| A validation of object-oriented design metrics as quality indicators VR Basili, LC Briand, WL Melo IEEE Transactions on software engineering 22 (10), 751-761, 1996 | 2651 | 1996 |
| An investigation into coupling measures for C++ L Briand, P Devanbu, W Melo Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Software engineering …, 1997 | 549 | 1997 |
| SPICE: The theory and practice of software process improvement and capability determination KE Emam IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997 | 533 | 1997 |
| The prediction of faulty classes using object-oriented design metrics K El Emam, W Melo, JC Machado Journal of systems and software 56 (1), 63-75, 2001 | 529 | 2001 |
| Assessing the applicability of fault-proneness models across object-oriented software projects LC Briand, WL Melo, J Wust IEEE transactions on Software Engineering 28 (7), 706-720, 2002 | 475 | 2002 |
| How reuse influences productivity in object-oriented systems VR Basili, LC Briand, WL Melo Communications of the ACM 39 (10), 104-116, 1996 | 464 | 1996 |
| Evaluating the impact of object-oriented design on software quality FB e Abreu, W Melo Proceedings of the 3rd international software metrics symposium, 90-99, 1996 | 367 | 1996 |
| Understanding and predicting the process of software maintenance releases V Basili, L Briand, S Condon, YM Kim, WL Melo, JD Valen Proceedings of IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Engineering …, 1996 | 214 | 1996 |
| Analytical and empirical evaluation of software reuse metrics P Devanbu, S Karstu, W Melo, W Thomas Proceedings of IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Engineering …, 1996 | 158 | 1996 |
| A support to large software development process N Belkhatir, J Estublier, WL Melo Proceedings. First International Conference on the Software Process,, 159-170, 1991 | 117 | 1991 |
| The optimal class size for object-oriented software K El Emam, S Benlarbi, N Goel, W Melo, H Lounis, SN Rai IEEE Transactions on software engineering 28 (5), 494-509, 2002 | 113 | 2002 |
| Polymorphism measures for early risk prediction S Benlarbi, WL Melo Proceedings of the 21st international conference on Software engineering …, 1999 | 93 | 1999 |
| An inductive method for discovering design patterns from object-oriented software systems F Shull, W Melo, VR Basili Digital Repository at the University of Maryland, 1998 | 91 | 1998 |
| Applying concept formation methods to object identification in procedural code HA Sahraoui, W Melo, H Lounis, F Dumont Proceedings 12th IEEE International Conference Automated Software …, 1997 | 78 | 1997 |
| Evaluating the impact of object-oriented design on software quality F Brito e Abreu, W Melo Proceedings of the 3rd International Software Metrics Symposium 3, 1996 | 78 | 1996 |
| Characterizing and modeling the cost of rework in a library of reusable software components VR Basili, SE Condon, K El Emam, RB Hendrick, W Melo Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software Engineering …, 1997 | 76 | 1997 |
| Software process model and work space control in the Adele system N Belkhatir, J Estublier, WL Melo [1993] Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Software …, 1993 | 73 | 1993 |
| Validating object-oriented design metrics on a commercial java application D Glasberg, K El Emam, W Melo, N Madhavji National Research Council Canada, Institute for Information Technology, 2000 | 72 | 2000 |
| Characterizing and assessing a large-scale software maintenance organization L Briand, W Melo, C Seaman, V Basili Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Software engineering …, 1995 | 56 | 1995 |
| Measuring the impact of reuse on quality and productivity in object-oriented systems WL Melo, L Briand, VR Basili Digital Repository at the University of Maryland, 1998 | 52 | 1998 |
Lionel BriandProfessor, EECS, University of Ottawa, Canada and Lero Centre, University of Limerick, IrelandVerified email at uottawa.ca