The main purpose of this book is to seek peer-reviewed original research papers on the foundations and new developments in Software Engineering. The focus will also be on publishing in a timely manner, the results of applying new and emerging technologies originating from research in Software Engineering. Software Engineering should be applied to a variety of areas, and applications can range across many fields.

The papers in this book were chosen based on review scores submitted by members of the editorial review board and underwent rigorous rounds of review.

We would like to thank all contributors including all reviewers, and all editorial board members of this book for their cooperation in helping to publish this book.

It is our sincere hope that this book provides stimulation and inspiration, and that it will be used as a foundation for works to come.

Roger Lee is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Computer Science at Central Michigan University where he created a series of courses in Software Engineering as well as conducting research and publishing papers in the Software Engineering field. He was the director of the Software Engineering Information Technology Institute (SEITI) at Central Michigan University where he was responsible for bringing in research grants and supervising research activities at the institute. Dr. Lee is also the founder and chairman of the Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS), which sponsors a number of conferences each year including the International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS), which is cosponsored by the IEEE Computer Society annually, which averages over 100 published papers each conference. He received his Ph.Ds from Shizuoka University and University of Southern Mississippi, respectively.