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Prof. T.H. Tse 

Publications 

The following publications are listed in reversed chronological order within each category. Access to some papers may be denied if you are not registered users of the appropriate electronic libraries. Alternatively, technical reports or postprints are available to facilitate open access. Please contact if you would like to receive a copy of any specific paper via email. See also Academia, ACM Digital Library, AMiner, Computer Science Bibliographies, DBLP, Google Scholar, HKU Scholars Hub, IEEE Xplore, ORCID, Publons, ResearchGate, ResearchID, Scopus, and Wikipedia.

A selected list of Prof. Tse's publications by research areas is available at https://www.cs.hku.hk/~tse/Papers/selected.html.

  Highlight of International Ranking

Prof. T.H. Tse has been ranked internationally as no. 2 among experts in metamorphic testing.

 JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Z.Q. Zhou, C. Liu, T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and W. Susilo, "Beating random test case prioritization", IEEE Transactions on Reliability 70 (2): 654-675 (2021).  Journal impact factor 5.0.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | technical report TR-2020-04]

  2. Z.Q. Zhou, T.H. Tse, and M. Witheridge, "Metamorphic robustness testing: Exposing hidden defects in citation statistics and journal impact factors", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 47 (6): 1164-1183 (2021).  Journal impact factor 6.5.  36 citations.  [abstract | free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library | ICSE '20 journal-first presentation in YouTube | press release | reported in ScienceAlert, Nature Index, Communications of the ACM, Psychology Today, The Australian, and Wikipedia]

  3. J. Chen, Q. Bao, T.H. Tse, T.Y. Chen, J. Xi, C. Mao, M. Yu, and R. Huang, "Exploiting the largest available zone: A proactive approach to adaptive random testing by exclusion", IEEE Access 8: 52475-52488 (2020).  Journal impact factor 3.4.  [abstract | free download from IEEE Xplore]

  4. C. Mao, X. Zhan, T.H. Tse, and T.Y. Chen, "KDFC-ART: a KD-tree approach to enhancing Fixed-size-Candidate-set Adaptive Random Testing", IEEE Transactions on Reliability 68 (4): 1444-1469 (2019).  Journal impact factor 5.0.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | technical report TR-2019-01]

  5. J. Chen, M. Zhou, T.H. Tse, T. Y. Chen, Y. Guo, R. Huang, and C. Mao, "Toward a k-means clustering approach to adaptive random testing for object-oriented software", Science China Information Sciences 62 (11): 219105:1-219105:2 (2019).  Journal impact factor 7.3.  [abstract | paper from Springer | technical report TR-2019-02]

  6. T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, H. Liu, P.-L. Poon, D. Towey, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Metamorphic testing: A review of challenges and opportunities", ACM Computing Surveys 51 (1): 4:1-4:27 (2018).  Journal impact factor 23.8.  465 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  7. C. Jia, Y. Cai, Y.T. Yu, and T.H. Tse, "5W+1H pattern: A perspective of systematic mapping studies and a case study on cloud software testing", Journal of Systems and Software 116: 206-219 (2016).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  71 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2015-02]

  8. C. Jia, L. Mei, W.K. Chan, Y.T. Yu, and T.H. Tse, "Connecting the average and the non-average: A study of the rates of fault detection in testing WS-BPEL services", International Journal of Web Services Research 12 (3): 1-24 (2015).  [abstract | technical report TR-2015-01]

  9. L. Mei, Y. Cai, C. Jia, B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, Z. Zhang, and T.H. Tse, "A subsumption hierarchy of test case prioritization for composite services", IEEE Transactions on Services Computing 8 (5): 658-673 (2015).  Journal impact factor 5.5.  33 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2014-07]

  10. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, B. Jiang, and K. Zhai, "Preemptive regression testing of workflow-based web services", IEEE Transactions on Services Computing 8 (5): 740-754 (2015).  Journal impact factor 5.5.  The article was selected as the spotlight paper of this issue.  32 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2014-04]

  11. H. Wang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Improving the effectiveness of testing pervasive software via context diversity", ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems 9 (2): 9:1-9:28 (2014).  Journal impact factor 2.2.  30 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  12. H.Y. Chen and T.H. Tse, "Equality to equals and unequals: A revisit of the equivalence and nonequivalence criteria in class-level testing of object-oriented software", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 39 (11): 1549-1563 (2013).  Journal impact factor 6.5.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2013-06]

  13. B. Jiang, K. Zhai, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and Z. Zhang, "On the adoption of MC/DC and control-flow adequacy for a tight integration of program testing and statistical fault localization", Information and Software Technology 55 (5): 897-917 (2013).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  22 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2012-14]

  14. J. Xu, Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and S. Li, "A general noise-reduction framework for fault localization of Java programs", Information and Software Technology 55 (5): 880-896 (2013).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  37 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2012-13]

  15. T.Y. Chen, P. Hu, H. Li, and T.H. Tse, "An enhanced flow analysis technique for detecting unreachability faults in concurrent systems", Information Sciences 194 (7): 254-269 (2012).  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2012-01]

  16. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "DESSERT: A divide-and-conquer methodology for identifying categories, choices, and choice relations for test case generation", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 38 (4): 794-809 (2012).  Journal impact factor 6.5.  20 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2011-11]

  17. B. Jiang, Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and T.Y. Chen, "How well does test case prioritization integrate with statistical fault localization?", Information and Software Technology 54 (7): 739-758 (2012).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  76 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2012-02]

  18. E.Y.Y. Kan, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "EClass: An execution classification approach to improving the energy-efficiency of software via machine learning", Journal of Systems and Software 85 (4): 960-973 (2012).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  22 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2011-14 | supplementary information]

  19. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Fault localization based only on failed runs", IEEE Computer 45 (6): 64-71 (2012).  Journal impact factor 2.0.  56 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2012-04]

  20. Z.Q. Zhou, S. Zhang, M. Hagenbuchner, T.H. Tse, F.-C. Kuo, and T.Y. Chen, "Automated functional testing of online search services", Software Testing, Verification and Reliability 22 (4): 221-243 (2012).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  116 citations.  [abstract | paper from Wiley online library | technical report TR-2010-06]

  21. T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Semi-proving: An integrated method for program proving, testing, and debugging", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 37 (1): 109-125 (2011).  Journal impact factor 6.5.  96 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2009-10]

  22. X. Feng, D.L. Parnas, T.H. Tse, and T. O'Callaghan, "A comparison of tabular expression-based testing strategies", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 37 (5): 616-634 (2011).  Journal impact factor 6.5.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2009-19]

  23. B. Jiang, T.H. Tse, W. Grieskamp, N. Kicillof, Y. Cao, X. Li, and W.K. Chan, "Assuring the model evolution of protocol software specifications by regression testing process improvement", Software: Practice and Experience 41 (10): 1073-1103 (2011).  Journal impact factor 2.6.  22 citations.  [abstract | paper from Wiley online library | technical report TR-2011-07]

  24. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and R.G. Merkel, "XML-manipulating test case prioritization for XML-manipulating services", Journal of Systems and Software 84 (4): 603-619 (2011).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  56 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2010-11]

  25. P.-L. Poon, T.H. Tse, S.-F. Tang, and F.-C. Kuo, "Contributions of tester experience and a checklist guideline to the identification of categories and choices for software testing", Software Quality Journal 19 (1): 141-163 (2011).  Journal impact factor 1.7.  41 citations.  [abstract | paper from Springer | technical report TR-2010-09]

  26. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, Y.T. Yu, and P. Hu, "Non-parametric statistical fault localization", Journal of Systems and Software 84 (6): 885-905 (2011).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  64 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2011-01]

  27. W.K. Chan, J.C.F. Ho, and T.H. Tse, "Finding failures from passed test cases: Improving the pattern classification approach to the testing of mesh simplification programs", Software Testing, Verification and Reliability 20 (2): 89-120 (2010).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  [abstract | paper from Wiley online library | technical report TR-2009-03]

  28. T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel, and T.H. Tse, "Adaptive random testing: The ART of test case diversity", Journal of Systems and Software 83 (1): 60-66 (2010).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  453 citations.  Selected as the Grand Champion of the Most Influential Paper Award by the Journal of Systems and Software.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2009-07 | invited blog post in JSS Editor's Selection | postprint of blog post | official announcement of grand championship]

  29. P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, T.H. Tse, and T.Y. Chen, "CHOC'LATE: A framework for specification-based testing", Communications of the ACM 53 (4): 113-118 (2010).  Journal impact factor 11.1.  21 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  30. Z. Zhang, B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and X. Wang, "Fault localization through evaluation sequences", Journal of Systems and Software 83 (2): 174-187 (2010).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  61 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2009-20]

  31. W.K. Chan, S.C. Cheung, J.C.F. Ho, and T.H. Tse, "PAT: A pattern classification approach to automatic reference oracles for the testing of mesh simplification programs", Journal of Systems and Software 82 (3): 422-434 (2009).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  21 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2007-10]

  32. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and P. Hu, "Experimental study to compare the use of metamorphic testing and assertion checking", Journal of Software 20 (10): 2637-2654 (2009).  40 citations.  [abstract | paper from Journal of Software | technical report TR-2009-01]

  33. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, P. Hu, and X. Wang, "Is non-parametric hypothesis testing model robust for statistical fault localization?", Information and Software Technology 51 (11): 1573-1585 (2009).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  42 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2009-11]

  34. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, H. Lu, and L. Mei, "Resource prioritization of code optimization techniques for program synthesis of wireless sensor network applications", Journal of Systems and Software 82 (9): 1376-1387 (2009).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  98 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2009-02]

  35. T.H. Tse, F.C.M. Lau, W.K. Chan, P.C.K. Liu, and C.K.F. Luk, "Testing object-oriented industrial software without precise oracles or results", Communications of the ACM 50 (8): 78-85 (2007).  Journal impact factor 11.1.  28 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  36. W.K. Chan, T.Y. Chen, H. Lu, T.H. Tse, and S.S. Yau, "Integration testing of context-sensitive middleware-based applications: A metamorphic approach", International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 16 (5): 677-703 (2006).  76 citations.  According to D.S. Rosenblum et al. with University of Birmingham, University College London, and Imperial College London (2009), "the only work in testing ubiquitous systems of which we are aware is [this] recent work on using metamorphic testing to generate test case variants for testing context-aware middleware".  [abstract | paper from World Scientific | technical report TR-2006-06]

  37. W.K. Chan, M.Y. Cheng, S.C. Cheung, and T.H. Tse, "Automatic goal-oriented classification of failure behaviors for testing XML-based multimedia software applications: An experimental case study", Journal of Systems and Software 79 (5): 602-612 (2006).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  64 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2005-04]

  38. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Yu, "Applying testing to requirements inspection for software quality assurance", Information Systems Control Journal 6: 50-56 (2006).  [abstract | paper from Information Systems Control Journal | technical report TR-2006-14]

  39. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "On the identification of categories and choices for specification-based test case generation", Information and Software Technology 46 (13): 887-898 (2004).  Among the "ScienceDirect Top25 Hottest Articles" in Information and Software Technology (2004).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  49 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2004-02]

  40. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, and T.H. Tse, "A choice relation framework for supporting category-partition test case generation", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 29 (7): 577-593 (2003).  Journal impact factor 6.5.  96 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2003-01]

  41. T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Fault-based testing without the need of oracles", Information and Software Technology 45 (1): 1-9 (2003).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  239 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2002-07]

  42. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, and T.H. Tse, "Classification-tree restructuring methodologies: A new perspective", IEE Proceedings: Software (renamed as IET Software with effect from 2007) 149 (2): 65-74 (2002).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  The paper was described by the editor-in-chief as "one of the best [they] published recently".  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IET digital library | editor's erratum | authors' original correct version]

  43. H.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and T.Y. Chen, "TACCLE: A methodology for object-oriented software testing at the class and cluster levels", ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 10 (1): 56-109 (2001).  Journal impact factor 6.6.  261 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library | review by ACM Computing Reviews]

  44. T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Yu, "Proportional sampling strategy: A compendium and some insights", Journal of Systems and Software 58 (1): 65-81 (2001).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  184 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  45. H.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Deng, "ROCS: An object-oriented class-level testing system based on the relevant observable contexts technique", Information and Software Technology 42 (10): 677-686 (2000).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  39 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-97-08]

  46. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, and T.H. Tse, "An integrated classification-tree methodology for test case generation", International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 10 (6): 647-679 (2000).  59 citations.  [abstract | paper from World Scientific | postprint]

  47. H. Leung, T.H. Tse, F.T. Chan, and T.Y. Chen, "Test case selection with and without replacement", Information Sciences 129 (1-4): 81-103 (2000).  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  48. H.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, F.T. Chan, and T.Y. Chen, "In black and white: An integrated approach to class-level testing of object-oriented programs", ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 7 (3): 250-295 (1998).  Journal impact factor 6.6.  270 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library | review by ACM Computing Reviews]

  49. F.T. Chan, T.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "On the effectiveness of test case allocation schemes in partition testing", Information and Software Technology 39 (10): 719-726 (1997).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  50. T.H. Tse, T.Y. Chen, F.T. Chan, H.Y. Chen, and H.L. Xie, "The application of Prolog to structured design", Software: Practice and Experience 24 (7): 659-676 (1994).  Journal impact factor 2.6.  [abstract | paper from Wiley online library | technical report TR-90-01]

  51. T.H. Tse, T.Y. Chen, and C.S. Kwok, "The use of Prolog in the modelling and evaluation of structure charts", Information and Software Technology 36 (1): 23-33 (1994).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  52. T.H. Tse and L. Pong, "An examination of requirements specification languages", The Computer Journal 34 (2): 143-152 (1991).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  74 citations.  [abstract | free download from Oxford Journals | review by ACM Computing Reviews | an interesting Russian translation of the paper]

  53. T.H. Tse and L. Pong, "Towards a formal foundation for DeMarco data flow diagrams", The Computer Journal 32 (1): 1-12 (1989).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  75 citations.  [abstract | free download from Oxford Journals]

  54. T.H. Tse, "Integrating the structured analysis and design models: A category-theoretic approach", Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (formerly the Australian Computer Journal) 19 (1): 25-31 (1987).  [abstract | paper]

  55. T.H. Tse, "Towards a single criterion for identifying program unstructuredness", The Computer Journal 30 (4): 378-380 (1987).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  [abstract | free download from Oxford Journals | postprint with better formatting than the journal version]

  56. T.H. Tse, "The identification of program unstructuredness: A formal approach", The Computer Journal 30 (6): 507-511 (1987).  Journal impact factor 1.5.  [abstract | free download from Oxford Journals]

  57. T.H. Tse, "On the detection of unstructuredness in flowgraphs", Information Processing Letters 25 (3): 189-193 (1987).  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  58. T.H. Tse, "An algebraic formulation for structured systems development tools", Hong Kong Computer Journal 2 (4): 44-49 (1986).

  59. T.H. Tse, "Integrating the structured analysis and design models: An initial algebra approach", Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (formerly the Australian Computer Journal) 18 (3): 121-127 (1986).  [abstract | paper]

  60. T.H. Tse, "Towards a unified algebraic view of structured systems development models", ACM SIGMIS Database 17 (4) (1986).  [author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  61. T.H. Tse and L. Pong, "An application of Petri nets in structured analysis", ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 11 (5): 53-56 (1986).  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  62. T.H. Tse, "An automation of Jackson's structured programming", Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (formerly the Australian Computer Journal) 17 (4): 154-162 (1985).  [abstract | paper]

  63. T.H. Tse and L. Pong, "A review of system development systems", Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (formerly the Australian Computer Journal) 14 (3): 99-109 (1982).  [abstract | paper]
 CONFERENCE PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. M.S.-H. Tang, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Detecting hidden failures of DBMS: A comprehensive metamorphic relation output patterns approach", in Proceedings of the IEEE 47th Annual International Computers, Software, and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW '23), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1768-1773 (2023).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2023-01]

  2. T.H. Tse, D. Lo, A. Groce, M. Perscheid, R. Hirschfeld, and W.E. Wong, "Emerging aspects of software fault localization", in Handbook of Software Fault Localization: Foundations and Advances, W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse (eds.), Wiley-IEEE Press, Hoboken, NY, USA, pp. 529-579 (2023).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from Wiley online library]

  3. M.S.-H. Tang, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "A disjoint-partitioning approach to enhancing metamorphic testing of DBMS", in Proceedings of 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '22), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA (2022), pp. 130-131. [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2022-01]

  4. T.Y. Chen and T.H. Tse, "New visions on metamorphic testing after a quarter of a century of inception", in Ideas, Visions and Reflections Track, Proceedings of the ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE '21), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1487-1490 (2021).  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  5. B. Jiang, X. Wang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, N. Li, Y. Yin, and Z. Zhang, "CUDAsmith: A fuzzer for CUDA compilers", in Proceedings of the IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '20), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 861-871 (2020).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2020-05]

  6. D.T.S. Lee, Z.Q. Zhou, and T.H. Tse, "Metamorphic robustness testing of Google Translate", in IEEE/ACM 5th International Workshop on Metamorphic Testing (MET '20), Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops (ICSEW '20), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 388-395 (2020).  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  7. Z. Li, L. Zhang, J. Yan, J. Zhang, Z. Zhang, and T. H. Tse, "PEACEPACT: Prioritizing examples to accelerate perturbation-based adversary generation for DNN classification testing", in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS '20), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 406-413 (2020).  [abstract | free download from QRS '20]

  8. Z.Q. Zhou, T.H. Tse, and M. Witheridge, "An extended abstract of 'Metamorphic robustness testing: Exposing hidden defects in citation statistics and journal impact factors' ", Journal-First Presentation in IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '20), Seoul, South Korea (2020).  [ICSE presentation in YouTube | PowerPoint with sound recording | postprint of extended abstract | original journal-first paper in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering]

  9. T.H. Tse, A. So, and D.P.-k. Fan, "Fortune Favors the Brave: Challenges and Successes of Accessible IT Development Association", in Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific Regional Conference, Macau (2019).  [abstract | presentation slides]

  10. D. Zhang, Z. Zhang, B. Jiang, and T.H. Tse, "The impact of lightweight disassembler on malware detection: An empirical study", in Proceedings of the IEEE 42th Annual Computers, Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '18), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 620-629 (2018).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2018-03]

  11. W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, S. Wu, Y.T. Yu, and Z. Zhang, "Slope-based Sequencing Yardstick for Analyzing Unsatisfactory performance of multithreaded programs: An SSYAU trend estimation approach to performance bug localization", in Proceedings of the IEEE 39th Annual Computers, Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '15), Part I: The 2015 Stephen S. Yau Academic Symposium, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 11-16 (2015).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2015-06]

  12. B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "PORA: Proportion-oriented randomized algorithm for test case prioritization", in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS '15), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 131-140 (2015).  Acceptance rate 22.0%.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2015-07]

  13. C. Jia, L. Mei, W.K. Chan, Y.T. Yu, and T.H. Tse, "Is XML-based test case prioritization for validating WS-BPEL evolution effective in both average and adverse scenarios?", in Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS '14), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 233-240 (2014).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | extended version]

  14. E.Y.Y. Kan, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "CrowdAdaptor: A CrowdSourcing approach toward adaptive energy-efficient configurations of virtual machines hosting mobile applications", in Proceedings of the IEEE 38th Annual Computers, Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '14), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 493-502 (2014).  Acceptance rate 21.5%.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2014-06]

  15. W.K. Chan and T.H. Tse, "Oracles are hardly attain'd, and hardly understood: Confessions of software testing researchers", The Symposium on Engineering Test Harness (TSETH '13), in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '13), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 245-252 (2013).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2013-03]

  16. C. Chow, T.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "The ART of divide and conquer: An innovative approach to improving the efficiency of adaptive random testing", The Symposium on Engineering Test Harness (TSETH '13), in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '13), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 268-275 (2013).  34 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2013-04]

  17. P.-L. Poon, T.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "Incremental identification of categories and choices for test case generation: A study of the software practitioners' preferences", The Symposium on Engineering Test Harness (TSETH '13), in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '13), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 230-237 (2013).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2013-05]

  18. W.Y.S. Li, S. Wu, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "JSCloud: Toward remote execution of JavaScript code on handheld devices", The 2012 International Workshop on Embedded System Software Development and Quality Assurance (WESQA '12), in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '12), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 240-245 (2012).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2012-09]

  19. L. Mei, K. Zhai, B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Preemptive regression test scheduling strategies: A new testing approach to thriving on the volatile service environments", in Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '12), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 72-81 (2012).  Acceptance rate 18%.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2012-05]

  20. P.-L. Poon, T.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "Choices, choices: Comparing between CHOC'LATE and the classification-tree methodology", in Reliable Software Technologies: Ada-Europe '12, M. Brorsson and L.M. Pinho (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7308, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 162-176 (2012).  [abstract | paper from Springer | technical report TR-2012-03]

  21. K. Zhai, B. Xu, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "CARISMA: A context-sensitive approach to race-condition sample-instance selection for multithreaded applications", in Proceedings of the 2012 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA '12), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 221-231 (2012).  34 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  22. B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "On practical adequate test suites for integrated test case prioritization and fault localization", in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '11), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 21-30 (2011).  Best paper award.  27 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2011-10]

  23. J. Xu, W.K. Chan, Z. Zhang, T.H. Tse, and S. Li, "A dynamic fault localization technique with noise reduction for Java programs", in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '11), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 11-20 (2011).  24 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2011-09]

  24. Z. Zhang, B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Precise propagation of fault-failure correlations in program flow graphs", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '11), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 58-67 (2011).  Acceptance rate 20.6%.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2011-08]

  25. B. Jiang, T.H. Tse, W. Grieskamp, N. Kicillof, Y. Cao, and X. Li, "Regression testing process improvement for specification evolution of real-world protocol software", in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '10), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 62-71 (2010).  Acceptance rate 16.5%.  20 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2010-02]

  26. E.Y.Y. Kan, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Leveraging performance and power savings for embedded systems using multiple target deadlines", The 1st International Workshop on Embedded System Software Development and Quality Assurance (WESQA '10), in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '10), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 473-480 (2010).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2010-05]

  27. H. Wang, K. Zhai, and T.H. Tse, "Correlating context-awareness and mutation analysis for pervasive computing systems", in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '10), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 151-160 (2010).  Acceptance rate 16.5%.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2010-03]

  28. K. Zhai, B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Taking advantage of service selection: A study on the testing of location-based web services through test case prioritization", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS '10), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 211-218 (2010).  Acceptance rate 17.6%.  45 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2010-04]

  29. H.Y. Chen and T.H. Tse, "Automatic generation of normal forms for testing object-oriented software", in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '09), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 108-116 (2009).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | revised version TR-2009-17]

  30. B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, Z. Zhang, and T.H. Tse, "Where to adapt dynamic service compositions", in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW '09), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1123-1124 (2009).  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  31. B. Jiang, Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Adaptive random test case prioritization", in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE '09), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 233-244 (2009).  Acceptance rate 17.1%.  309 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2009-18]

  32. B. Jiang, Z. Zhang, T.H. Tse, and T.Y. Chen, "How well do test case prioritization techniques support statistical fault localization", in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '09), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 99-106 (2009).  Best paper award.  Acceptance rate 14.7%.  108 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2009-09]

  33. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Data flow testing of service choreography", in Proceedings of the 7th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundation of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE '09), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 151-160 (2009).  Acceptance rate 14.7%.  63 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  34. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and F.-C. Kuo, "An empirical study of the use of Frankl-Weyuker data flow testing criteria to test BPEL web services", in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '09), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 81-88 (2009).  Acceptance rate 20.3%.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2009-08]

  35. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and R.G. Merkel, "Tag-based techniques for black-box test case prioritization for service testing", in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '09), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 21-30 (2009).  40 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2009-16]

  36. L. Mei, Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Test case prioritization for regression testing of service-oriented business applications", in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW '09), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 901-910 (2009).  Acceptance rate 11.7%.  115 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  37. T.H. Tse, "Position statement: Conventional wisdom works in conventional circumstances: Towards new solutions to new paradigms that challenge software testing", in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '09), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 1iv-1v (2009).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  38. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, B. Jiang, and X. Wang, "Capturing propagation of infected program states", in Proceedings of the 7th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundation of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE '09), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 43-52 (2009).  Acceptance rate 14.7%.  160 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  39. H.Y. Chen, L. Tan, and T.H. Tse, "A scheme to aid construction of left-hand sides of axioms in algebraic specifications for object-oriented program testing", in Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE '08), vol. 2, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 747-750 (2008).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-12]

  40. X. Feng, D.L. Parnas, and T.H. Tse, "Fault propagation in tabular expression-based specifications", in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '08), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 180-183 (2008).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-06]

  41. P. Hu, Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Fault localization with non-parametric program behavior model", in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '08), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 385-395 (2008).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-08]

  42. H. Lu, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Testing pervasive software in the presence of context inconsistency resolution services", in Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '08), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 61-70 (2008).  Acceptance rate 15.1%.  77 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  43. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "A tale of clouds: Paradigm comparisons and some thoughts on research issues", in Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference (APSCC '08), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 464-469 (2008).  384 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-14]

  44. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "An adaptive service selection approach to service composition", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS '08), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 70-77 (2008).  Acceptance rate 15.9%.  75 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-10]

  45. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Data flow testing of service-oriented workflow applications", in Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '08), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 371-380 (2008).  Acceptance rate 15.1%.  115 citations.  According to ICSE reviewers, this work serves to "open the door to further investigation and research challenges."  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  46. Y.X. Sun, H.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "Lean implementations of software testing tools using XML representations of source codes", in Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE '08), vol. 2, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 708-711 (2008).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-11]

  47. Z. Zhang, B. Jiang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Debugging through evaluation sequences: A controlled experimental study", in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '08), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 128-135 (2008).  Best paper award.  Acceptance rate 19.5%.  20 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-07]

  48. W.K. Chan, T.Y. Chen, S.C. Cheung, T.H. Tse, and Z. Zhang, "Towards the testing of power-aware software applications for wireless sensor networks", in Reliable Software Technologies: Ada-Europe '07, N. Abdennadher and F. Kordon (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4498, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 84-99 (2007).  30 citations.  [abstract | paper from Springer | technical report TR-2007-05]

  49. W.K. Chan, J.C.F. Ho, and T.H. Tse, "Piping classification to metamorphic testing: An empirical study towards better effectiveness for the identification of failures in mesh simplification programs", in Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '07), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 397-404 (2007).  Acceptance rate 18.2%.  26 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2007-04]

  50. H.Y. Chen, C. Li, and T.H. Tse, "Transformation of UML interaction diagrams into contract specifications for object-oriented testing", in Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC '07), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 1298-1303 (2007).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2007-08]

  51. T.Y. Chen, D.H. Huang, T.H. Tse, and Z. Yang, "An innovative approach to tackling the boundary effect in adaptive random testing", in Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-40), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA (2007).  33 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2006-10]

  52. X. Feng, D.L. Parnas, and T.H. Tse, "Tabular expression-based testing strategies: A comparison", in Proceedings of the Testing — Academic and Industrial Conference — Practice And Research Techniques (TAICPART-MUTATION '07), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. 134 (2007).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  53. Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Synthesizing component-based WSN applications via automatic combination of code optimization techniques", in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '07), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 181-190 (2007).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2007-11]

  54. W.K. Chan, S.C. Cheung, J.C.F. Ho, and T.H. Tse, "Reference models and automatic oracles for the testing of mesh simplification software for graphics rendering", in Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '06), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 429-438 (2006).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2006-04]

  55. P. Hu, Z. Zhang, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "An empirical comparison between direct and indirect test result checking approaches", in Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Software Quality Assurance (SOQUA '06) (in conjunction with the 14th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering (SIGSOFT/FSE '06)), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 6-13 (2006).  59 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  56. H. Lu, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Static slicing for pervasive programs", in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '06), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 185-192 (2006).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2006-09]

  57. H. Lu, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Testing context-aware middleware-centric programs: A data flow approach and an RFID-based experimentation", in Proceedings of the 14th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering (SIGSOFT/FSE '06), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 242-252 (2006).  Acceptance rate 20.0%.  133 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  58. W.K. Chan, T.Y. Chen, H. Lu, T.H. Tse, and S.S. Yau, "A metamorphic approach to integration testing of context-sensitive middleware-based applications", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '05), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 241-249 (2005).  57 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2005-05]

  59. W.K. Chan, S.C. Cheung, and T.H. Tse, "Fault-based testing of database application programs with conceptual data model", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '05), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 187-196 (2005).  94 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2005-06]

  60. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "Identification of categories and choices in activity diagrams", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '05), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 55-63 (2005).  22 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2005-07]

  61. F.T. Chan, T.H. Tse, W.H. Tang, and T.Y. Chen, "Software testing education and training in Hong Kong", The 1st International Workshop on Education and Training for Quality Software Engineering, in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '05), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 313-316 (2005).  33 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  62. T.H. Tse, "Research directions in model-based metamorphic testing and verification", in Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '05), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. 332 (2005).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  63. A. Cain, T.Y. Chen, D. Grant, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "An automatic test data generation system based on the integrated classification-tree methodology", Software Engineering Research and Applications, C.V. Ramamoorthy, R.Y. Lee, and K.W. Lee (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3026, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 225-238 (2004).  25 citations.  [abstract | paper from Springer | technical report TR-2004-04]

  64. T.Y. Chen, D.H. Huang, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Case studies on the selection of useful relations in metamorphic testing", in Proceedings of the 4th Ibero-American Symposium on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (JIISIC '04), Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, pp. 569-583 (2004).  169 citations.  [abstract | paper from JIISIC 2004 | technical report TR-2004-13]

  65. M.Y. Cheng, S.C. Cheung, and T.H. Tse, "Towards the application of classification techniques to test and identify faults in multimedia systems", in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '04), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 32-40 (2004).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2004-05]

  66. C.-A. Sun, K.Y. Sim, T.H. Tse, and T.Y. Chen, "An empirical evaluation and analysis of the fault-detection capability of MUMCUT for general Boolean expressions", in Proceedings of the International Computer Symposium (ICS '04), Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 926-932 (2004).  [abstract | paper from ICS 2004 | postprint]

  67. T.H. Tse, "Computing curriculum — software engineering: Its impacts on professional software engineering education", in Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '04), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 176-177 (2004).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  68. T.H. Tse, S.S. Yau, W.K. Chan, H. Lu, and T.Y. Chen, "Testing context-sensitive middleware-based software applications", in Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '04), vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 458-465 (2004).  Evaluated as the best paper.  118 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2004-07]

  69. Z.Q. Zhou, D.H. Huang, T.H. Tse, Z. Yang, H. Huang, and T.Y. Chen, "Metamorphic testing and its applications", in Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Future Software Technology (ISFST '04), Software Engineers Association, Tokyo, Japan (2004).  162 citations.  [abstract | paper from ISFST '04 | technical report TR-2004-12]

  70. A. Cain, T.Y. Chen, D. Grant, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "ADDICT: A prototype system for automated test data generation using the integrated classification-tree methodology", in Proceedings of the 1st ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Applications (SERA '03), International Association for Computer and Information Science, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA, pp. 76-81 (2003).  [abstract | technical report TR-2003-03]

  71. H.Y. Chen, Y.X. Sun, and T.H. Tse, "A scheme for dynamic detection of concurrent execution of object-oriented software", in Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC '03), vol. 5, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 4828-4833 (2003).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2003-04]

  72. H.Y. Chen, Y.X. Sun, and T.H. Tse, "A strategy for selecting synchronization sequences to test concurrent object-oriented software", in Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '03), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 198-203 (2003).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | revised version TR-2003-05]

  73. T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Metamorphic testing and beyond", in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP '03), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 94-100 (2003).  94 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2003-06]

  74. K.-Y. Cai, T.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "Towards research on software cybernetics", in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Symposium on High-Assurance Systems Engineering (HASE '02), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 240-241 (2002).  63 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2002-10]

  75. W.K. Chan, T.Y. Chen, and T.H. Tse, "An overview of integration testing techniques for object-oriented programs", in Proceedings of the 2nd ACIS Annual International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS '02), International Association for Computer and Information Science, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA, pp. 696-701 (2002).  45 citations.  [abstract | technical report TR-2002-03]

  76. T.Y. Chen, M.Y. Cheng, P.-L. Poon, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Yu, "A study on input domain partitioning", in Proceedings of the 20th IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics (AI '02), ACTA Press, Calgary, AB, Canada, pp. 176-181 (2002).  [abstract | paper from ACTA Press | postprint]

  77. T.Y. Chen, J. Feng, and T.H. Tse, "Metamorphic testing of programs on partial differential equations: A case study", in Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '02), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 327-333 (2002).  169 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  78. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, S.F. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "An experimental analysis of the identification of categories and choices from specifications", in Proceedings of the 3rd ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD '02), International Association for Computer and Information Science, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA, pp. 99-106 (2002).  [abstract | postprint]

  79. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, S.-F. Tang, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Yu, "Towards a problem-driven approach to perspective-based reading", in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Symposium on High-Assurance Systems Engineering (HASE '02), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 221-229 (2002).  27 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2002-01]

  80. T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Semi-proving: An integrated method based on global symbolic evaluation and metamorphic testing", in Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA '02), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 191-195 (2002).  129 citations.  [abstract | author-izer free download from ACM digital library]

  81. T.H. Tse, "Software engineering professionalism: Is the end of constraints and conflicts in sight?", in Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '02), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 347-348 (2002).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  82. T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Fault-based testing in the absence of an oracle", in Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '01), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 172-178 (2001).  56 citations.  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  83. T.Y. Chen, W.H. Kwok, and T.H. Tse, "Improving the effectiveness of the classification-tree methodology in software testing", in Proceedings of the 4th Annual IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SEA '00), ACTA Press, Calgary, AB, Canada, pp. 43-48 (2000).  [abstract | paper]

  84. T.H. Tse, "Towards harmonized professional standards for software engineers: Constraints, conflicts and concessions", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '00), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 346-347 (2000).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  85. T.H. Tse, T.Y. Chen, and X. Feng, "On the completeness of test cases for atomic arithmetic expressions", in Proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software (APAQS '00), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 149-155 (2000).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  86. T.H. Tse, T.Y. Chen, and Z.Q. Zhou, "Testing of large number multiplication functions in cryptographic systems", in Proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software (APAQS '00), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 89-98 (2000).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  87. T.Y. Chen, P.-L. Poon, and T.H. Tse, "A new restructuring algorithm for the classification-tree method", in Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP '99), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, pp. 105-114 (1999).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  88. T.H. Tse, "One system, two ideologies: Integrating the two worlds of software engineering education", in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '99), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 246-247 (1999).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  89. T.H. Tse, "Integrating object-oriented and formal specifications: A FOOD approach", in Proceedings of IT Congress '97, Macau, pp. 187-192 (1997).  [abstract | technical report TR-96-01]

  90. T.H. Tse and C.P. Cheng, "NOODLE++: A 3-dimensional net-based object-oriented development model", in Methods Integration: Proceedings of the 2nd Methods Integration Workshop, A. Bryant and L. Semmens (eds.), electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC) series, Springer, London, UK (1996).  [abstract | free download from BCS ScienceOpen]

  91. T.H. Tse and Z. Xu, "A formal framework for improving object-oriented software testing", 13th International Conference on Testing Computer Software, Washington, DC, USA (1996).  [abstract | extended abstract]

  92. T.H. Tse and Z. Xu, "Test case generation for class-level object-oriented testing", in Quality Process Convergence: Proceedings of the 9th International Software Quality Week (QW '96), San Francisco, CA, USA, pp. 4T4.0-4T4.12 (1996).  29 citations.  [abstract | postprint]

  93. T.H. Tse, F.T. Chan, and H.Y. Chen, "An axiom-based test case selection strategy for object-oriented programs", in Software Quality and Productivity: Theory, Practice, Education, and Training, M. Lee, B.-Z. Barta, and P. Juliff (eds.), Chapman and Hall, London, UK pp. 107-114 (1995).  [abstract | paper from Springer | technical report TR-94-02]

  94. T.H. Tse, "Formal or informal, practical or impractical: Towards integrating formal methods with informal practices in software engineering education", in Software Engineering Education, B.-Z. Barta, S.L. Hung, and K.R. Cox (eds.), IFIP Transactions A: Computer Science and Technology, vol. A-40, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 189-197 (1993).  [abstract | postprint]

  95. T.H. Tse and C.P. Cheng, "Towards a 3-dimensional net-based object-oriented development environment (NOODLE)", 5th International Congress on Computational and Applied Mathematics (ICCAM '92), Leuven, Belgium (1992).  [abstract | technical report TR-92-05]

  96. T.H. Tse and J.A. Goguen, "Functional object-oriented design (FOOD)", in Foundations of Information Systems Specification and Design, Dagstuhl Seminar Report No. 35, H.-D. Ehrich, A. Sernadas, and J.A. Goguen (eds.), International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Wadern, Germany (1992).  [abstract]

  97. T.Y. Chen, C.S. Kwok, W.H. Tang, and T.H. Tse, "Evaluation of structure charts: A logic programming approach", in Databases in the 1990s 2: Proceedings of the 2nd Australian Conference on Database and Information Systems, B. Srinivasan and J. Zeleznikow (eds.), Sydney, Australia, pp. 270-284 (1991).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-89-08]

  98. T.H. Tse, "Towards a categorical framework for structured system development tools", Poster Session, Summer Conference on Category Theory and Computer Science, Edinburgh (1987).

  99. T.H. Tse, "An abstract data type for structured system development tools", in 5th International Workshop on Specification of Abstract Data Types, D. Sannella (ed.), Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (1987).  [extended abstract]

  100. T.H. Tse, "A unified algebraic view of structured systems development models", Doctoral Consortium, 6th International Conference on Information Systems, Indianapolis, IN, USA (1985).  [extended abstract]

  101. T.H. Tse, "An input design for communication systems for non-vocal physically disabled users", in Proceedings of the International Conference on Text Processing with a Large Character Set, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 15-20 (1983).  [abstract | technical report TR-A2-83]

  102. T.H. Tse, "The use of microcomputers as a communication aid for cerebral palsied students", in VLSI and Microcomputers: Today and Tomorrow: Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Trends in Electronics Conference, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 34-39 (1982). 
 INVITED PAPERS

  1. T.H. Tse, "Featured Reviewer of the Month: Profile", ACM Computing Reviews (July 2024).  [profile | postprint]

  2. T.H. Tse, "Featured Reviewer of the Month: Featured in Five", ACM Computing Reviews (July 2024).  [q&a | postprint]

  3. T.H. Tse, "What CARL means to us: Retirement tribute to Carl K. Chang", in IEEE Carl K. Chang Symposium on Software Services Engineering at the 2023 IEEE World Congress on Services (SERVICES '23), Chicago, IL, USA (2023).  [presentation | according to the Chair, "It is the best one, like our best paper awards".]

  4. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, S. Chittayasothorn, and H. Jiang, "Message from the Chairs QRS 2023", in Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS '23), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. xx-xxi (2023).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  5. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, F. Belli, J. Ling, A. Bondavalli, T. Dohi, and H. Jiang, "Message from the QRS 2022 Steering Committee Chairs, General Chairs, and Program Chairs", in Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS '22), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. xix-xx (2022).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  6. T.H. Tse, Y. Le Traon, and Z. Chen, "Guest editorial: A retrospective of special sections on software testing and program analysis", IEEE Transactions on Reliability 70 (2): 443-445 (2021).  Journal impact factor 5.0.  [abstract | free download from IEEE Xplore]

  7. T.H. Tse, "Diversity, diversity, diversity: Three words that summarize the impacts of adaptive random testing", in JSS Editor's Selection, Medium (2021).  [blog post | postprint of blog post]

  8. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, F. Wotawa, X. Wang, K. Goseva-Popstojanova, H. Madeira, and Z. Zheng, "Message from the QRS 2021 Steering Committee Chairs, General Chairs, and Program Chairs", in Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 21st International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS '21), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. xxvii-xxix (2021).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  9. J. Kwan, E. Mok, and T.H. Tse, "Protecting and empowering persons with disabilities during the COVID pandemic: Responses must be disability inclusive", in Sharing the Situation of PWDs during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan and Hong Kong, Tokyo (2020).  [background | presentation slides]

  10. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, S. Liu, D. Zhang, and V. Bucinskas, "Message from the Steering Committee Chairs and General Chairs", in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS '20), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xviii (2020).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  11. T.H. Tse, "Plenary speech: Information accessibility: Universal design for all", in Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific Regional Conference, Macau (2019).  [presentation slides]

  12. W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse, "Message from the QRS 2018 steering committee chairs", in Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS '18), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA (2018).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  13. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, and A. Andrzejak, "Message from the IDEAR 2018 workshop chairs", in Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '18), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xxii (2018).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library | postprint]

  14. X. Xie, M. Stumptner, and T.H. Tse, "Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on program debugging", Journal of Systems and Software 140: 109-110 (2018).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  15. Z.Q. Zhou, D. Towey, P.-L. Poon, and T.H. Tse, "Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on test oracles", Journal of Systems and Software 136: 187 (2018).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  16. W. Mayer, B. Jiang, W.E. Wong, and T.H. Tse, "Message from the IWPD 2017 workshop organizers", Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '17), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xxvii (2017).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  17. M. Stumptner, X. Xie, W.E. Wong, and T.H. Tse, "Message from the IWPD 2016 workshop organizers", Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '16), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xviii (2016).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  18. T.H. Tse, "Keynote Speech VI: Even the very wise cannot see all ends: Many facets of the test oracle problem", in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS '16), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xxviii (2016).  [postprint | presentation slides]

  19. W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse, "Message from the QRS 2016 steering committee chairs", in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS '16), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. xii-xiii (2016).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  20. W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse, "Message from the steering committee co-chairs", in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS '15), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. x (2015).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  21. T.H. Tse, A. Gotlieb, and Z. Chen, "Editorial: Focus section on quality software", Software: Practice and Experience 45 (7): 873-874 (2015).  Journal impact factor 2.6.  [paper from Wiley online library | postprint]

  22. S. Ghosh, J.J. Li, W.E. Wong, and T.H. Tse, "Message from the IWPD 2014 workshop organizers", in Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '14), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xxviii (2014).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  23. T.H. Tse, "Editorial: Focus section on program debugging", Software: Practice and Experience 43 (8): 969-970 (2013).  Journal impact factor 2.6.  [paper from Wiley online library | postprint]

  24. W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse, "Message from the IWPD 2013 workshop organizers", in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '13), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA (2013).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  25. M. Zulkernine, I. Crnkovic, T.H. Tse, B. McMillin, and T. Uehara, "Software assurance: What should we do next?", in Proceedings of the IEEE 37th Annual Computers, Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '13), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. 478 (2013).  [paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library]

  26. H. Agrawal, Z. Chen, W.E. Wong, and T.H. Tse, "Message from the IWPD 2012 workshop organizers", in Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW '12), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xxii (2012).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  27. S.C. Cheung and T.H. Tse, "Message from the general chairs", in Proceedings of the 19th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC '12), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xvi (2012).  [free download from IEEE Xplore]

  28. W.E. Wong, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and F.-C. Kuo, "Editorial", Special Issue on Dynamic Analysis and Testing of Embedded Software, Journal of Systems and Software 85 (1): 1-2 (2012).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  29. J.H. Park, S.-M. Hwang, T.H. Tse, S.-S. Yeo, S.I. Ahamed, and X. Bai, "Message from the ICASE 2011 organizers", in Proceedings of the IEEE 9th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications Workshops (ISPAW '11), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xxxv (2011).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  30. W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse, "Message from the workshop organizers", in 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Program Debugging (IWPD '11), Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW '11), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. xlviii (2011).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  31. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, R.L. Glass, V.R. Basili, and T.Y. Chen, "An assessment of systems and software engineering scholars and institutions (2003-2007) and (2004-2008)", Journal of Systems and Software 84 (1): 162-168 (2011).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  46 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | technical report TR-2010-12]

  32. T.H. Tse, "Message from the steering committee chair", in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '10), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xii (2010).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  33. T.H. Tse, "Shanghai inspirations: Reflections from the exchange visit", PHAB News, pp. 4-7 (December 2010).  [paper]

  34. T.H. Tse, C.C. Ko, J. Leung, and R. Liang, "I phone, therefore I can: The use of iPhones as augmentative and alternative communication devices to facilitate social inclusion of people with autism spectrum disorders", 2010 Human Service Information Technology Applications (HUSITA 9), in 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda (SWSD '10), Hong Kong, p. 347 (2010).  [abstract | presentation slides]

  35. Q. Wang, T.H. Tse, and Z. Zhang, "Message from the workshop chairs: The first international workshop on program debugging in China (IWPDC '10)" in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '10), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xix (2010).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  36. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, R.L. Glass, V.R. Basili, and T.Y. Chen, "An assessment of systems and software engineering scholars and institutions (2002-2006)", Journal of Systems and Software 82 (8): 1370-1373 (2009).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  30 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  37. L. Mei, W.K. Chan, and T.H. Tse, "Toward scalable statistical service selection", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Service-Oriented System Engineering (SOSE '08), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 166-171 (2008).  [abstract | paper from IEEE Xplore | paper from IEEE digital library | technical report TR-2008-17]

  38. T.H. Tse and W.E. Wong, "Editorial", Special Issue on Model-Based Software Testing, Journal of Systems and Software 81 (2): 159-160 (2008).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  39. W.E. Wong, T.H. Tse, R.L. Glass, V.R. Basili, and T.Y. Chen, "An assessment of systems and software engineering scholars and institutions (2001-2005)", Journal of Systems and Software 81 (6): 1059-1062 (2008).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  20 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  40. H. Mei and T.H. Tse, "Guest editors' introduction", Special Issue on Quality Software, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 17 (6): 687-688 (2007).  [paper from World Scientific | postprint]

  41. K.-Y. Cai, A. Ohnishi, and T.H. Tse, "Guest editors' introduction", Special Issue on Quality Software, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 16 (5): 653-654 (2006).  [paper from World Scientific | postprint]

  42. H.-D. Ehrich, K.-D. Schewe, and T.H. Tse, "Editorial", Special Issue for the Fourth International Conference on Quality Software, Journal of Systems and Software 79 (5): 575-576 (2006).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  43. T.H. Tse, T.Y. Chen, and R.L. Glass, "An assessment of systems and software engineering scholars and institutions (2000-2004)", Journal of Systems and Software 79 (6): 816-819 (2006).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  29 citations.  [abstract | paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  44. T.H. Tse, "Message from the steering committee chair", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC '05), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. x (2005).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  45. H. Lin, H.-D. Ehrich, and T.H. Tse, "Editorial", Special Issue for the Third International Conference on Quality Software, Information and Software Technology 46 (15): 987-988 (2004).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  46. T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Yu, "Guest editorial", Special Issue for the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software, Information and Software Technology 44 (14): 839-840 (2002).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  [paper from ScienceDirect | postprint]

  47. T.H. Tse, "Guest editor's introduction", Special Issue on Quality Software, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 11 (2): 109-112 (2001).  [paper from World Scientific | postprint]

  48. T.H. Tse, "Program overview", in Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC '01), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. xvii (2001).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  49. T.H. Tse and T.Y. Chen, "Message from the program co-chairs", in Proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software (APAQS '00), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, p. x (2000).  [free download from IEEE Xplore | free download from IEEE digital library]

  50. T.H. Tse, "Modelling and visualizing object-oriented systems: A NOODLE approach", Meeting of the IFIP Working Group WG 2.2 on Formal Description of Programming Concepts (1996).  [abstract]

  51. T.H. Tse, "A tale of two cultures: Towards a bridge between software mathematicians and software craftsmen", 47th Meeting of the IFIP Working Group WG 2.1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi (1995).  [postprint]

  52. T.Y. Chen and T.H. Tse, "Application of artificial intelligence to software engineering", in 75 Years of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (1988).

  53. C.C. Ko and T.H. Tse, Computer Studies Series, South China Morning Post (20 November 1987 to 29 January 1988).

  54. T.H. Tse, "Meeting the information technology challenge", in Computer Development 1987 , Hong Kong, pp. 36-39 (1988).

  55. C.K. Leung, T.H. Tse, C.C. Ko, et al., A Manual of Microcomputer-Based Aids for the Physically Disabled, The Spastics Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1987).

  56. T.H. Tse, "Attitudes and integration", in Mental Health, Cultural Values, and Social Development: A Look into the 80's, R.C. Nann, D.S. Butt, and L. Ladrido-Ignacio (eds.), Reidel Publishing, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 295-298 (1984).  [abstract | paper from Springer | postprint]

  57. T.H. Tse, "Computer science education", in Candid Opinion, The Outstanding Young Persons' Association, Hong Kong, pp. 76-77 (1984).

  58. T.H. Tse, "Keynote Speech: Social integration of disabled youth", in Report of Workshop on Youth and Social Development in Asia, pp. 10-11 (1981).

  59. T.H. Tse, "Overcoming obstacles in integration", Welfare Digest 80: 3 (1981).
 BOOKS AND EDITORSHIPS

1.  Handbook of Software Fault Localization W.E. Wong and T.H. Tse (eds.), Handbook of Software Fault Localization: Foundations and Advances, Wiley-IEEE Press, Hoboken, NY, USA, xiv + 590 pages (2023).  [abstract | formal website at Wiley Press | paperback edition US$250 | eBook edition US$100 from Wiley online library | online edition US$10 to US$42 per chapter from Wiley online library, or US$31 per chapter from IEEE Xplore | bookcover design by T.H. Tse]   2.  IEEE Transactions on Reliability T.H. Tse, Y. Le Traon, and Z. Chen (eds.), Special Sections on Software Testing and Program Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Reliability 67 (2)–70 (2) (2018–21).  Twenty-six papers were accepted from 77 submissions. Journal impact factor 5.0.  [guest editorial]   3.  Journal of Systems and Software X. Xie, M. Stumptner, and T.H. Tse (eds.), Special Issue on Program Debugging, Journal of Systems and Software 140 (2018).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [editorial]
4.  Journal of Systems and Software Z.Q. Zhou, D. Towey, P.-L. Poon, and T.H. Tse (eds.), Special Issue on Test Oracles, Journal of Systems and Software 136 (2018).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [editorial]   5.  Software: Practice and Experience T.H. Tse, A. Gotlieb, and Z. Chen (eds.), Focus Section on Quality Software, Software: Practice and Experience 45 (7) (2015).  Journal impact factor 2.6.  [editorial]   6.  Software: Practice and Experience T.H. Tse (ed.), Focus Section on Program Debugging, Software: Practice and Experience 43 (8) (2013).  Journal impact factor 2.6.  [editorial]
7.  Journal of Systems and Software W.E. Wong, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse, and F.-C. Kuo (eds.), Special Issue on Dynamic Analysis and Testing of Embedded Software, Journal of Systems and Software 85 (1) (2012).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [editorial]   8.  Click to enlarge book cover T.H. Tse, A Unifying Framework for Structured Analysis and Design Models: An Approach Using Initial Algebra Semantics and Category Theory, Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 11, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, xi + 179 pages. [eBook edition US$33.00 (2010) | Paperback edition US$35.99 (2009) | Hardback edition US$107.99 (1991)]  55 citations.  [abstract | selected reviews]   9.  Journal of Systems and Software T.H. Tse and W.E. Wong (eds.), Special Issue on Model-Based Software Testing, Journal of Systems and Software 81 (2): 159-160 (2008).  Eight papers were accepted from 43 submissions, representing an acceptance rate of 18.6%.  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [editorial]
10.  Click for table of contents H. Mei and T.H. Tse (eds.), Special Issue on Quality Software, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 17 (6) (2007).  [table of contents]   11.  Click for table of contents K.-Y. Cai, A. Ohnishi, and T.H. Tse (eds.), Special Issue on Quality Software, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 16 (5) (2006).  [table of contents]   12.  Journal of Systems and Software H.-D. Ehrich, K.-D. Schewe, and T.H. Tse (eds.), Special Issue for the Fourth International Conference on Quality Software, Journal of Systems and Software 79 (5) (2006).  Journal impact factor 3.7.  [editorial]
13.  Information and Software Technology H. Lin, H.-D. Ehrich, and T.H. Tse (eds.), Special Issue for the Third International Conference on Quality Software, Information and Software Technology 46 (15) (2004).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  [editorial]   14.  Information and Software Technology T.Y. Chen, T.H. Tse, and Y.T. Yu (eds.), Special Issue for the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software, Information and Software Technology 44 (14) (2002).  Journal impact factor 3.8.  [guest editorial]   15.  Click for table of contents T.H. Tse (ed.), Special Issue on Quality Software, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 11 (2) (2001).  [table of contents]
16.  Click to enlarge book cover T.H. Tse and T.Y. Chen (eds.), Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software (APAQS '00), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, xiii + 335 pages (2000).  [download papers]   17.  Click to enlarge book cover C.C. Ko and T.H. Tse, Introduction to Computer Studies, Macmillan, Hong Kong.  1st Edition, vi + 232 pages (1987).  2nd Edition, vi + 384 pages (1989). 

 REVIEW ARTICLES

  1. T.H. Tse, "Review of D. Steinhofel and A. Zeller, 'Language-Based Software Testing', Communications of the ACM 67 (4): 80-84 (2024)", ACM Computing Reviews (May 2024).  [review | postprint]

  2. T.H. Tse, "Review of S. Ananthanarayanan, M. Ardekan, D. Haenike, S. Sorian, D. Pate, A. Adl-Tabatabai, and B. Varadaraja, 'Keeping Master Green at Scale', in Proceedings of the 14th EuroSys Conference, Dresden, Germany (2019)", ACM Computing Reviews (June 2020).  [review | postprint]

  3. T.H. Tse, "Review of P. Alvaro and S. Tymon, 'Abstracting the geniuses away from failure testing', Communications of the ACM 61 (1): 54-61 (2018)", ACM Computing Reviews (May 2018).  [review | postprint]

  4. T.H. Tse, "Review of Z. Gao, Z. Chen, Y. Zou, and A.M. Memon, 'SITAR: GUI test script repair', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 42 (2): 170-186 (2016)", ACM Computing Reviews (April 2017).  [review | postprint]

  5. T.H. Tse, "Book review: J. Lazar, D.F. Goldstein, and A. Taylor, Ensuring Digital Accessibility through Process and Policy, Morgan Kaufmann (2015)", ACM Computing Reviews (May 2016).  [review | postprint]

  6. T.H. Tse, "Review of W. Jin and A. Orso, 'Automated support for reproducing and debugging field failures', ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 24 (4): 26.1-26.35 (2015)", ACM Computing Reviews (October 2015).  [review | postprint]

  7. T.H. Tse, "Review of M. Ali, A. Bertolino, F. De Angelis, G. De Angelis, D. Fani, and A. Polini, 'An extensible framework for online testing of choreographed services', IEEE Computer 47 (2): 23-29 (2014)", ACM Computing Reviews (August 2014).  [review | postprint]

  8. T.H. Tse, "Review of X. Xie, T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, and B. Xu, 'A theoretical analysis of the risk evaluation formulas for spectrum-based fault localization', ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 22 (4): 31:1-31:40 (2013)", ACM Computing Reviews (December 2013).  [review | postprint]

  9. T.H. Tse, "Review of H. Liu, F.-C. Kuo, and T.Y. Chen, 'Comparison of adaptive random testing and random testing under various testing and debugging scenarios', Software: Practice and Experience 42 (8): 1055-1074 (2012)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 2013).  [review | postprint]

  10. T.H. Tse, "Review of D. Yuan, J. Zheng, S. Park, Y. Zhou, and S. Savage, 'Improving software diagnosability via log enhancement', ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 30 (1): article no. 4 (2012)", ACM Computing Reviews (July 2012).  [review]

  11. T.H. Tse, "Review of B. Güldali, H. Funke, S. Sauer, G. Engels, 'TORC: Test plan optimization by requirements clustering', Software Quality Journal 19 (4): 771-799 (2011)", ACM Computing Reviews (May 2012).  [review]

  12. T.H. Tse, "Review of G. Cabodi, M. Murciano, and M. Violante, 'Boosting software fault injection for dependability analysis of real-time embedded applications', ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems 10 (2): Article No. 24 (2010)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 2011).  [review]

  13. T.H. Tse, "Review of V. Uzelac and A. Milenkovic, 'A real-time program trace compressor utilizing double move-to-front method', in Proceedings of the 46th Annual Design Automation Conference, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 738-743 (2009)", ACM Computing Reviews (January 2010).  [review]

  14. T.H. Tse, "Review of M. Burger and A. Zeller, 'Replaying and isolating failing multi-object interactions', in Proceedings of the 2008 International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis (WODA '08) (in conjunction with the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA '08)), ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 71-77 (2008)", ACM Computing Reviews (November 2008).  [review]

  15. T.H. Tse, "Review of A. Orso, H. Do, G. Rothermel, M.J. Harrold, D. Rosenblum, 'Using component metadata to regression test component-based software', Software Testing, Verification and Reliability 17 (2): 61-94 (2007)", ACM Computing Reviews (November 2007).  [review]

  16. T.H. Tse, "Review of S. Vegas and V. Basili, 'A characterisation schema for software testing techniques', Empirical Software Engineering 10 (4): 437-466 (2005)", ACM Computing Reviews (November 2006).  [review]

  17. T.H. Tse, "Review of J. Miller and Z. Yin, 'A cognitive-based mechanism for constructing software inspection teams', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 30 (11): 811-825 (2004)", ACM Computing Reviews (June 2005).  [review]

  18. T.H. Tse, "Review of N.M. Orlans, A.T. Piszcz, and R.J. Chavez, 'Parametrically controlled synthetic imagery experiment for face recognition testing', in Proceedings of the 2003 ACM SIGMM Workshop on Biometrics Methods and Applications, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 58-64 (2003)", ACM Computing Reviews (June 2004).  [review]

  19. T.H. Tse, "Review of M. Burnett, A. Sheretov, B. Ren, and G. Rothermel, 'Testing homogeneous spreadsheet grids with the "what you see is what you test" methodology', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 28 (6): 576-594 (2002)", ACM Computing Reviews (December 2002).  [review]

  20. T.H. Tse, "Review of A. Gargantini and A. Morzenti, 'Automated deductive requirements analysis of critical systems', ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 10 (3): 255-307 (2001)", ACM Computing Reviews (May 2002).  [review]

  21. T.H. Tse, "Review of B. Littlewood, P.T. Popov, L. Strigini, and N. Shryane, 'Modeling the effects of combining diverse software fault detection techniques', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 26 (12): 1157-1167 (2000)", ACM Computing Reviews (June 2001).  [review]

  22. T.H. Tse, "Book review: M. Fewster and D. Graham, Software Test Automation: Effective Use of Test Execution Tools, Addison Wesley, New York, NY, USA (1999)", ACM Computing Reviews (December 1999).  [review]

  23. T.H. Tse, "Review of S.R. Chidamber, D.P. Darcy, and C.F. Kemerer, 'Managerial use of metrics for object-oriented software: An exploratory analysis', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 24 (8): 629-639 (1998)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 1999).  [review]

  24. T.H. Tse, "Book review: D. Kafura, Object-Oriented Software Design and Construction with C++, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA (1997)", ACM Computing Reviews (August 1998).  [review]

  25. T.H. Tse, "Book review: B.P. Zeigler, Objects and Systems: Principled Design with Implementations in C++ and Java, Springer, New York, NY, USA (1997)", ACM Computing Reviews (February 1998).  [review]

  26. T.H. Tse, "Book review: J. McCarthy, Dynamics of Software Development, Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, USA (1995)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 1997).  [review]

  27. T.H. Tse, "Review of B.H. Liskov and J.M. Wing, 'A behavioral notion of subtyping', in ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems 16 (6): 1811-1841 (1994)", ACM Computing Reviews (June 1996).  [review]

  28. T.H. Tse, "Book review: A.C. Gillies and P. Smith, Managing Software Engineering: CASE Studies and Solutions, Chapman and Hall, London, UK (1994)", ACM Computing Reviews (July 1995).  [review]

  29. T.H. Tse, "Book review: G. Booch, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (2nd Edition), Benjamin/Cummings, Redwood City, CA, USA (1994)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 1995).  [review]

  30. T.H. Tse, "Review of P.C. Gilmore and G.K. Tsiknis, 'A logic for category theory', in Selected Papers of the 6th Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics, Theoretical Computer Science 111: 211-252 (1993)", ACM Computing Reviews (September 1994).  [review]

  31. T.H. Tse, "Comparative review of Martin and Odell, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (1992), Coad and Yourdon, Object-Oriented Analysis (1991), Embley et al., Object-Oriented Systems Analysis (1992), Booch, Object-Oriented Design with Applications (1991), and Rumbaugh et al., Object-Oriented Modeling and Design (1991)", ACM Computing Reviews (April 1994).  [review]

  32. T.H. Tse, "Review of G.A. Venkatesh and C.N. Fischer, 'SPARE: A development environment for program analysis algorithms', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 18 (4): 304-318 (1992)", ACM Computing Reviews (May 1993).  [review]

  33. T.H. Tse, "Review of D.L. Pigozzi, 'Data types over multiple-valued logics', Theoretical Computer Science 77 (1-2): 161-194 (1990)", ACM Computing Reviews (August 1992).  [review]

  34. T.H. Tse, "Review of R. Hennicker, 'Observational implementation of algebraic specifications', Acta Informatica 28 (3): 187-230 (1991)", ACM Computing Reviews (July 1992).  [review]

  35. T.H. Tse, "Review of M.S. Jaffe, N.G. Leveson, M.P. Heimdahl, and B.E. Melhart, 'Software requirements analysis for real-time process-control systems', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 17 (3): 241-258 (1991)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 1992).  [review]

  36. T.H. Tse, "Book review: J.S. Hares, SSADM for the Advanced Practitioner, Wiley, Chichester, UK (1990)", Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (formerly the Australian Computer Journal) 23 (3): 119 (August 1991).  [review]

  37. T.H. Tse, "Review of M. Barr, 'Fixed points in Cartesian closed categories', in Selected Papers of the 4th Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics, Theoretical Computer Science 70 (1): 65-72 (1990)", ACM Computing Reviews (June 1991).  [review]

  38. T.H. Tse, "Book review: E.A. Feigenbaum and P. McCorduck, The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, USA (1983)", in Introducing Good Books, Joint Publishing, Hong Kong, pp. 68-69 (November 1990). [review]

  39. T.H. Tse, "Book review: R. Fisher and W. Ury, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Penguin, New York, NY, USA (1983)", in Introducing Good Books, Joint Publishing, Hong Kong, pp. 66-67 (November 1990). [review]

  40. T.H. Tse, "Review of A. Carle and L. Pollock, 'Modular specification of incremental program transformation systems', in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '89), IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 178-187 (1989)", ACM Computing Reviews (October 1990).  [review]

  41. T.H. Tse, "Review of G. Smolka and H. Ait-Kaci, 'Inheritance hierarchies: Semantics and unification', Journal of Symbolic Computation 7 (3 and 4): 343-370 (1989)", ACM Computing Reviews (March 1990).  [review]
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