd C* Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (C3S2E) (Montreal, QC, Canada, May 19-20, 2010) Association for Computing Machinery
Hassan Soubra, Alain Abran, Sophie Stern, Amar Ramdane-Cherif. 2010 « Automation of functional size measurement of the model-based requirements of real-time embedded software ». 20th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) (Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 10-12, 2010) Shaker Verlag
Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2010 « Transformation rules in POMA architecture ». 9th Annual International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 12-15, 2010) CSREA Press
Manar Abu Talib, Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva. 2010 « Techniques for quantitative analysis of software quality throughout the SDLC : the SWEBOK guide coverage ». 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 24-26, 2010) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran. 2010 « Functional requirement improvements through size measurement : a case study with inexperienced measurers ». 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 24-26, 2010) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Francisco Valdès-Sauto, Alain Abran. 2010 « Comparing the estimation performance of the EPCU model with the expert judgment estimation approach using data from industry ». 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 24-26, 2010) Springer
Monica Villavicencio, Alain Abran. 2010 « Software measurement in software engineering education : a comparative analysis ». 20th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) (Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 10-12, 2010) Shaker Verlag
Mohammad Zarour, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Luigi Buglione. 2010 « Design and implementation of lightweight software process assessment methods : survey of best practices ». 10th International Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE) (Pisa, Italy, May 19-20, 2010)
Alain Abran, Juan José Cuadrado Gallego. 2009 « Software estimation: universal models or multiple models? ». Proceedings of the Twenty-First International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, SEKE 2009 (Boston, MA, USA, July 1-3, 2009)
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego. 2009 « Measurement and quantification are not the same : ISO 15939 and ISO 9126 ». Workshop on Software Measurement, 16th European Software Process Improvement Conference (EuroSPI) (Alcala, Madrid, Spain, Sept. 2-4, 2009)
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego. 2009 « Metrology and quantitative analysis in ISO 15939 ». Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering Research & Practice (Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 13-16, 2009) CSREA Press
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Pinar Efe Dikici, Mert Can Ilis, Irfan Nuri Karaca. 2009 « Functional size of a real-time system ». Software Process and Product Measurement : International Conferences IWSM 2009 and Mensura 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 4-6, 2009 : Proceedings (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov. 4-6, 2009) Springer-Verlag
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Witold Suryn. 2009 « Attributes and related base measures within ISO 9126 : a pareto analysis ». 17th International Software Quality Management (SQM) Conference and 14th International Conference for Process Improvement, Research and Education (INSPIRE) (Hampshire, United Kingdom, Apr. 6-8, 2009)
Cigdem Gencel, Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2009 « Improvement opportunities and suggestions for benchmarking ». Software Process and Product Measurement : International Conferences IWSM 2009 and Mensura 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 4-6, 2009 : Proceedings (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov. 4-6, 2009) Springer-Verlag
Beatriz Marin, Giovanni Giachetti, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran. 2009 « Identification of defects in conceptual models environments used MDA ». 12th Iberoamerican Conference on Requirements Engineering and Software Environments (IDEAS) (Medellin, Colombia, Apr. 13-17, 2009) Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2009 « Interactive systems engineering : a pattern-oriented model-driven architecture ». Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering Research & Practice (Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 13-16, 2009) CSREA Press
Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2009 « Patterns + personae = a human-centric infrastructure for web applications design ». 9th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE) (San Sebastian, Spain, June 24-26, 2009)
Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran. 2009 « Functional size measurement quality challenges for inexperienced measurers ». Software Process and Product Measurement : International Conferences IWSM 2009 and Mensura 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 4-6, 2009. Proceedings (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov. 4-6, 2009) Springer Berlin Heidelberg
M. Zarour, A. Abran, J. M. Desharnais. 2009 « Analysis of software process assessment methods ». 16th European Conference, EuroSPI 2009, Alcala (Madrid), Spain, September 2-4, 2009 (Alcala, Madrid, Spain, Sept. 2-4, 2009)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2008 « Performance calculation and estimation with QEST/LIME using ISBSG Release 10 data ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Milan, Italy, May 28-30, 2008)
Nelli Condori-Fernandez, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran, Asma Sellami. 2008 « Introduciendo conceptos de metrologia en el diseno de medidas de software ». IDEAS 2008 : XI Iberoamerican Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Environments (CIbSE) (Pernambuco, Brazil, Feb. 11-15, 2008)
Nelly Condori-Fernandez, Oscar Pastor, Alain Abran, Asma Sellami. 2008 « Introducing metrology concepts in the design of software measures ». Memorias de la 11th Conferencia Iberoamericana de Software Engineering - CIbSE 2008 (Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Feb. 13-17, 2008) Conferencia Iberoamericana de Software Engineering - CIbSE
Nelly Condori-Fernandez, Oscar Pastor, Maya Daneva, Alain Abran, Jaelson Castro. 2008 « Quantifying functional reuse from object-oriented requirements specifications ». 11th Workshop on Requirements Engineering (WER) (Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 12-13, 2008)
Jean-Daniel Cryans, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2008 « Criteria to compare cloud computing with current database technology ». Software Process and Product Measurement : International Workshop IWSM 2008, Metrikon 2008, and Mensura 2008 Munich, Germany, November 18-19, 2008. Proceedings (Munich, Germany, Nov. 17-19, 2008) Springer Verlag
Ali Idri, Abdelali Zakrani, Alain Abran. 2008 « Functional equivalence between radial basis function neural networks and fuzzy analogy in software cost estimation ». 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies : From Theory to Applications (ICTTA) (Damascus, Syria, April 7-11, 2008) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Mohamad Kassab, Olga Ormadjieva, Maya Daneva, Alain Abran. 2008 « Non-functional requirements size measurement Method (NFSM) with COSMIC-FFP ». Software Process and Product Measurement International Conference, IWSM-Mensura 2007, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 5-8, 2007. Revised Papers (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Nov. 5-8, 2007) Springer-Verlag
M. Manar Abu Talib, Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva. 2008 « Assessment of real-time software specifications quality using COSMIC-FFP ». Software Process and Product Measurement : International Conference, IWSM-Mensura 2007, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 5-8, 2007 : Revised Papers (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Nov. 5-8, 2007) Springer-Verlag
R. Rejas, JJ. Cuadrado-Gallego, MA. Sicilia, Alain Abran. 2008 « Information economy philosophy in universal education. the open educational resources (OER), technical, socioeconomics and legal aspects ». IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC) (Montreal, Canada, Jul.13-16, 2008) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
M. Taleb, A. Seffah, Alain Abran. 2008 « Pattern-oriented architecture for Web applications ». 3rd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) (Barcelona, Spain, March 3-6, 2007) INSTICC Press
Sylvie Trudel, Alain Abran. 2008 « Improving quality of functional requirements by measuring their functional size ». Software Process and Product Measurement : International Workshop IWSM 2008, Metrikon 2008, and Mensura 2008 Munich, Germany, November 18-19, 2008. Proceedings (Munich, Germany, Nov. 18-19, 2008) Springer Verlag
Alain Abran, Juan Garbajosa, Laila Cheikhi. 2007 « Estimating the testing volume and effort for testing and verification and validation ». Proceedings of the IWSM - Mensura 2007 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Nov. 5-9, 2007) UIB-Universitat de les Illes Baleares
Manar Abu Talib, Olga Ormnandjeva, Alain Abran. 2007 « AS-TRM and functional size with COSMIC-FFP ». IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (Vigo, Spain, June 4-7, 2007) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Luc Bégnoche, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2007 « A measurement approach integrating ISO 1539 CMMI and ISBSG ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, May 9-11, 2007)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2007 « Improving estimations in agile projects: issues and avenues ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, May 9-11, 2007)
Juan Jose Cuadrado-Gallego, Daniel Rodriguez, Fernando Machado, Alain Abran. 2007 « Convertibility between IFPUG and COSMIC Functional Size Measurements ». Product-Focused Software Process Improvement : 8th International Conference, PROFES 2007, Riga, Latvia, July 2-4, 2007 : Proceedings (Riga, Latvia, Jul. 2-4, 2007) Springer-Verlag
A. Idri, Alain Abran, E. Mendes. 2007 « Fuzzy radial basis function neural networks for web applications cost estimation ». 4th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT) (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18-20, 2007) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
A. Idri, A. Zahi, Alain Abran. 2007 « Impacts des techniques de construction des ensembles flous sur la précision d'un modèle d'estimation des coûts de logiciels par analogie floue ». International Conferences : Sciences of Electronic, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications (SETIT) (Hammamet, Tunisia, March 25-29, 2007)
A. Khelifi, Alain Abran. 2007 « Design steps for development software measurement standards etalons for ISO 19761 (COSMIC - FFP) ». Proceeding of the 11th WSEAS international conference on computers: computer science and technology (Agios Nicolaos, Greece, July 26-28, 2007) World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
M. Taleb, A. Seffah, Alain Abran. 2007 « Patterns-oriented design applied to cross-platform web-based interactive systems ». IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) (Las Vegas, NV, USA, Aug.13-15, 2007) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah, Alain Abran. 2007 « Model-driven architecture for web applications ». Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Design and Usability 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007, Proceedings, Part I (Beijing, China, Jul. 22-27, 2007) Springer-Verlag
Manar Abu Talib, Adel Khelifi, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva. 2007 « A case-study using the COSMIC-FFP measurement method for assessing real-time systems specifications ». Proceedings of the IWSM - Mensura 2007 (Baleares, Spain, Nov. 5-9, 2007) UIB-Universitat de les Illes Baleares
S. Valdes, Alain Abran. 2007 « Industry case studies of estimation models based on fuzzy sets ». Proceedings of the IWSM - Mensura 2007 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Nov. 5-9, 2007) UIB-Universitat de les Illes Baleares
Mohammad Zarour, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2007 « A framework to compare software process assessment methods dedicated to small and very small organizations ». International Conference on Software Quality ICSQ 2007. Proceedings (Denver, CO, USA, Oct. 16-17, 2007) ASQ
Alain Abran. 2006 « A Roadmap to Maturity for Software Measures ». Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement : MENSURA 2006 (Cadiz, Spain, Nov. 4-5, 2006) Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz
Alain Abran, R. Al Quataish, J. Cuardrado. 2006 « Investigation of the metrology concepts within ISO 9126 on software product quality evaluation ». Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Computers (Athens, Greece, Jul.13-15, 2006) World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
M. Abu Talibq, Alain Abran, O. Ormandjieva. 2006 « Markov model and functional size with COSMIC-FFP ». IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (Montreal, Canada, Jul. 9-13, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pierre Bourque, V. Stroian, Alain Abran. 2006 « Proposed concepts for a tool for multidimensional performance modeling in software engineering management ». IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (Montreal, Canada, Jul. 9-13, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
L. Buglione, Alain Abran, D. Girard. 2006 « R-LIME : improving the risk dimension in the LIME model ». Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress for Software Quality : September 26-30, 2005, Munich, Germany (Munich, Germany, Sept. 26-30, 2005) ISQI
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2006 « Introducing root-cause analysis and orthogonal defect classification at lower CMMI maturity levels ». Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement : MENSURA 2006 (Cadiz, Spain, Nov. 4-5, 2006) Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz
Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Witold Suryn. 2006 « Harmonization of usability measurements in IS09126 software engineering standards ». IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (Montreal, Canada, Jul. 9-13, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Maya Daneva, Olga Ormandjieva, Manar Abu Talib, Alain Abran. 2006 « A case study of metric-based and scenario driven black box testing for SAP projects ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM-MetriKon) (Postdam, Germany, Nov. 1-3, 2006) Shaker-Verlag
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, J. Cuadrado. 2006 « Convertibility of function points to COSMIC-FPP: identification and analysis fo functional outliers ». Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement : MENSURA 2006 (Cadiz, Spain, Nov. 6-8, 2006) Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz
Reiner Dumke, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2006 « Suggestions for improving measurement plans: first results from a BMP application ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) : Proceedings of SMEF 2006 (Rome, Italy, May 10-12, 2006)
Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Samir Mbarki. 2006 « An experiment on the design of radial basis function neural networks for software cost estimation ». 2nd Information and Communication Technologies (ICTTA) (Damascus, Syria, April 24-28, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Ali Idri, Azeddine Zahi, Alain Abran. 2006 « Generating fuzzy term sets for software project attributes by using fuzzy C-means and real coded genetic algorithms ». International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Muslim World (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 21-23, 2006)
Ali Idri, Azeddine Zahi, Alain Abran. 2006 « Software cost estimation by fuzzy analogy for web hypermedia applications ». Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement : MENSURA 2006 (Cadiz, Spain, Nov. 6-8, 2006) Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz
Stéphane Mercier, Alain Abran, Michel Lavoie, Roger Champagne. 2006 « Unified software method: towards a method of measurement of the necessary changes to software in maintenance ». Applied Software Measurement : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2006, 2.-3. November 2006, Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany (Postdam, Germany, Nov. 2-4, 2006) Shaker Verlag
Luis Molinié, Xavier Olleros, Alain Abran. 2006 « The different Linux's games ». Latin-American Council of the School of Administration (CLADEA) (Montpellier, France, Sept.10-13, 2006)
Hamdam Msheik, Alain Abran, Hamad Mcheick, Dimitrios Touloumis, Adel Khelifi. 2006 « CoMet : a tool using CUMM to measure unused components members ». IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, March 8, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Hamdan Msheik, Alain Abran. 2006 « Extending CSCM to support interface versioning ». IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (Montreal, Canada, Jul. 9-13, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
J. Ouwerkerk, Alain Abran. 2006 « An evaluation of the design of use case points (UCP) ». Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement : MENSURA 2006 (Cadiz, Spain, Nov. 6-8, 2006) Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz
D-A Paquette, Alain April, Alain Abran. 2006 « Assessment results using the software maintenance maturity model (S3m) ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM-Metrikon) (Postdam, Germany, Nov. 2-3, 2006) Shaker-Verlag
Luca Santillo, Alain Abran. 2006 « Software reuse evaluation based on functional similarity in COSMIC-FFP size components ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, May 10-12, 2006)
Normand Séguin, Renaud Loiselle Dupuis, Alain Abran, Robert Dupuis. 2006 « Les principes du génie logiciel s'appliquent-ils au logiciel libre? ». 74e Congrès de l’ACFAS : Le savoir, trame de la modernité (Montréal, QC, Canada, 15-19 mai 2006)
Anabel Stambollian, Alain Abran. 2006 « Survey of automation tools supporting COSMIC-FFP-ISO 19761 ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM-Metrikon) (Postdam, Germany, Nov. 2-3, 2006) Shaker Verlag
V. Stroian, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 2006 « Visualization - a key concept for multidimensional performance modeling in software engineering management ». IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 25-28, 2006) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
A. Abran, J. Garbajosa. 2005 « Estimating the required test volume and effort for software verification and validation ». First Annual ESA Workshop on Spacecraft Data Systems and Software (SDSS 2005) (Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Oct. 17-20, 2005) ESTEC
Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al Qutaish, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Naji Habra. 2005 « An information model for software quality measurement with ISO standards ». International Conference on Software Development (SWDC-REK) (Reykjavik, Iceland, May 27-June 1, 2005)
Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, F. Azziz. 2005 « Measurement convertibility : from function points to COSMIC-FFP ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, Canada, Sept.12-14, 2005) Shaker Verlag
Alain Abran, J. Garbajosa-Sopena. 2005 « Estimating software validation required test volume and effort ». 1st Annual ESA Workshop on Spacecraft Data Systems and Software (SDSS) (Noordwijk, Netherlands, Oct. 17-20, 2005) European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Leonard L. Tripp. 2005 « An international consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». ONTOSE 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Ontology, Conceptualizations and Epistemology for Software and Systems Engineering (Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, June 9-10, 2005) Sun SITE Central Europe CEUR-WS
Rafa E. Al Qutaish, Alain Abran. 2005 « An analysis of the design and definitions of halstead's metrics ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, Canada, Sept. 12-14, 2006) Shaker Verlag
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2005 « A model for performance management and estimation ». IEEE International Symposium on Software Metrics (2005) (Como, Italy, Sept. 19-22, 2005) IEEE Computer Society
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2005 « Improving measurement plans form multiple dimensions : exercising with balancing multiple dimensions - BMP ». Workshop Methods for Learning Metrics (Como, Italy, Sept. 19-22, 2005)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2005 « Multidimensional project management tracking & control : related measurement issues ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) : Proceedings of SMEF 2005 (Rome, Italy, Mar. 16-18, 2005)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2005 « Software measurement body of knowledge - overview of empirical support ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, Canada, Sept. 12-14, 2005) Shaker Verlag
Laila Cheikhi, Alain Abran, Miguel Lopez. 2005 « Analysis of the designs of coupling measures - a case study ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montréal, Canada, Sept.12-14, 2005) Shaker Verlag
David Déry, Alain Abran. 2005 « Investigation of the effort data consistency in the ISBSG repository ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montréal, Canada, Sept.12-14, 2005) Shaker Verlag
Miguel Lopez, Alain Abran, Grégoire Seront, Naji Habra. 2005 « On the impact of the types conversion in java onto the coupling measurement ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, Canada, Sept. 12-14, 2005) Shaker Verlag
Olavo Mendes, Alain Abran. 2005 « Issues in the development of an ontology for an emerging engineering discipline ». 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE 2005 (Taipei, Taiwan, July 14-16, 2005) Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School
Luis Molinie, Xavier Olleros, Alain Abran. 2005 « Open source technology adoption : an exploratory study of Linux market share ». IPSI-2005 France Conference (Carcassonne, France, Apr. 23-26, 2005)
Asma Sellami, Alain Abran. 2005 « Analyse de COSMIC-FFP selon la perspective de métrologie ». 5e Journée Scientifique des Jeunes Chercheurs en Génie Électrique et Informatique (GEI) (Sousse, Tunisie, 25-27 mars 2005)
Witold Suryn, Daniel Girard. 2005 « Suryn-Abran consolidated quality lifecycle (CQL) model - The applicative evolution ». Business Information System 2005 - 8th International Conference on Business Information Systems (Poznan, Poland, Apr. 20-22, 2005) Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
Manar Abu Talib, Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva. 2005 « COSMIC-FFP & functional complexity (FC) measures: a study of their scales, units and scale types ». Innovations in software measurement : proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 12-14, 2005, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, Canada, Sept. 12-14, 2005) Shaker Verlag
Manar Abu Talib, Olga Ormandjieva, Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2005 « Scenario-based Black-Box Testing in COSMIC-FFP ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) : Proceedings of SMEF 2005 (Rome, Italy, Mar. 16-18, 2005)
Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione. 2004 « The Software Measurement Body of Knowledge ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, Jan. 28-30, 2004)
Alain Abran, Luigi Buglione, Asma Sellami. 2004 « Software measurement body of knowledge - initial validation using Vincenti's classification of engineering knowledge types ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Alain Abran, Bianca Gil, Éric Lefebvre. 2004 « Estimation models based on functional profiles ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Alain Abran, Adel Khelifi, Luigi Buglione. 2004 « A system of references for software measurements with ISO 19761 (COSMIC-FFP) ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Alain Abran, Miguel Lopez, Naji Habra. 2004 « An Analyses of the McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity Number ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Alain Abran, R. Meli, Charles Symons. 2004 « COSMIC full function point method : 2004 - State of the Art ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, Jan. 28-30, 2004)
Alain Abran, Olga Ormandjieva, Manar Abu Talib. 2004 « Information theory-based functional complexity measures : functional size with COSMIC–FFP ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Alain Abran, Normand Séguin, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis. 2004 « The search for software engineering principles : an overview of results ». Conference on Principles of Software Engineering (Prise) (Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 2004)
Alain Abran, Asma Sellami. 2004 « Analysis of software measures using metrology concepts- ISO 19761 case study ». 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) (Porto, Portugal, Apr. 14-17, 2004)
Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner Dumke. 2004 « Software maintenance productivity measurement: how to assess the readiness of your organisation ». Software measurement - research and application : proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress, IWSM/MetriKon 2004, 2. - 5. November 2004, Königs Wusterhausen, Germany ; [proceedings of the joined confe (Königs Wusterhausen, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke. 2004 « Assessment of software maintenance capability : a model and its architecture ». IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering (Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 17-19, 2004) IASTED/ACTA Press
Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke. 2004 « SMCMM model to evaluate and improve the quality of the software maintenance process ». Eighth European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (Tampere, Finland, March 24-26, 2004) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke. 2004 « SMcmm model to evaluate and improve the quality of software maintenance process : overview of the model ». 4th International SPICE Conference on process assessment and improvement (Lisbon, Portugal, Apr. 27-29, 2004)
Saadi Azzouz, Alain Abran. 2004 « A proposed measurement role in the rational unified process and its implementation with ISO 19761: COSMIC-FFP ». Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF) (Rome, Italy, Jan. 28-30, 2004)
Sylvain Béland, Alain Abran. 2004 « Utilisation d'un "balanced scoreboard" pour l'intégration des mesures associées à un programme d'assurance qualité ». Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (CUSEC) (Montréal, QC, Canada, 15-17 janv. 2004)
Pierre Bourque, Sybille Wolff, Robert Dupuis, Asma Sellami, Alain Abran. 2004 « Lack of consensus on measurement in software engineering: investigation on related issues ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, Julien Viltz, François Gruselin, Naji Habra. 2004 « Verification and validation of a knowledge-based system ». Software Measurement : Research and Application : Proceedints of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2004 « La gestion des incertitudes dans les modèles à base de cas d'estimation des coûts de logiciels ». 7ième Colloque Africain sur la Recherche en Informatique (CARI) (Hammamet, Tunisie, 22-25 nov. 2004)
Ali Idri, Samir Mbarki, Alain Abran. 2004 « Application du réseau de neurones RBFN à l'estimation des coûts de logici ». 7ème Colloque Africain sur la Recherche en Informatique (CARI) (Hammamat, Tunisie, 22-25 nov. 2004)
Ali Idri, Samir Mbarki, Alain Abran. 2004 « Validating and understanding software cost estimation models based on neural networks ». International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies : From Theory to Applications (Damascus, Syria, Apr. 19-23, 2004) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Nihal Kececi, Alain Abran. 2004 « Traceability analysis: an application for verifying functional correctness ». Real-time Programming 2004 (WRTP 2004): A Proceedings Volume from the 28th IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Real-Time Programming, WRTP 2004 and the International Workshop on Software Engineering, IWSS 2004 Istanbul, Turkey, 8-10 September 2004 (Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 8-10, 2004)
Hamdan Msheik, Alain Abran, Éric Lefebvre. 2004 « Compositional structured component model : handling selective functional composition ». 30th Euromicro Conference (Rennes, France, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2004) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Hamdan Msheik, Alain Abran, Hamad Mcheick, Pierre Bourque. 2004 « Measuring components' unused members ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Edgardo Palza, Alain Abran, Christopher Fuhrman. 2004 « V&V Measurements Management Issues in Safety-Critical Software ». Software Measurement - Research and Application : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Metrics and DASMA Software Metrik Kongress IWSM/MetriKon 2004 (Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2-5, 2004) Shaker Verlag
Edgardo Palza, Christopher Fuhrman, Alain Abran. 2004 « Establishing a generic and multidimensional measurement repository in CMMI context ». 28th Annual NASA Goddard Software Engineering Workshop (Greenbelt, MD, USA, Dec. 3-4, 2003) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Witold Suryn, Alain Abran, Claude Laporte. 2004 « An integrated life cycle quality model for general public market software products ». Actes-12th International Software Quality Management & INSPIRE Conference (BSI) 2004 (Canterbury, UK, Apr. 5-7, 2004)
Cornelius Wille, Reiner Dumke, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2004 « E-learning infrastructure for software engineering education : steps in ontology modeling for SWEBOK ». IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering (Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 17-19, 2004) IASTED
Alain Abran, René Braungarten, Reiner Dumke. 2003 « Web-based Support for White Box Software Estimation ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Alain Abran, Martin Kunz, Reiner Dumke, Luigi Buglione. 2003 « A prototype web-based implementation of the QEST model ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Alain Abran, Edgardo Palza. 2003 « Design of a generic industrial performance measurement repository in industry ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Alain Abran, Asma Sellami. 2003 « Measurement and metrology requirements for empirical studies in software engineering ». 10th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) (Montreal, Canada, Oct. 6-8, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Alain Abran, Asma Sellami, Witold Suryn. 2003 « Metrology, measurement and metrics in software engineering ». Ninth International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS) (Sydney, NSW, Australia, Sept. 3-5, 2003) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Alain Abran, Witold Suryn, Adel Khelifi, Juergen Rilling, Ahmed Seffah, François Robert. 2003 « Consolidating the ISO usability models ». 11th International Software Quality Management Conference and the 8th Annual INSPIRE Conference (Glasgow, Scotland, Apr. 23-25, 2003)
Alain April, Alain Abran, Reiner R. Dumke. 2003 « Software maintenance capability maturity model (SM-CMM): process performance measurement ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Shaker Verlag
Pierre Bourque, Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Alain April. 2003 « Bloom's taxonomy levels for three software engineer profiles ». Eleventh Annual International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) (Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 19-21, 2003) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2003 « Assessment of measurement indicators in software process improvement frameworks ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2003 « Approximation techniques for measuring Function Points ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Robert Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 2003 « SWEBOK guide : an overview of trial usages in the field of education ». 33rd Annual Frontiers in Education (Westminster, CO, USA, Nov. 5-8, 2003) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
François Robert, Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque. 2003 « A technical review of the software construction knowledge area in the SWEBOK guide ». 10th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) (Montreal, Canada, Oct. 6-8, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Asma Sellami, Alain Abran. 2003 « The contribution of metrology concepts to understanding and clarifying a proposed framework for software measurement validation ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Witold Suryn, Alain Abran, Alain April. 2003 « ISO/IEC SQuaRE. The second generation of standards for software product quality ». Seventh IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (Marina Del Rey, CA, USA, Nov. 3-5, 2003) ACTA Press
Witold Suryn, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran, Claude Y. Laporte. 2003 « Software product quality practices - quality measurement and evaluation using TL9000 and ISO/IEC 9126 ». 10th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) (Montreal, Canada, Oct. 6-8, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Witold Suryn, François Robert, Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, Roger Champagne. 2003 « Experimental support analysis of the software construction knowledge area in the SWEBOK guide ». 10th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) (Montreal, Canada, Oct. 6-8, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Cornelius Wille, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Reiner Dumke. 2003 « The quality concepts and sub concepts in SWEBOK : an ontology challenge ». Investigations in software measurement : proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Software Measurement, September 23-25, 2003, Montréal, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 23-25, 2003) Springer-Verlag
Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis. 2002 « The SWEBOK initiative and software measurement intentions ». Software measurement and estimation : proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Software Measurement, October 7-9, 2002, Magdeburg, Germany (Magdeburg, Germany, Oct. 7-9, 2002) Shaker
Alain Abran, Reiner Dumke, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Iphigenie Ndiaye, Christian Kolbe. 2002 « A strategy for a credible and auditable estimation process using the ISBSG international Data repository ». Software measurement and estimation : proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Software Measurement, October 7-9, 2002, Magdeburg, Germany (Magdeburg, Germany, Oct. 7-9, 2002) Shaker
Alain Abran, Peter Fagg, Roberto Meli, Charles Symons. 2002 « ISO transposition and clarifications of the COSMIC FFP method of functional sizing ». Software measurement and estimation : proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Software Measurement, October 7-9, 2002, Magdeburg, Germany (Magdeburg, Germany, Oct. 7-9, 2002) Shaker
Alain Abran, Asma Sellami. 2002 « Initial modeling of the measurement concepts in the ISO vocabulary of terms in metrology ». Software measurement and estimation : proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Software Measurement, October 7-9, 2002, Magdeburg, Germany (Magdeburg, Germany, Oct. 7-9, 2002) Shaker
L. Buglione, A. Abran. 2002 « The graphical factor quality approach for managing ». 12th International Conference on Software Quality (ICSQ'2002) (Ottawa, ON, Canada, Oct. 8-9, 2002)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2002 « ICEBERG : a different look at software project management ». Software measurement and estimation : proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Software Measurement, October 7-9, 2002, Magdeburg, Germany (Magdeburg, Germany, Oct. 7-9, 2002) Shaker
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran, André Mayers, Luigi Buglione, Valery Bevo. 2002 « Knowledge modeling for the design of a KBS in the functional size measurement domain ». Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies (Polo di Crema, Italy, Sept. 16-18, 2002) IOS Press
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Tim Kuessing, Alain Abran, Andre Mayers. 2002 « Design of a diagnostic tool to improve the quality of the functional measurement ». Software measurement and estimation : proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Software Measurement, October 7-9, 2002, Magdeburg, Germany (Magdeburg, Germany, Oct. 7-9, 2002) Shaker
Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar. 2002 « Estimating software project effort by analogy based on linguistic values ». 8th IEEE Symposium on Software Metrics (Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 4-7, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Ali Idri, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Alain Abran. 2002 « Can neural networks be easily interpreted in software cost estimation? ». IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Honolulu, HI, USA, May 12-17, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Nihal Kececi, Wolfgang A. Halang, Alain Abran. 2002 « A semi-formal method to verify correctness of functional requirements specifications of complex systems ». Design and Analysis of Distributed Embedded Systems : IFIP 17th World Computer Congress - TC10 Stream on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES 2002) August 25–29, 2002, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 25-29, 2002) Springer
De Tran-Cao, Ghislain Levesque, Alain Abran. 2002 « Measuring software functional size : towards an effective measurement of complexity ». IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (Montreal, Canada, Oct. 3-6, 2002) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
A. Abran, S. Oligny, C. R. Symons. 2001 « COSMIC FFP and the world-wide field trials strategy ». New approaches in software measurement : 10th International Workshop, IWSM 2000 (Berlin, Allemagne, Oct. 04-06, 2000) Springer
A. Abran, C. Symons, S. Oligny. 2001 « An overview of COSMIC-FFP field trial results ». Project Control: Satisfying the customer. Proceedings of ESCOM 2001, 2-4 April 2001, London, United Kingdom (London, UK, Apr. 2-4, 2001) Shaker Publishing
Alain April, J. A. Bouman, Alain Abran, D Al-Shurougi. 2001 « Software maintenance in a service level agreement: controlling the customer expectations ». Proceedings of the Fourth european conference on software measurement and ICT control (FESMA-DASMA 2001) (Heidleberg, Germany, May 8-11, 2011)
V. Bevo, G. Lévesque, A. Abran, J.-G. Meunier. 2001 « Approche multi-agents pour la mesure de la taille fonctionnelle des logiciels ». Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement (Montréal, QC, Canada, 28-29 aug. 2001)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2001 « Creativity and innovation in SPI : an exploratory paper on their measurement ». Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québéc) Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2001) Shaker Verlag
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2001 « Multidimensionality in software performance measurement : the QEST/LIME models ». 2nd International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Science and Education on the Internet (SSGRR) (L'Aquila, Italy, Aug. 6-12, 2001)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2001 « QF2D : quality factor through QFD applications ». 4th International Congress on Quality and Reliability (Annecy, France, Mar. 22-23, 2001)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2001 « QF2D: a different way to measure Software Quality ». New Approaches in Software Measurement: 10th International Workshop, IWSM 2000, Berlin, Germany, October 4-6, 2000, Proceedings (Berlin, Germany, Oct. 4-6, 2000) Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran, Roberto Meli. 2001 « How functional size measurement supports the balanced scorecard framework for ICT ». 4th European Conference on Software Measurement and ICT Control (FESMA-DASMA) (Heidelberg, Germany, May 8-11, 2001)
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2001 « Applying a functional measurement method: cognitive issues ». Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québéc) Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2001) Shaker Verlag
Francis Dion, Thanh Khiet Tran, Alain Abran. 2001 « Mapping processes between parallel, hierarchical, and orthogonal system representations ». New Approaches in Software Measurement: 10th International Workshop, IWSM 2000, Berlin, Germany, October 4–6, 2000 Proceedings (Berlin, Germany, Oct. 4-6, 2000) Springer Berlin Heidelberg
R. R. Dumke, M. Lother, A. Abran. 2001 « An approach for integrated software measurement processes in the IT area ». 4th European Conference on Software Measurement and ICT Control (FESMA-DASMA 2001) (Heidelberg, Germany, May 8-11, 2001)
Thomas Fetcke, Alain Abran, Reiner Dumke. 2001 « A generalized representation for selected functional size measurement methods ». Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québéc) Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2001) Shaker Verlag
Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2001 « A fuzzy logic based set of measures for software project similarity : validation and possible improvements ». 7th International Software Metrics Symposium. METRICS (London, UK, Apr. 4-6, 2001) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2001 « Evaluating software project similarity by using linguistic quantifier guided aggregations ». Joint 9th IFSA World Congress and 20th NAFIPS International Conference (Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 25-28, 2001) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Taghi M. Khosgoftaar. 2001 « Fuzzy analogy : a new approach for software cost estimation ». Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québéc) Canada (Montréal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2001) Shaker Verlag
N. Kececi, A. Abran. 2001 « Measuring and assessing software quality in a logic based graphical model ». QUALITA 2001, 4e Congrès international pluridisciplinaire Qualité et Sureté de Fonctionnement (Annecy, France, Mar. 22-23, 2001) ESIA, Université de Savoie
N. Kececi, Alain Abran. 2001 « An integrated measurement for functional requirement correctness ». Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québéc) Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2001) Shaker Verlag
I. Ndiaye, A. Abran, G. Lévesque. 2001 « Mesure de la fiabilité de SLIM ». Current Trends in Software Measurement. Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québec) Canada (Montréal, QC, Canada, 28-29 aug. 2001)
De Tran-Cao, Alain Abran, Ghislain Lévesque. 2001 « Functional complexity measurement ». Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement, August 28-29, 2001, Montréal (Québéc) Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 28-29, 2001) Shaker Verlag
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2000 « The emerging consensus on the software engineering body of knowledge ». Proceedings of Conference on Information technology for business management : 16th World Computer Congress 2000 (Beijing, China, Aug. 21-25, 2000) Publishing House of Electronics Industry
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp. 2000 « Developing Consensus on the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge ». Proceedings of Conference on Information technology for business management : 16th World Computer Congress 2000 (Beijing, China, Aug. 21-25, 2000) Publishing House of Electronics Industry
L. Buglione, A. Abran. 2000 « LIME: a three-dimensional software performance measurement model for project management ». The Second World Congress for Software Quality (2WCSQ): Software Quality for the Coming New Millennium. Proceedings (Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 25-29, 2000) JUSE
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 2000 « Balanced scorecards and GQM: what are the differences? ». FESMA-AEMES Software Measurement Conference 2000 : Management Excellence throuth IT Measurement ; Madrid, 18-20 Oct. 2000 (Madrid, Spain, Oct. 18-20, 2000) Federation of European Software Measurement Association
Vinh T. Ho, Alain Abran, Serge Oligny. 2000 « Using COSMIC-FFP to quantify functional reuse in software development ». Project control : the human factor : proceedings of ESCOM-SCOPE 2000, 18-20 April 2000, Munich, Germany (Munich, Germany, Apr. 8-20, 2000) Shaker Publishing B.V.
A. Idri, A. Abran. 2000 « La mise en valeur d'une approche floue pour l'évaluation du coût de développement de logiciels ». CARI 2000 : actes du 5e colloque africain sur la recherche en informatique = proceedings of the 5th African conference on research in computer science (Antanarivo, Madagascar, 16-19 oct. 2000) INRIA
Ali Idri, Alain Abran. 2000 « Towards a fuzzy logic based measures for software projects similarity ». MCSEAI 2000 - Sixth Maghrebian Conference on Computer Sciences (Fez, Morocco, Nov. 1-3, 2000)
Ali Idri, Alain Abran, Laïla Kjiri. 2000 « COCOMO cost model using fuzzy logic ». 7th International Conference on Fzzy Theory & Technology (Atlantic City, NJ, USA, Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 2000)
Roberto Meli, Alain Abran, Vinh T. Ho, Serge Oligny. 2000 « On the applicability of COSMIC-FFP for measuring software throughout its life cycle ». Project control : the human factor : proceedings of ESCOM-SCOPE 2000, 18-20 April 2000, Munich, Germany (Munich, Germany, Apr. 8-20, 2000) Shaker Publishing B.V.
S. Oligny, P. Bourque, A. Abran, B. Fournier. 2000 « Exploring the relation between effort and duration in software engineering projects ». Proceedings of Conference on Information technology for business management : 16th World Computer Congress 2000 (Beijing, China, Aug. 21-25, 2000) Publishing House of Electronics Industry
Michelle Rivet, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 2000 « A cognitive approach and the implementation of a measurement program ». Project control : the human factor : proceedings of ESCOM-SCOPE 2000, 18-20 April 2000, Munich, Germany (Munich, Germany, Apr. 8-20, 2000) Shaker Publishing B.V.
Alain Abran, Jean-Philippe Jacquet. 1999 « A structured analysis of the new ISO standard on functional size measurement-definition of concepts ». Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society 4th International Symposium and Forum on Software Engineering Standards, 17-21 May 1999 (Curitiba, Brazil, May 17-21, 1999) IEEE Computer Society
Valéry Beévo, Ghislain Lévesque, Alain Abran. 1999 « Application de la méthode FFP à partir d'une spécification selon la notation UML: compte rendu des premiers essais d'application et questions ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, 8-10 sept. 1999)
L. Buglione, A. Abran. 1999 « A quality factor for software ». Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Quality and Reliability (QUALITA 1999) (Paris, France, Mar. 25-26, 1999) MAPE
L. Buglione, A. Abran. 1999 « LIME: A three-dimensional measurement model for life cycle project management ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, Sept. 8-10, 1999)
Luigi Buglione, Alain Abran. 1999 « Multidimensional software performance measurement models: a tetrahedron-based design ». Software Measurement: Current Trends in Research and Practice (Magdeburg, Germany, Sept. 17-18, 1998) Deutscher Universitätsverlag
J. M. Desharnais, D. St-Pierre, S. Oligny, A. Abran. 1999 « Software layers and measurement ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, Sept. 8-10, 1999)
F. Dion, A. Abran. 1999 « Decisions and justification in the context of industrial-level software engineering ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, Sept. 8-10, 1999)
V. T. Ho, A. Abran. 1999 « A framework for automatic function point counting from source code ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, Sept. 8-10, 1999)
Jean-Philippe Jacquet, Alain Abran. 1999 « Metrics validation proposals: a structured analysis ». Software Measurement: Current Trends in Research and Practice (Magdeburg, Germany, Sept. 17-18, 1998) Deutscher Universitätsverlag
C. Lokan, A. Abran. 1999 « Multiple viewpoints in functional size measurement ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, Sept. 8-10, 1999)
L. Molinié, A. Abran. 1999 « Software outsourcing contracts: an economic analysis based on agency theory ». International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'99) (Lac Supérieur, QC, Canada, Sept. 8-10, 1999)
S. Oligny, A. Abran. 1999 « On the compatibility between full function points and IFPUG function points ». Project control for software quality : proceedings of ESCOM-SCOPE 99, 27-29 April 1999, Herstmonceux Castle, United Kingdom : combining the 10th ESCOM (European Software Control and Metrics Conference) Conference with the 2nd SCOPE (Software Certification (Herstmonceux Castle, UK, Apr. 27-29, 1999) Shaker
S. Oligny, A. Abran, D. St-Pierre, J. M. Desharnais. 1999 « Innovations dans la mesure de la taille fonctionnelle du logiciel ». Software & systems engineering and their applications : December 8-10, 1999 : CNAM, Paris, France : ICSSEA '99 : 12th international conference : proceedings (Paris, France, 8-10 dec. 1999) CNAM
Serge Oligny, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 1999 « A method for measuring the functional size of embedded software ». Troisième conférence internationale sur l'automatisation industrielle, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, 7-9 juin 1999 : actes de la conférence = Third International Conference on Industrial Automation, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, (Montreal, Canada, June 7-9, 1999) Association Internationale de l'Automatisation Industrielle
Alain April, Alain Abran, E. Merlo. 1998 « Configuration management extensions for millennium compliance: an experience report ». SoST'98 : Symposium on Software Technology : process improvement: putting software engineering to work, Facultad de Ingenieria, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1-2, 1998 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 1-2, 1998) Reprografias JMA S.A.
Alain April, Alain Abran, Ettore Merlo. 1998 « Process assurance audits: lessons learned ». Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Software Engineering (Kyoto, Japan, Apr. 19-25, 1998) IEEE
J. M. Desharnais, A. Abran, D. St-Pierre. 1998 « Functional size of real-time software ». Proceedings of 11th International Conference Software Engineering & its Applications (ICSEA'98) (Paris, France, Dec. 8-10, 1998)
T. Fetcke, A. Abran, T.-H. Nguyen. 1998 « Function point analysis for the OO-Jacobson method: a mapping approach ». The European Software Measurement Conference : FESMA 98 : business improvement through software measurement (Antwerp, Belgium, May 6-8, 1998)
M. Maya, A. Abran, S. Oligny, D. St-Pierre. 1998 « Measuring the functional size of real-time software ». Project control for 2000 and beyond : proceedings of ESCOM-ENCRESS 98, 27-29 May 1998, Rome, Italy (Rome, Italy, May 27-29, 1998) Shaker
S. Oligny, A. Abran, J. M. Desharnais, P. Morris. 1998 « Functional size of real-time software: overview of field tests ». 13th International Forum on COCOMO and Software Cost Modeling, Los Angeles, CA, 1998 (Los Angeles, CA, USA, Oct. 6-8, 1998)
S. Oligny, D. Godcharles, W. Seto, P. Bourque, A. Abran. 1998 « A data collection framework for IT governance ». Project control for 2000 and beyond : proceedings of ESCOM-ENCRESS 98 (Rome, Italy, May 27-29, 1998) Shaker
A. Abran, M. Maya. 1997 « Measurement of functional reuse ». Eighth Annual Workshop on Software Reuse, March 23-26, 1997, Columbus, Ohio (Columbus, OH, USA, Mar. 23-26, 1997)
Alain Abran. 1997 « International Metrics Database Opportunities & Future Directions ». Proceedings : Third IEEE International Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum (ISESS 97) : emerging international standards (Walnut Crek, CA, USA, June 1-6, 1997) IEEE
Alain April, E. Merlo, Alain Abran. 1997 « A reverse engineering approach to evaluate function point rules ». Proceedings of the Fourth Working Conference on Reverse Engineering 1997 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 6-8, 1997) IEEE
Robert Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran, James W. Moore. 1997 « Principes fondamentaux du génie logiciel: une étude Delphi dans le génie logiciel et ses applications ». Dixièmes journées internationales - Le génie logiciel et ses applications (GL97) (Paris, France, 3-5 déc. 1997)
Thomas Fetcke, Alain Abran, Tho-Han Nguyen. 1997 « Mapping the OO-Jacobson approach into function point analysis ». Technology of object-oriented languages and systems : TOOLS 23 : proceedings (Santa Barbara, CA, USA, July 28-Aug. 1, 1997) IEEE
Thomas Fetcke, Alain Abran, Tho-Han Nguyen. 1997 « Mapping the OO-Jacobson approach into function point analysis ». Software metrics : research and practice in software measurement (Santa Barbara, CA, USA, July 28-Aug. 1, 1997) Deutscher Universitäts
Jean-Philippe Jacquet, Alain Abran. 1997 « From software metrics to software measurement methods: a process model ». Proceedings : Third IEEE International Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum (ISESS 97) : emerging international standards (Walnut Crek, CA, USA, June 1-6, 1997) IEEE
Jean-Philippe Jacquet, Alain Abran, Robert Dupuis. 1997 « Une analyse structurée des méthodes de validation de métriques ». Dixièmes journées internationales - Le génie logiciel et ses applications (GL97) (Paris, France, 3-5 déc. 1997)
Marcela Maya, Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque. 1997 « Measuring the size of small functional enhancements to software ». Software Metrics. Research and Practice in Software Measurement (Regensburg, Germany, Sept. 19-20, 1996) Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Tho-Han Nguyen, Alain Abran, Raymond Bayard, Odette DeChantal. 1997 « Les concepts de la réutilisation du logiciel et la pratique institutionnelle dans des entreprises québécoises ». Dixièmes journées internationales - Le génie logiciel et ses applications (GL97) (Paris, France, 3-5 déc. 1997)
S. Oligny, P. Bourque, A. Abran. 1997 « An empirical assessment of project duration models in software engineering ». Proceedings of the 8th European Software Control and Metrics conference, Berlin, May 26-28, 1997 (Berlin, Germany, May 26-28, 1997) Reading : ESCOM Conference
J. -P. Jacquet, A. Abran. 1996 « Conception d'un guide de validation des méthodes de mesure de taille fonctionnelle ». Le Génie logiciel et ses applications : actes (Paris, France, 19-21 nov. 1996)
J. -P. Jacquet, A. Abran. 1996 « Design of a validation guide for functional size measurement ». Forum on Software Engineering Standards Issues (SES'96) (Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 21-25, 1996)
M. Zitouni, A. Abran. 1996 « A model to evaluate and improve the quality of the software maintenance process ». 6th International Conference on Software Quality (6ICSQ), October 28-30, 1996, Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : software quality world-wide: what are the practices in a changing environment? (Ottawa, ON, Canada, Oct. 28-30, 1996) American Society for Quality Control
A. Abran, P. Bourque, R. Brisebois, V. Côté. 1995 « La réingénierie du logiciel: un bref tour d'horizon ». Le Génie logiciel & ses applications : Huitièmes Journées Internationales, 15-17 novembre 1995, Paris-La Défense : actes = Software Engineering & its Applications, Eighth International Conference : proceedings (Paris, France, 15-17 nov. 1995) EC2 & Cie
Alain Abran. 1995 « Function point-based production models ». Metrics in Software Evolution (Sankt Augustin, Germany, Oct. , 1993) R. Oldenbourg Verlag
Alain Abran. 1995 « Using ISO work-in-progress documents in teaching software engineering: an experiment ». Second IEEE International Software Engineering Standards Symposium, 1995. (ISESS'95) 'Experience and Practice', Proceedings (Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 21-25, 1995) IEEE
Alain Abran, Marcela Maya. 1995 « A sizing measure for adaptive maintenance work products ». International Conference on Software Maintenance, 1995. Proceedings (Opio, France, Oct. 17-20, 1995) IEEE
David Déry, Alain Abran. 1995 « Adapting the SIMAP productivity model to software maintenance ». Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1995 (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 5-8, 1995)
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Alain Abran. 1995 « How to successfully implement a measurement program: from theory to practice ». Metrics in Software Evolution (Sankt Augustin, Germany, Oct. , 1993) R. Oldenbourg Verlag
Monika Müllerburgh, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Dirk Meyerhoff, Denis St.-Pierre. 1995 « The function-point-assistant: a joint German-Québec initiative ». Metrics in Software Evolution (Sankt Augustin, Germany, Oct. , 1993) R. Oldenbourg Verlag
M. Zitouni, A. Abran, P. Bourque. 1995 « Élaboration d'un outil d'évaluation et d'amélioration du processus de la maintenance des logiciels: une piste de recherche ». Le Génie logiciel & ses applications : Huitièmes Journées Internationales, 15-17 novembre 1995, Paris-La Défense : actes = Software Engineering & its Applications, Eighth International Conference : proceedings EC2 & Cie
Alain Abran, Pierre N. Robillard. 1993 « Reliability of function points productivity model for enhancement projects (A field study) ». Conference on Software Maintenance ,1993. CSM-93, Proceedings (Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 27-30, 1993)
Alain Abran, Hong Nguyenkim. 1991 « Analysis of maintenance work categories through measurement ». Conference on Software Maintenance, 1991. Proceedings (Sorrento, Italy, Oct. 15-17, 1991) IEEE

Alain April, Alain Abran. 2023 « L'évolution contrôlée au logiciel ». : Édition Smart. 123 p.
Alain April, Alain Abran, Sylvie Trudel, Pierre Bourque. 2023 « Gestion et AQL de projets logiciels ». : Édition Smart. 443 p.
Alain April, Alain Abran, Sylvie Trudel, Jean-Marc Desharnais. 2023 « Management de projets logiciels ». : Édition Smart. 328 p.
Alain April, Yves Lionel Kemmogne, Alain Abran. 2023 « Les tests logiciels ». : Édition Smart. 138 p.
Alain April, Alain Abran, Baengkeuweeo Geullobeol. 2018 « 소프트웨어 유지개선 관리 성숙도 모델을 이용한 평가와 모범 프랙티스를 중심으로t ». Seoul, Korea; Goryeowon Bukseu : Rauinun. 512 p.
Alain Abran. 2015 « Software project estimation: the fundamentals for providing high quality information to decision makers ». : Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. 288 p.
Pierre Bourque, Richard E. Fairley, Alain Abran, Juan Garbajosa, Gargi Keeni, Beijun Shen. 2014 « Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge ». Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society.
Reiner Dumke, Alain Abran. 2011 « COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices ». Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press. 334 p.
Roger Lee, Olga Ormandjieva, Alain Abran, Constantinos Constantinides. 2010 « Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications 2010 ». Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 255 p.
Alain Abran. 2010 « Software Metrics and Software Metrology ». Los Alamitos, CA, USA : Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. 328 p.
Alain April, Alain Abran. 2008 « Software maintenance management : evaluation and continuous improvement ». Piscataway, N.J. : Wiley-IEEE Computer Society. 314 p.
Alain Abran, Alain April. 2006 « Améliorer la maintenance du logiciel ». Longueuil, Québec : Loze-Dion éditeur. 337 p.
Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Leonard L. Tripp. 2004 « Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge : 2004 version SWEBOK ». Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society.
Reiner Dumke, Alain Abran. 2001 « Current Trends in Software Measurement : Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Measurement ». Aachen, Germany : Shaker Verlag. 324 p.
Reiner Dumke, Alain Abran. 2001 « New approaches in software measurement : 10th International Workshop, IWSM 2000 Berlin, Germany, October 4–6, 2000 : Proceedings ». Berlin, Germany : Springer. 245 p.
Alain Abran, James W Moore, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Leonard Tripp. 2001 « Guide to software engineering body of knowledge : trial version ». Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society.

Alain Abran. 1994 « Analyse du processus de mesure des points de fonction ». 405 p.Thèse de doctorat. Montréal, (Québec), École Polytechnique de Montréal.

Alain Abran. 2015 « Glossary of Terms for Non-Functional Requirements and Project Requirements Used in Software Project Performance Measurement, Benchmarking and Estimating ». COSMIC ; IFPUG.
F.W. Vogelezang. 2015 « Guideline for Early or Rapid COSMIC Functional Size Measurement : by Using Approximation Approaches ». COSMIC. 46 p.
A. Lesterhuis, B. Londeix, C. R. Symons. 2015 « Guideline for Sizing Real-Time Software : The COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method Version 4.0.1 ». COSMIC. 39 p.
Alain Abran. 2015 « Guideline on Non-Functional and Project Requirements ». COSMIC. 46 p.
C. R. Symons, A. Lesterhuis. 2015 « The COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method : Measurement Manual : The COSMIC Implementation Guide for ISO/IEC 19761:2011 ». COSMIC. 98 p.
C. R. Symons, A. Lesterhuis. 2014 « Introduction to the COSMIC method of measuring software ». COSMIC. 36 p.
C. R. Symons. 2013 « Guideline for Measurement Strategy Patterns : Ensuring that COSMIC Size Measurements May Be Compared ». COSMIC.
C. R. Symons, A. Lesterhuis. 2012 « Quick Reference Guide to the COSMIC Method for Sizing Business Application Software ». COSMIC. 4 p.
Alain Abran. 2011 « Guideline for Assuring the Accuracy of Measurement ». COSMIC. 21 p.
C. R. Symons. 2011 « The Performance of Real-Time, Business Application and Components Software Projects : an Analysis of COSMIC-Measured Projects in the ISBSG Database ». COSMIC Group. 46 p.
A. Abran, C. R. Symons. 2009 « Rice Cooker : Measurement Solutions to Prototype 1 ». COSMIC. 39 p.
A. Khelifi, Alain Abran, Charles R. Symons. 2008 « C-Registration System ». COSMIC.
Alain April, Reiner R. Dumke, Alain Abran. 2004 « SMmm model to evaluate and improve the quality of the software maintenance process ». Magdeburg, Germany : Institut für verteilte systeme, Fakultät für informatik Otto-von-Guericke Universität. 57 p.
Alain April, Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque. 2003 « Analysis of the knowledge content and classification in the SWEBOK chapter: Software Maintenance ». ÉTS Software Engineering Laboratory. 8 p.
Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Leonard Tripp. 2001 « Guide to software engineering body of knowledge : trial version ». IEEE Computer Society.
P. Bourque, R. Dupuis, A. Abran, J. W. Moore, L. L. Tripp. 2000 « Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - A Stone Man Version ». IEEE Computer Society. 210 p.
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp, Dennis Frailey. 1999 « Approved baseline for a list of knowledge areas for the Stone Man version of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge ». Université du Québec à Montréal.
Robert Dupuis, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp. 1999 « A baseline for a list related disciplines for the Stone Man version of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge ». Université du Québec à Montréal.
Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis, Alain Abran, James W. Moore, Leonard Tripp, Karen Shyne, Bryan Pflug, Marcela Maya, Guy Tremblay. 1998 « Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - A Straw Man Version ». IEEE Computer Society. 106 p.
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Denis St-Pierre, Alain Abran, Marcela Maya, Pierre Bourque. 1998 « Points de fonctions étendus : Guide de comptage ». Laboratoire de recherche en gestion des logiciels (UQAM) ; Laboratoire de métrique appliqué en gestion du logiciel (LMAGL).
Serge Oligny, Denis Godcharles, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran. 1998 « Steering IT into the next millennium : A guideline to establishing governance of Department's Information Technology Organizations ». Montréal; Ottawa : UQAM - Software Engineering Management Research Laboratory ; Godcharles, Goulet, Fournier. 29 p.
Denis St-Pierre, Marcela Maya, Alain Abran, Jean-Marc Desharnais, Pierre Bourque. 1997 « フルファンクションポイント：算出マニュアル ». Software Engineering Management Research Laboratory; Software Engineering Laboratory in Applied Metrics (SELAM).

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Alain Abran

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Unité de recherche

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Prix et distinctions

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Publications

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Portes ouvertes

Alain Abran

Professeur émérite

Unité de recherche

Expertises

Prix et distinctions

Encadrements

Thèse de doctorat

Thèse de doctorat (recherche appliquée)

Mémoire à 30 crédits

Mémoire à 24 crédits

Projet d'application à 15 crédits

Projet d'application à 9 crédits

Projet d'intervention en entreprise à 15 crédits

Rapport technique à 6 crédits

Publications

Article de revue ou de magazine, non révisé par les pairs 8

Article publié dans une revue, révisé par les pairs 165

Chapitre de livre 31

Communication 174

Compte rendu de conférence 330

Livre 16

Mémoire ou thèse 1

Rapport technique 22

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