Gamification is a relatively new trend that focuses on applying game mechanics to non-
game contexts in order to engage audiences and to inject a little fun into mundane activities …

Low-code is a growing development approach supported by many platforms. It fills the gap
between business and IT by supporting the active involvement of non-technical domain …

A variety of research methods and techniques are available to SE researchers, and while
several overviews exist, there is consistency neither in the research methods covered nor in …

There are several methods for automatic test case generation has been proposed in the
past. But most of these techniques are structural testing techniques that require the …

In 2002, Grieves defined the concept of the digital twin as a virtual instance of physical
assets capable of continuously mirroring them. Ever since then, driven by remarkable …

In this paper, we review current requirements engineering (RE) research and identify future
research directions suggested by emerging software needs. First, we overview the state of …

CONTEXT: Software product lines (SPL) are used in industry to achieve more efficient
software development. However, the testing side of SPL is underdeveloped. OBJECTIVE …

Several factors make empirical research in software engineering particularly challenging as
it requires studying not only technology but its stakeholders' activities while drawing …

In 2014, a new software development approach started to get a foothold: low-code
development. Already from its early days, practitioners in software engineering have been …

Genre analysis has provided insights into the textual organization of different genres. In the
research article (RA) genre, previous studies demonstrate that disciplinary variation is …