Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Volume 4

Volume 4, Number 1, April 1984

• Richard E. Fairley:
  Editor's introduction. 1
  
• Jock A. Rader:
  VLSI and software engineering: Guest editor's introduction. 3-6
  
• Robert Cuykendall, Antun Domic, William H. Joyner, Steve C. Johnson, Steven H. Kelem, Dennis McBride, Jack Mostow, John E. Savage, Gabriele Saucier:
  Design synthesis in VLSI and software engineering. 7-12
  
• Randy H. Katz, Walt Scacchi, P. Subrahmanyam:
  Environments for VLSI and software engineering. 13-26
  
• S. Hirschhorn, Alan M. Davis:
  Parallels between software and VLSI engineering. 27-37
  
• Jack Mostow:
  A decision-based framework for comparing hardware compilers^, . 39-50
  
• Jack Mostow, Bob Balzer:
  Application of a transformational software development methodology to VLSI design. 51-61
  
• Merlin Dorfman, Richard F. Flynn:
  Arts - an automated requirements traceability system. 63-74
  
• Robert G. Reynolds:
  Metrics to measure the complexity of partial programs. 75-91
  

Volume 4, Numbers 2-3, July 1984

• Sushil Jajodia, Peter Ann-Beng Ng, Raymond T. Yeh:
  Introduction to the special issue on the use of entity-relationship concepts in databases and related software. 95-98
  
• W. Kent:
  Fact-based data analysis and design. 99-121
  
• Sushil Jajodia, Peter A. Ng:
  Translation of entity-relationship diagrams into relational structures. 123-133
  
• Hirotaka Sakai:
  Entity-relationship behavior modeling in conceptual schema design. 135-145
  
• Victor M. Markowitz, Yoav Raz:
  An entity-relationship algebra and its semantic description capabilities. 147-162
  
• Carlo Batini, Maurizio Talamo, Roberto Tamassia:
  Computer aided layout of entity relationship diagrams. 163-173
  
• Adolph D'Cunha, Thiruvengadam Radhakrishnan:
  DASS: A data administration support system. 175-184
  
• Robert W. Marti:
  Integrating database and program descriptions using an ER-Data dictionary. 185-195
  
• Enrique H. Ruspini, Robert Fraley:
  ID: An intelligent information dictionary system. 197-205
  
• Rodney P. Zimmerman:
  Phases, methods, and tools: A triad of system development. 207-218
  
• Shuji Nakata, Go Yamazaki:
  ISMOS: An experimental database-oriented tool generator. 219-238
  
• Bharat K. Bhargava:
  Performance evaluation of reliability control algorithms for distributed database systems. 239-264
  

Volume 4, Number 4, November 1984

• Amrit L. Goel:
  Introduction to the special issue on the fifth minnowbrook workshop on software performance evaluation. 267
  
• Joseph P. Cavano:
  Software reliability measurement: Prediction, estimation, and assessment. 269-275
  
• John D. Musa, Kazuhira Okumoto:
  A comparison of time domains for software reliability models. 277-287
  
• Thomas J. Ostrand, Elaine J. Weyuker:
  Collecting and categorizing software error data in an industrial environment. 289-300
  
• John B. Lohse, Stuart H. Zweben:
  Experimental evaluation of software design principles: An investigation into the effect of module coupling on system modifiability. 301-308
  
• Allen Haley, Stuart H. Zweben:
  Development and application of a white box approach to integration testing. 309-315
  
• Robert L. Probert, Hasan Ural:
  High-level testing and example-directed development of software specifications. 317-325
  
• John B. Bowen:
  Module size: A standard or heuristic? 327-332