Author Description

Software Engineering Research and Practice, is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at SERP '14, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians. Selected topics include: * Novel Applications, Methodologies and Case Studies + Intellectual Property Issues + Education * Software Systems, Requirements + Middle-Ware + Software Development Process + Modeling and Architecture Description Languages * Software Architecture + Design Patterns * Unified Modeling Language / UML, Object Oriented Methods, and Case Studies * Usability Studies + Cost Estimation and Management + Software Testing, Analysis, Validation, and Verification + Performance Studies * Software Engineering and Management + Code Reuse + Software Maintenance Methods + Release Planning + Software Productivity and Quality * Agile Software Methods * Software Engineering and Embedded Systems * Software Engineering + Maintenance, Legacy Codes, Metrics, Collaborative Work, Software Process Improvement and Models, SOA, Case Studies