1. In This Issue

   • Warren Harrison
   • Victor Basili

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 6

2. Welcome to the New Members of the Editorial Board

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 9

3. Replicated Case Studies for Investigating Quality Factors in Object-Oriented Designs

   • Lionel C. Briand
   • Jürgen Wüst
   • Hakim Lounis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 58

4. Controlling Overfitting in Classification-Tree Models of Software Quality

   • Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar
   • Edward B. Allen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 79

5. Cost-effective Detection of Software Defects through Perspective-based Inspections

   • Oliver Laitenberger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 84

6. Beg, Borrow, or Steal: Using Multidisciplinary Approaches in Empirical Software Engineering Research

   • Susan Elliott Sim
   • Janice Singer
   • Margaret-Anne Storey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 93