1. In This Issue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 227

2. Viewpoint: Linking Education With Practice: Involving Software Engineering Educators and Researchers in the Profession

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 231

3. A Comparison of Tool-Based and Paper-Based Software Inspection

   • F. MacDonald
   • J. Miller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 253

4. An Investigation into the Applicability and Validity of Object-Oriented Design Metrics

   • R. Harrison
   • S. J. Counsell
   • R. V. Nithi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 273

5. Classification of Fault-Prone Software Modules: Prior Probabilities, Costs, and Model Evaluation

   • Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar
   • Edward B. Allen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 298

6. Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance: A Report from WESS '97

   • Lionel Briand
   • Filippo Lanubile
   • Norman Schneidewind

   OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 307