Publications

Journal Papers - Academic Journals

2000

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, RV Nithi, Experimental assessment of the effect of inheritance on the maintainability of object-oriented systems, Journal of Systems and Software, 52/2-3, June 2000, ISSN 0164-1212, pp. 173-179

R Harrison, Empirical Studies of Software Development and Evolution (Guest Editorial) Journal of Systems and Software, 52, 2000, ISSN 0164-1212

1999

M E X Mendes, R Harrison, and W Hall, Developing metrics for hypermedia authoring, Information and Software Technology, 1999 (submitted), ISSN 0950 5849.

M E X Mendes, W Hall and R Harrison, Applying measurement principles to improve hypermedia authoring, The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 5, pp. 105-132, 1999, ISSN 1361 4568.

R Harrison, Empirical Studies of Software Development and Evolution: Workshop Report, Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal, 4(4), Dec 1999, pp xx, ISSN 1382 3256.

R Harrison, N Baddoo, E Barry, S Biffl, A Parra, B Winter, J Wuest, Directions and Methodologies for Empirical Software Engineering Research, Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal, 4(4), Dec 1999, pp xx, ISSN 1382 3256.

1998

R Harrison, S J Counsell, R Nithi, An Evaluation of the MOOD Set of OO Software Metrics, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 24(6), Jun 1998, pp 491-496, ISSN 0098 5589

M E X Mendes, W Hall, and R Harrison, Applying Metrics to the Evaluation of Educational Hypermedia Applications, Journal of Universal Computer Science, Springer 8(4), 1998, pp 382-403

M E X Mendes, R Harrison and W Hall, Reusability and Maintainability in Hypermedia Applications for Education, Information and Software Technology, 40 (14), December 1998, pp 841-850, ISSN 0950 5849.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, An Investigation into the Applicability and Validity of Object-Oriented Design Metrics, Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal 3(3), 1998, pp. 255-274, ISSN 1382 3256.

1997

R Harrison, L Briand, J Daly, M Kellner, D M Raffo, M J Shepperd, Process Modelling and

Empirical Studies of Software Evolution, Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal, 2(4), Dec 1997, pp 381-403, ISSN 1382 3256.

1996

R Harrison, L G Samaraweera, M R Dobie & P H Lewis, Comparing Programming Paradigms: an Evaluation of Functional and Object-Oriented Programs, Software Engineering Journal, Jul 1996, pp 248-54, ISSN 0268 6961.

R Harrison, L G Samaraweera, M R Dobie, P H Lewis: An Evaluation of Code Metrics for Object-Oriented Programs, Information and Software Technology, 38(7), Jul 1996, pp 701-707, ISSN 0950 5849.

1995

R Harrison, L G Samaraweera, M R Dobie, P H Lewis: Estimating the Quality of Functional Programs: an Empirical Investigation, Information and Software Technology, 37(12), Dec 1995, pp 701-7, ISSN 0950 5849

1993

R Harrison, The Use of Functional Languages in Teaching Computer Science, The Journal of Functional Programming, 3(1), Jan 1993, pp 67-75, ISBN 0956 7968

R Harrison, Quantifying Internal Attributes of Functional Programs, Information and Software Technology, 35(10), Oct 1993, pp 554-560, ISSN 0950 5849.

H Glaser, R Harrison, Data Abstraction in Modula-2, Information and Software Technology, 35 (11/12), Nov 1993, pp 619-626, ISSN 0950 5849.

Journal Papers - Popular Journals

Harrison, R., Samaraweera, L.G., Using test case metrics to predict code quality and effort, Software Engineering Notes, 21(5), Sep 1996 p78-88.

Conference Contributions - Refereed

2000

M J Wells, R Harrison, Multidisciplinary Solutions for Multidisciplinary Problems, in Beg, Borrow or Steal: Using Multidisciplinary Approaches in Empirical Software Engineering Research, ICSE 2000 Workshop, Limerick, June 2000

M. Maritz, R Harrison, Improving Information System Success using Co-operative and Multidisciplinary Development Techniques, in Beg, Borrow or Steal: Using Multidisciplinary Approaches in Empirical Software Engineering Research, ICSE 2000 Workshop, Limerick, June 2000

R Harrison, S J Counsell, The role of inheritance in the maintainability of OO Systems, K Maxwell, R Kusters, E Van Veenendaal, A Cowderoy (editors), Project Control: The Human Factor, Proc. ESCOM 2000, Germany, April 18-20, 2000, ISBN 90-423-0102-3, Shaker Publishing BV, pp. 449-458

R Harrison, M J Wells, A Meta-analysis of Multidisciplinary Research, EASE 00, Keele University, April 2000

C F Snook, R Harrison, PractitionersË Views on the Use of Formal Methods: An Industrial Survey by Structured Interview, EASE 00, Keele University, April 2000

1999

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, OO software understandability “ an empirical investigation, International Conference on Software Engineering Applications, ICSEA, Paris, France, pp 6-2-1 to 6-2-11, Dec 1999

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, The role of coupling in OO software and organisation co-evolution, SOCE Workshop, ICSM, Oxford, pp. 10-14, Sept 1999

R Harrison, M Wells, Software and Organisation Co-Evolution, SOCE Workshop, ICSM, Oxford, pp. 34-38, Sept 1999

R Harrison, M Wells, Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research Methods and their Impact on Software and System Design, Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance, ICSM, Oxford, pp. 16-20, Sept 1999

R Harrison, Summary: Empirical Studies of Software Development and Evolution, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '99), LA, USA, p.709, May 1999, ISSN 0270 5257.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, Experimental assessment of the effect of inheritance on the maintainability of object-oriented systems, EASE 99, Keele University, Apr 1999

1998

R Harrison, Designing for Ease of Systems Maintenance, Proc of the 3rd International Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS '98), Maryland, ed. S L Pfleeger, J Rosenberg, pp. 43, Nov 98.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, Coupling metrics for OO Design, 5th International Software Metrics Symposium (Metrics'98), Maryland, Nov 20-21 1998, pp. 150-157, IEEE CS Press, ISBN 08186-92014

M Greenwood, R Harrison, P Henderson, B Warboys, An empirical study of the evolution of a software system, Proc. 13th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 293-296, October 1998.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, Design metrics in the re-engineering of OO systems, ECOOP Reengineering Workshop, Brussels, Jul 1998

M E X Mendes, R Harrison, and W Hall, Metrics Applied to Hypermedia Authoring for Education, ED-MEDIA'98 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Freiburg, Germany, Jun 20-25 1998, pp. 1001-1008

M E X Mendes, R Harrison and W Hall, Measuring Reusability and Maintainability in Hypermedia Applications for Education, Empirical Assessment and Evaluation in Software Engineering Conference, Keele University, Mar 1998

1997

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, An Assessment of the Impact of Inheritance on the Maintainability of OO Systems, Proc of the 2nd International Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS '97), Italy, ed. L Briand, Fraunhofer IESE, Oct 97.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, An Overview of Object-Oriented Design Metrics, Proc. of the conference on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP), IEEE Press, pp. 230-237, Jul 1997, ISBN 08186 78402.

R Harrison, M Shepperd, J Daly, Summary: Process Modelling and Empirical Studies of Software Evolution, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '97), Boston, USA, p.675, May 1997, ISSN 0270 5257.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, Applying Object-Oriented Design Metrics in the real-world, Software Engineering Association Workshop, Imperial College, London, Apr 1997.

R Harrison, SJ Counsell, R Nithi, Empirical Assessment of Object-Oriented Design Metrics, Empirical Assessment and Evaluation in Software Engineering Conference, Keele University, Mar 1997.

1996

R Harrison, Metrics for the object-oriented paradigm, Bournemouth Metrics Workshop, Apr 1996.

R Harrison, K T Phalp, L G Samarweera, A P Smith, An Empirical Study of a Software Maintenance Process, Software Quality Conference, Dundee, Jul 1996.

R Harrison, L Samaraweera, Metrics Collection for Quality Improvement, 6th International Conference on Software Quality, Ottowa, Canada, Oct 1996.

R Harrison, RV Nithi, An Empirical Evaluation of Object-Oriented Design Metrics, 11th Annual ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications, OOPSLA '96 Metrics Workshop, San Jose, California, Oct 1996.

R Harrison, AP Smith, An Assessment of Object-Oriented Design in the Maintenance of a Large-Scale System, Proc of the 1st International Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS 96), California, ed. L Briand, Fraunhofer IESE, pp 45-48, ISBN 300 0013377, Nov 1996.

Books - Authored

R Harrison, Abstract Data Types in Standard ML, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Apr 1993, ISBN

0 471 938440.

R Harrison, Abstract Data Types in Modula-2, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Sep 1989, ISBN 0 471 92230.

Books - Edited

R Harrison, Proceedings of the Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Development and Evolution, IEEE ICSE '99, LA, USA, May 1999

R Harrison, Proceedings of the Workshop on Process Modelling and Empirical Studies of Software Evolution, IEEE ICSE '97, Boston, USA, May 1997

Books - Short Works

R Harrison, M Wells, P Brereton, P Dunning-Lewis, G Fitzgerald, D Targett, Delivering Business Performance: Opportunities and Challenges for IT, in Systems Engineering for Business Process Change, P Henderson (ed), Springer, ISBN 1-85233-222-0, 2000

D Rodriguez Garcia, R Harrison, Medicion en la Orientacion a Objectos, in J J Dolado Cosin, L Fernandez Sanz (eds), Medicion para la gestion en la ingenieria del software, Ra Ma, ISBN 84-7897-403-2, Feb 2000

R Harrison, S J Counsell, Software Metrics, Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley & Sons Inc, John G Webster, editor, 1997