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- Steve Linkman
I am a graduate of the University of Leicester and I pursued a mixed academic and industrial career with the research groups of ICL, STC, Northern Telecom and thee National Computing Centre before joining Keele in 1996. In my industrial role I have led both research and development projects and acted in a consulting role for both government and industry.
My research area is Software Metrics and their application to project management, quality control, risk management and the evaluation of software systems and processes. I.m a member of the Evidenced Based Software Engineering Group at Keele I also have additional research interests in Component Based Software Engineering and in particular the support required for the design process when designing with components and services.
Selected Publications
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2010. Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering– A Tertiary Study. Information and Software Technology Journal, vol. 52(8), 792-805. doi>
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2010. Refining the systematic literature review process - two participant-observer case studies. Empirical Software Engineering, vol. 15, 618-653. doi>
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2010. Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study. Information & Software Technology, vol. 52, 792-805. doi>
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Journal Articles
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2010. Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering– A Tertiary Study. Information and Software Technology Journal, vol. 52(8), 792-805. doi>
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2010. Refining the systematic literature review process - two participant-observer case studies. Empirical Software Engineering, vol. 15, 618-653. doi>
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2010. Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study. Information & Software Technology, vol. 52, 792-805. doi>
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2009. Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A systematic literature review. Information & Software Technology, vol. 51, 7-15. doi>
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2008. Presenting software engineering results using structured abstracts: a randomised experiment. Empirical Software Engineering, vol. 13, 435-468. doi>
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2008. Employing the evidence-based paradigm for technology-related decision making. Journal of Evidence and Policy, vol. 4(2), 149-169. doi>
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2007. Large-scale software engineering questions expert opinion or empirical evidence?. IET Software, vol. 1, 161-171. doi>
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2005. A framework for evaluating a software bidding model. Information & Software Technology, vol. 47, 747-760. doi>
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2005. Experiences of using an evaluation framework. Information & Software Technology, vol. 47, 761-774. doi>
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2005. Realising evidence-based software engineering. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, vol. 30, 1-3. doi>
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2003. Modeling Software Bidding Risks. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 29(6), 985-995.
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2003. Modeling Software Bidding Risks. IEEE Trans. Software Eng., vol. 29, 542-554. doi>
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2001. Modeling Software Measurement Data. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 27(9), 788-804. doi>
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2001. Using simulated data sets to compare data analysis techiniques used for software cost modelling. IEE Proceedings,Software, vol. 148(6), 165-174.
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1998. Evaluation and assessment in software engineering 1998. Information & Software Technology, vol. 40, 793-794. doi>
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1998. Validation, Verification, and Testing: Diversity Rules. IEEE Software, vol. 15, 46-49. doi>
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1997. Estimates, Uncertainty, and Risk. IEEE Software, vol. 14, 69-74. doi>
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1997. Evaluation and assessment in software engineering. Information & Software Technology, vol. 39, 731-734. doi>
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1997. Experimentation as a vehicle for software technology transfer-A family of software reading techniques. Information & Software Technology, vol. 39, 777-780. doi>
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1997. The SQUID approach to defining a quality model. Software Quality Journal, vol. 6, 211-233. doi>
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1994. CRITICAL-REVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 9(2), 43-53. link>
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1990. QUANTATIVE MONITORING OF SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT BY TIME-BASED AND INTERCHECKPOINT MONITORING. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 5(1), 43-49. link>
Other
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2009. Objectivity in Research: Challenges from the Evidence-Based Paradigm. IEEE Computer Society Press. doi>
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2009. The Impact of Limited Search Procedures for Systematic Literature Reviews - A Participant-Observer Case Study. ESEM: 2009 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND MEASUREMENT (pp. 337-346). link>
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2007. Evidence relating to Object-Oriented software design: A survey.
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2004. The case against cross-over designs in software engineering. STEP 2003Proceedings Eleventh International Workshop Software Technology and Engineering Practice. doi>
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2003. Software Components - Enabling a Mass Market. Proceedings 10th Software Technology and Engineering Practice 2002 (STEP 2002).
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2002. A Process for Evaluating a Software Bidding Model.
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2002. Evaluation of the Software Bidding Model.
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2002. Software Bidding Model Implementation.
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2001. A Preliminary Risk-Based Software Bidding Model. The 4th European Conference on Software Measurement and ICT Control in Co-operation with DASMA. FESMA-DASMA 2001 Proceedings.
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2001. A Preliminary Risk-Based Software Bidding Model.
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