1. In this issue

   • Rachel Harrison

   EditorialNotes 08 February 2019 Pages: 1 - 3

2. A study examining relationships between micro patterns and security vulnerabilities

   • Kazi Zakia Sultana
   • Byron J. Williams
   • Tanmay Bhowmik

   OriginalPaper 29 November 2017 Pages: 5 - 41

   

3. A vector table model-based systematic analysis of spectral fault localization techniques

   • Chunyan Ma
   • Chenyang Nie
   • Bowei Zhang

   OriginalPaper 05 March 2018 Pages: 43 - 78

   

4. Code coverage differences of Java bytecode and source code instrumentation tools

   • Ferenc Horváth
   • Tamás Gergely
   • Tibor Gyimóthy

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2017 Pages: 79 - 123

   

5. Comprehensibility of system models during test design: a controlled experiment comparing UML activity diagrams and state machines

   • Michael Felderer
   • Andrea Herrmann

   OriginalPaper Open access 23 April 2018 Pages: 125 - 147

   

6. Automated functional testing of mobile applications: a systematic mapping study

   • Porfirio Tramontana
   • Domenico Amalfitano
   • Anna Rita Fasolino

   ReviewPaper 24 October 2018 Pages: 149 - 201

   

7. Usability improvement through A/B testing and refactoring

   • Sergio Firmenich
   • Alejandra Garrido
   • Gustavo Rossi

   OriginalPaper 04 August 2018 Pages: 203 - 240

   

8. Exploring the suitability of source code metrics for indicating architectural inconsistencies

   • Jörg Lenhard
   • Martin Blom
   • Sebastian Herold

   OriginalPaper Open access 08 March 2018 Pages: 241 - 274

   

9. On the proposal and evaluation of a benchmark-based threshold derivation method

   • Gustavo Vale
   • Eduardo Fernandes
   • Eduardo Figueiredo

   OriginalPaper 01 May 2018 Pages: 275 - 306

   

10. Modeling variability in the video domain: language and experience report

    • Mauricio Alférez
    • Mathieu Acher
    • David Benavides

    OriginalPaper 12 March 2018 Pages: 307 - 347

    

11. Comparison of the FMEA and STPA safety analysis methods–a case study

    • Sardar Muhammad Sulaman
    • Armin Beer
    • Martin Höst

    OriginalPaper Open access 04 December 2017 Pages: 349 - 387

    

12. FLEX-RCA: a lean-based method for root cause analysis in software process improvement

    • J. Pernstål
    • R. Feldt
    • D. Florén

    OriginalPaper 01 May 2018 Pages: 389 - 428

    

13. Correlation of critical success factors with success of software projects: an empirical investigation

    • Vahid Garousi
    • Ayça Tarhan
    • Onur Demirörs

    OriginalPaper Open access 27 October 2018 Pages: 429 - 493