-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP for the Journal Special Issue on Testing and Quality Assurance for Component-Based Software Datum: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Von: jerry gao gaojerryg@yahoo.com Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.optimanumerics.com

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****************************************************** International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Special Issue on Testing and Quality Assurance for Component-Based Systems

Call for Papers

Widespread development and reuse of software components has been regarded by many as one of the next biggest phenomena for the software industry. Reusing high-quality software components in software construction has the potential of drastically improving the quality and development productivity of component-based software systems. However, widespread reuse of a software component with poor quality may literally lead to disasters. Component-based software engineering involves many unique characteristics, some of which have created new issues, challenges, and needs in testing and quality assurance of components and component-based software. Testing and quality assurance therefore plays a critical and pivotal role in the construction of software components and component-based software for different types of systems, including enterprise systems, web service technologies, online applications and e-commerce systems, and wireless-based solutions.

Although many published research papers address the issues in component construction, design and analysis, reuse and evaluation in engineering component-based software systems, there is a lack of effective solutions and methods to support practitioners in the real world to solve the challenges and issues in testing and quality assurance of reusable software components and systems. This special issue is intended to provide a forum to present the recent research advances and state-of-the-art technologies and solutions on this subject.

The topics for submissions include, but are not limited to: - Adequate test models, methods, and coverage criteria for reusable components, frameworks, and platforms - Innovative validation methods for reusable software components, such as COTS, safety and critical components, mobile and web service components - Design for testability of components and component-based systems, including built-in test or self-test techniques - Component integration issues, solutions, and strategies for component-based systems - Component re-testing techniques, models, and coverage criteria in reuse contexts - Regression testing issues, strategies, and techniques for component-based systems - Test automation issues, solutions, tools, frameworks for components and component-based systems - Testability analysis, verification and measurement for component-based software and its parts - Reliability models, measurement metrics, and evaluation for software components - Performance evaluation models, measurement metrics, and tools for component-based software and its parts - Component quality certification processes, methods, and standards - Component and component-based system configuration management and maintenance - Quality assurance issues, challenges, processes, and methods - Quality evaluation models, measurement metrics, and quality control systems - Verification methods, processes, tools and standards - Validation methods, technologies, and tools - Testing issues, challenges, needs, solutions, and tools for mobile components in web services and wireless applications - Industrial and academic case studies and experience reports on testing and quality assurance for reusable components and component-based systems

Guest Editors

Jerry Gao San Jose State University, USA Email: jerrygao@email.sjsu.edu

Sami Beydeda ZIVIT (Bonn, Germany) sb@stecc.de

Important Dates

Paper Abstract Due: Oct. 16, 2006 Full Paper Due: October 31, 2006 Notice of Acceptance: December 25, 2006 Camera Ready Paper Due: January 31, 2007 Expected Publication Date: June, 2007

Paper Submission

Papers should be prepared following the guidelines posted at the IJSEKE web site (http://www.worldscinet.com/ijseke/mkt/guidelines.shtml).

Additionally, each paper is limited to 25 double-spaced pages in 11 pt font size. Send your papers in electronic format in PS or PDF to the Guest Editors Sami Beydeda (sami.beydeda@bff.bund.de). For more information, please contact the guest authors or visit http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/ijseke/isseke.shtml. To publish in IJSEKE, each paper will be charged with a page charge of $30 US dollars per page. The page charge is mandatory, and authors will receive one year of free subscription to IJSEKE and 100 reprints free of charge.

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