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  1. A dataset of GitHub Actions workflow histories

    Article • April 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  2. gawd: A Differencing Tool for GitHub Actions Workflows

    Article • April 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  3. Quantifying Security Issues in Reusable JavaScript Actions in GitHub Workflows

    Article • April 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  4. What Do Package Dependencies Tell Us About Semantic Versioning?

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  5. A ground-truth dataset and classification model for detecting bots in GitHub issue and PR comments

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, May 2021, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  6. A multi-dimensional analysis of technical lag in Debian-based Docker images

    Article • Empirical Software Engineering, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  7. GAP: Forecasting commit activity in git projects

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, July 2020, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  8. A formal framework for measuring technical lag in component repositories — and its application to npm

    Article • Journal of Software Evolution and Process, March 2019, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  9. The Social Developer: The Future of Software Development [Guest Editors' Introduction]

    Article • IEEE Software, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  10. On the impact of security vulnerabilities in the npm package dependency network

    Article • May 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  11. A method for testing and validating executable statechart models

    Article • Software & Systems Modeling, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nikolaos I. Spanoudakis, Tom Mens

  12. An Empirical Analysis of Technical Lag in npm Package Dependencies

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  13. Towards Collaborative Immersive Environments for Parametric Modelling

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  14. The Ecology of Software Ecosystems

    Article • Computer, October 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  15. Challenges in Software Ecosystems Research

    Article • September 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  16. On the Development and Distribution of R Packages

    Article • September 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  17. Welcome from the WEA-IWSECO Chairs

    Article • September 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  18. Towards a survival analysis of database framework usage in Java projects

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  19. Introduction to the special issue on software maintenance and evolution research

    Article • Empirical Software Engineering, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  20. GISMO

    Article • June 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  21. A Historical Analysis of Debian Package Incompatibilities

    Article • May 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  22. An empirical study of identical function clones in CRAN

    Article • March 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  23. How healthy are software engineering conferences?

    Article • Science of Computer Programming, September 2014, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  24. maintaineR: A Web-Based Dashboard for Maintainers of CRAN Packages

    Article • September 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  25. CSMR 2012 Special issue - Guest editorial

    Article • Journal of Software Evolution and Process, August 2014, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  26. Co-evolving code-related and database-related changes in a data-intensive software system

    Article • February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  27. ECOS: Ecological studies of open source software ecosystems

    Article • February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  28. International workshop on software quality and maintainability

    Article • February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  29. On the maintainability of CRAN packages

    Article • February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  30. Evolving Software Systems

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  31. Studying Evolving Software Ecosystems based on Ecological Models

    Article • December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  32. A generic framework for executable gestural interaction models

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  33. Foreword

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  34. PetriNect: A tool for executable modeling of gestural interaction

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  35. A comparison of identity merge algorithms for software repositories

    Article • Science of Computer Programming, August 2013, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  36. A historical dataset for the Gnome ecosystem

    Article • May 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  37. A historical dataset of software engineering conferences

    Article • May 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  38. Model Transformation: A Survey of the State of the Art

    Article • March 2013, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  39. A Pilot Study on Software Quality Practices in Belgian Industry

    Article • March 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  40. Resolving model inconsistencies using automated regression planning

    Article • Software & Systems Modeling, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  41. On the variation and specialisation of workload—A case study of the Gnome ecosystem community

    Article • Empirical Software Engineering, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  42. KinectBalls: An Interactive Tool for Ball Throwing Games

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  43. On the Complexity of Software Systems

    Article • Computer, August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  44. Special issue: software maintenance and reengineering (CSMR 2011)

    Article • Journal of Software Evolution and Process, May 2012, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  45. A transformation-based approach to context-aware modelling

    Article • Software & Systems Modeling, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  46. SECONDA: Software Ecosystem Analysis Dashboard

    Article • March 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  47. Techniques and Tools for Parallelizing Software

    Article • IEEE Software, March 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  48. Welcome from the Conference Chairs

    Article • March 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  49. Badger: A Regression Planner to Resolve Design Model Inconsistencies

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  50. Heterogeneous modeling of gesture-based 3D applications

    Article • January 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  51. Emerging Technologies for the Evolution and Maintenance of Software Models

    Article • January 2012, IGI Global

    Tom Mens

  52. Averting the Next Software Crisis

    Article • Computer, April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  53. Welcome from the Conference Chairs

    Article • March 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  54. QUALGEN: Modeling and Analysing the Quality of Evolving Software Systems

    Article • March 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  55. Assessing the Kodkod Model Finder for Resolving Model Inconsistencies

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  56. Data-Intensive System Evolution

    Article • Computer, August 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  57. Guest Editors' Introduction: Software Evolution

    Article • IEEE Software, July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  58. Evolving Software Architecture Descriptions of Critical Systems

    Article • Computer, May 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  59. A case study to evaluate the suitability of graph transformation tools for program refactoring

    Article • International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  60. A framework for analysing and visualising open source software ecosystems

    Article • January 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  61. Guiding Architectural Restructuring through Architectural Styles

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  62. Model-Driven Software Refactoring

    Article • January 2009, IGI Global

    Tom Mens

  63. CSMR 2009 European Projects Track

    Article • January 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  64. Challenges in Model-Driven Software Engineering

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  65. Incremental Detection of Model Inconsistencies Based on Model Operations

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  66. Maispion

    Article • January 2009, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  67. The ERCIM working group on software evolution

    Article • January 2009, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  68. The evolution of Eclipse

    Article • September 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  69. Software Evolution

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  70. Detecting model inconsistency through operation-based model construction

    Article • January 2008, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  71. Colored graph transformation rules for model-driven engineering of multi-target systems

    Article • January 2008, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  72. Evolution Issues in Aspect-Oriented Programming

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  73. Introduction and Roadmap: History and Challenges of Software Evolution

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  74. Analysing refactoring dependencies using graph transformation

    Article • Software & Systems Modeling, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  75. Preface

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, January 2007, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  76. A formal approach to model refactoring and model refinement

    Article • Software & Systems Modeling, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  77. A Taxonomy of Model Transformation

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2006, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  78. Applying a Model Transformation Taxonomy to Graph Transformation Technology

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2006, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  79. Essentials of the 4th UML/MoDELS Workshop in Software Model Engineering (WiSME’2005)

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  80. Measuring software flexibility

    Article • IEE Proceedings - Software, January 2006, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Tom Mens

  81. Detecting Structural Refactoring Conflicts Using Critical Pair Analysis

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, April 2005, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  82. Preface

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, April 2005, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  83. On the Evolution Complexity of Design Patterns

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, April 2005, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  84. Formalizing refactorings with graph transformations

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice, January 2005, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  85. Towards a taxonomy of software change

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice, January 2005, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  86. Language-independent detection of object-oriented design patterns

    Article • Computer Languages Systems & Structures, April 2004, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  87. A survey of software refactoring

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, February 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  88. Refactoring: Current Research and Future Trends

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, December 2003, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  89. Case Study

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2003, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  90. Preface

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2003, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  91. High-level Transformations to Support Framework-Based Software Development

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2003, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  92. Software Evolution through Transformations Preface and Workshop Summary

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2003, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  93. A Graph-Based Metamodel for Object-Oriented Software Metrics

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, November 2002, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  94. Barcelona, Spain, October 7-8, 2002

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, November 2002, Elsevier

    Tom Mens

  95. A state-of-the-art survey on software merging

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, May 2002, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  96. 4th Workshop on Object-Oriented Architectural Evolution

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  97. Maintaining software through intentional source-code views

    Article • January 2002, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Tom Mens

  98. Separation of concerns for software evolution

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice, January 2002, Wiley

    Tom Mens

  99. Article • Automated Software Engineering, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  100. Combining Software Descriptions

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tom Mens

  101. Challenges in Software Evolution

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  102. The LAN-simulation: A Refactoring Teaching Example

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  103. Beyond the refactoring browser: advanced tool support for software refactoring

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  104. Identifying refactoring opportunities using logic meta programming

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  105. A declarative evolution framework for object-oriented design patterns

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens

  106. A formal foundation for object-oriented software evolution

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tom Mens