A high-level introduction to new technologies andmethods in the field of software engineering

Recent years have witnessed rapid evolution of software engineering methodologies, and until now, there has been no single-source introduction to emerging technologies in the field. Written by a panel of experts and divided into four clear parts, Emerging Methods, Technologies, and Process Management in SoftwareEngineering covers:

• Software Architectures – Evolution of software composition mechanisms; compositionality in software product lines; and teaching design patterns

• Emerging Methods – The impact of agent-oriented software engineering in service-oriented computing; testing object-oriented software; the UML and formal methods; and modern Web application development

• Technologies for Software Evolution – Migrating to Web services and software evolution analysis and visualization

• Process Management – Empirical experimentation in software engineering and foundations of agile methods

Emerging Methods, Technologies, and Process Management in Software Engineering is a one-stop resource for software engineering practitioners and professionals, and also serves as an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students alike.

Andrea De Lucia, PhD, is Professor of Computer Science, Director of the International Summer School on Software Engineering, and Coordinator of the Software Engineering Laboratory at the University of Salerno (Italy).

Filomena Ferrucci, PhD, is Associate Professor of Computer Science, Program Co-chair of the International Summer School on Software Engineering, and Member of the Department of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Salerno, where she teaches software engineering and Web information systems courses.

Genny Tortora is Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Salerno. She is the coeditor of two books.

Maurizio Tucci is Professor of Computer Science and coordinator of the bachelor and master programs in computer science at the University of Salerno.