Research Output at NOVA

Research Output per year

2001 2020

• 490 Citations
• 12 h-Index
• 34 Conference contribution
• 11 Article
• 4 Conference article
• 4 Working paper
• 13 More
  • 3 Chapter
  • 3 Editorial
  • 2 Foreword/postscript
  • 2 Special issue
  • 1 Other chapter contribution
  • 1 Other
  • 1 Paper

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Using empirical studies to mitigate symbol overload in iStar extensions

  Gonçalves, E., Almendra, C., Goulão, M., Araújo, J. & Castro, J., 1 May 2020, In : Software And Systems Modeling. 19, 3, p. 763-784

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Overload
  • Empirical Study
  • Modeling languages
  • Modeling Language
  • Transparency
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Addressing symbol redundancy representations in IStar extensions

  Gonçalves, E., Almendra, C., Araujo, J., Castro, J. & Goulão, M., 2019, In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2490

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

  Open Access

  File

  • Redundancy
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Analysing gender differences in building social goal models: A quasi-experiment

  Gralha, C., Goulão, M. & Araújo, J., Sep 2019, Proceedings - 2019 IEEE 27th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2019. Damian, D., Perini, A. & Lee, S-W. (eds.). IEEE Computer Society, p. 165-176 12 p. 8920545. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering; vol. 2019-September).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Quasi-experiment
  • Gender Differences
  • Information Processing
  • Problem Solving
  • Computer Self-efficacy
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Dealing with Non-Functional Requirements in Model-Driven Development: A Survey

  Ameller, D., Franch, X., Gómez, C., Martínez-Fernández, S., Araujo, J., Biffl, S., Cabot, J., Cortellessa, V., Fernández, D. M., Moreira, A., Muccini, H., Vallecillo, A., Wimmer, M., Amaral, V., Böhm, W., Brunelière, H., Burgueño, L., Goulão, M., Teufl, S. & Beradinelli, L., 24 Feb 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Maintainability
  • Industry
  • Productivity

• Deriving architectural models from requirements specifications: A systematic mapping study

  Souza, E., Moreira, A. & Goulão, M., 1 May 2019, In : Information and Software Technology. 109, p. 26-39

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Specifications
  • Software architecture
  • Software engineering
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Improving the Usability of a MAS DSML

  Miranda, T., Challenger, M., Tezel, B. T., Alaca, O. F., Barišić, A., Amaral, V., Goulão, M. & Kardas, G., 1 Jan 2019, Engineering Multi-Agent Systems - 6th International Workshop, EMAS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Mascardi, V., Weyns, D. & Ricci, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 55-75 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11375 LNAI).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Domain-specific Languages
  • Modeling Language
  • Usability
  • Modeling languages
  • Notation
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Preface to the fourth international workshop on human factors in modeling (HuFaMo'19)

  Jolak, R., Goulão, M., Abrahao, S., Le Pallec, X. & Renaux, E., Sep 2019, Proceedings - 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019. Burgueno, L., Pretschner, A., Voss, S., Chaudron, M., Kienzle, J., Volter, M., Gerard, S., Zahedi, M., Bousse, E., Rensink, A., Polack, F., Engels, G. & Kappel, G. (eds.). IEEE Computer Society, p. 403-404 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
• 2018

  Comparing the usability of two multi-agents systems DSLs: Sea_ML++ and DSML4MAS study design

  Silva, J., Barišić, A., Amaral, V., Goulão, M., Tezel, B. T., Alaca, O. F., Challenger, M. & Kardas, G., 1 Jan 2018, In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2245, p. 770-777 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

  • DSL
  • Multi agent systems
  • Physics
  • Eye tracking
  • Modeling languages

• Evaluating the efficiency of using a search-based automated model merge technique

  Barisic, A., Debreceni, C., Varrot, D., Amaral, V. & Goulao, M., 23 Oct 2018, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2018. Kelleher, C., Engels, G., Fernandes, J. P., Cunha, J. & Mendes, J. (eds.). IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 2018-October. p. 193-197 5 p. 8506512

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Software engineering
  • Students
  • Engineers
  • Experiments
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Increasing the semantic transparency of the KAOS goal model concrete syntax

  Santos, M., Gralha, C., Goulão, M. & Araújo, J., 2018, Conceptual Modeling - 37th International Conference, ER 2018, Proceedings. Li, Z., Trujillo, J. C., Du, X., Lee, M. L., Davis, K. C., Ling, T. W. & Li, G. (eds.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 424-439 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11157 LNCS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  File

  • Transparency
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Concretes
  • Requirements
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Leveraging teenagers feedback in the development of a domain-specific language: the case of programming low-cost robots

  Barisic, A., Cambeiro, J., Amaral, V., Goulão, M. & Mota, T., 9 Apr 2018, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2018. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1221-1229 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Engineers
  • Robots
  • Feedback
  • Costs
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• On the impact of semantic transparency on understanding and reviewing social goal models

  Santos, M., Gralha, C., Goulão, M., Araújo, J. & Moreira, A., 12 Oct 2018, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 26th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2018. Amyot, D., Maalej, W. & Ruhe, G. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 228-239 12 p. 8491138

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Transparency
  • Semantics
  • Concretes
  • Engineering research
  • Eye tracking
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Preface

  Goulão, M., Ruiz, M. & Susi, A., 1 Jan 2018, In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2118, p. I-III 3 p., 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  • Systems engineering
  • Information systems

• Quality of software requirements specification in agile projects: a cross-case analysis of six companies

  Medeiros, J., Vasconcelos, A., Silva, C. & Goulão, M., 1 Aug 2018, In : Journal of Systems and Software. 142, p. 171-194 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Software engineering
  • Specifications
  • Industry
  • Requirements engineering
  • Engineers
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Special issue on quality in Model-Driven Engineering

  Amaral, V., Cabot, J. & Goulão, M., 1 Dec 2018, In : Computer Languages, Systems and Structures. 54, p. 472-473 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Systematic Literature Review on Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems

  Barišić, A., Savić, D., Al-Ali, R., Ruchkin, I., Blouin, D., Cicchetti, A., Eslampanah, R., Nikiforova, O., Abshir, M., Challenger, M., Gomes, C., Erata, F., Tekinerdogan, B., Amaral, V. & Goulão, M., 1 Dec 2018, 75 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • literature review
  • program
  • modeling

• The evolution of requirements practices in software startups

  Gralha, C., Damian, D., Wasserman, A. I. T., Goulão, M. & Araújo, J., 27 May 2018, Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2018. IEEE Computer Society, p. 823-833 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Knowledge management
  • Personnel
  • Planning
  • Industry
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Third International Workshop on Human Factors in Modeling (HuFaMo 2018) - Preface

  Abrahão, S., Goulão, M., Heymans, P., Le Pallec, X. & Renaux, E., 12 Jun 2018, In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2245, p. 728-729 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Human engineering
  • Usability engineering
  • Human computer interaction
  • Software engineering
  • Productivity

• Usability driven DSL development with USE-ME

  Barišić, A., Amaral, V. & Goulão, M., 1 Jan 2018, In : Computer Languages, Systems and Structures. 51, p. 1339-1351 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • User interfaces
  • Productivity
  • Availability
  • Engineers
  • Robots
  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  An approach based on design practices to specify requirements in agile projects

  Medeiros, J., Vasconcelos, A., Goulão, M., Silva, C. & Araújo, J., 3 Apr 2017, 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, Vol. Part F128005. p. 1114-1121 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Specifications
  • Testing
  • Communication
  • Industry
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• A requirements engineering approach for usability-driven DSL development

  Barišić, A., Blouin, D., Amaral, V. & Goulão, M., 23 Oct 2017, SLE 2017 - Proceedings of the 10th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 115-128 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Requirements engineering
  • Robot programming
  • DSL
  • Specifications
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Developing a mutually-recognized cross-domain study program in cyber-physical systems

  Zabasta, A., Carreira, P., Nikiforova, O., Amaral, V., Kunicina, N., Goulao, M., Sukovskis, U. & Ribickis, L., 7 Jun 2017, Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2017. IEEE Computer Society, p. 791-799 9 p. 7942937

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Cyber Physical System
  • study program
  • Interoperability
  • Ontology
  • expert
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Requirements engineering for cloud systems: A mapping study design

  Wanderley, F., Souza, E., Goulão, M., Araujo, J., Cysneiros, G. & Misra, A., 15 Jul 2017, Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2017 - 17th International Conference, 2017. Springer Verlag, Vol. 10409 LNCS. p. 335-349 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 10409 LNCS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Requirements Engineering
  • Cloud Computing
  • Requirements engineering
  • Cloud computing
  • Software Architecture
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Towards a model about quality of software requirements specification in agile projects

  Medeiros, J., Goulão, M., Vasconcelos, A. & Silva, C., 11 Jan 2017, Proceedings - 2016 10th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 236-241 6 p. 7814555

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Requirements Specification
  • Software
  • Specifications
  • Agile Software Development
  • Software engineering
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  COST IC1404 WG4 Y1 and Y2 Technical Report WG4.1 CPS Profile - Brainstorming session

  Carreira, P., Amaral, V., Goulão, M., Lukovic, I., Kieseberg, P. & Pobonik, V., 29 Dec 2016, Zenodo, 7 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Advisory Committees

• COST IC1404 WG4 Y1 and Y2 Technical Report WG4.2 CPS profile - Systematic Search

  Amaral, V., Goulão, M., Martinovic, G. & Banjanovic-Mehmedovic, L., 29 Dec 2016, Zenodo, 16 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • engineer
  • EU
  • university population
  • engineering
  • syllabus

• COST IC1404 WG4 Y1 and Y2 Technical Report WG4.3 CPS profile - Pilot Assessment

  Goulão, M., Carreira, P., Amaral, V., Zabasta, A., Nikiforova, O. & Savić, D., 29 Dec 2016, Zenodo, p. 1, 23 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • education

• Exploring Views for Goal-Oriented Requirements Comprehension

  Silva, L., Moreira, A., Araújo, J., Gralha, C., Goulão, M. & Amaral, V., 2016, CONCEPTUAL MODELING, ER 2016. ComynWattiau, I., Tanaka, K., Song, I. Y., Yamamoto, S. & Saeki, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 149-163 (Conceptual Modeling; vol. 9974).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution

  File

  • Stakeholders
  • Information Visualization
  • Software Development
  • Query
  • Visualization
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Quality in model-driven engineering: a tertiary study

  Goulão, M., Amaral, V. & Mernik, M., 1 Sep 2016, In : Software Quality Journal. 24, 3, p. 601-633 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Maintainability
  • Concretes
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Second international workshop on human factors in modeling (HuFaMo 2016)

  Störrle, H., Chaudron, M. R. V., Amaral, V. & Goulão, M., 1 Jan 2016, 2nd International Workshop on Human Factors in Modeling (HuFaMo 2016). Goulão, M., Amaral, V., Chaudron, M. & Storrle, H. (eds.). CEUR-WS, p. 1-2 2 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 1805).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Human engineering
  • Software engineering
  • Productivity
  • Industry

• Special Section on the 18th Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering (CIBSE'15)

  Araújo, J. (ed.), Condori Fernandez, N. (ed.), Bencomo, N. (ed.), Oliveira, T. (ed.), Luis De La Vara, J. (ed.), Brito, I. (ed.), Goulão, M. (ed.) & Matalonga, S. (ed.), Jun 2016, In : The Journal of Object Technology. 15, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

  • Software engineering
  • Students

• Synergies and tradeoffs in software reuse - a systematic mapping study

  Bombonatti, D., Goulão, M. & Moreira, A., 1 Aug 2016, In : Software - Practice and Experience.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Computer software reusability
  • Software engineering
  • Reusability
  • Productivity
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Usability of requirements techniques: A systematic literature review

  Bombonatti, D., Gralha, C., Moreira, A., Júnior, J. B. D. S. A. & Goulão, M., 4 Apr 2016, 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, Vol. 04-08-April-2016. p. 1270-1275 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Requirements engineering
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• What is the Impact of Bad Layout in the Understandability of Social Goal Models?

  Santos, M., Gralha, C., Goulão, M., Araújo, J., Moreira, A. & Cambeiro, J., 2 Dec 2016, 24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. Beijing: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 206-215 10 p. 7765526

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • goal model
  • layout
  • stakeholder
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Experimental software engineering Latin America workshop (ESELAW 2015)

  Goulão, M. & Matalonga, S., 2015, p. 263-263. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• First international workshop on human factors in modeling (HuFaMo 2015)

  Störrle, H., Chaudron, M. R. V., Amaral, V. & Goulão, M., 2015, Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Human Factors in Modeling co-located with ACM/IEEE 18th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2015). Störrle, H., Amaral, V., Chaudron, M. R. V. & Goulão, M. (eds.). CEUR-WS.org, p. 1-3 3 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 1522).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

  Open Access

• Handling non-functional requirements in Model-Driven Development: An ongoing industrial survey

  Ameller, D., Franch, X., Gómez, C., Júnior, J. B. D. S. A., Berntsson-Svensson, R., Biffl, S., Cabot, J., Cortellessa, V., Daneva, M., Fernández, D. M., Moreira, A., Muccini, H., Vallecillo, A., Wimmer, M., Amaral, V., Brunelière, H., Burgueño, L., Goulão, M., Schätz, B. & Teufl, S., 2015, 23rd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2015, Ottawa, ON, Canada, August 24-28, 2015. IEEE Computer Society, p. 208-213 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Surveying
  • Industry
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Metrics for measuring complexity and completeness for social goal models

  Gralha, C., Júnior, J. B. D. S. A. & Goulão, M., 1 Oct 2015, In : Information Systems. 53, p. 346-362 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Requirements engineering
  • Modeling languages
  • Engineers
  • Feedback
  • Industry
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Identifying Modularity Improvement Opportunities in Goal-Oriented Requirements Models

  Gralha, C., Goulão, M. C. P. A. & Júnior, J. B. D. S. A., 1 Jan 2014, 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014. Springer Verlag, Vol. 8484. p. 91-104 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 8484).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Requirements engineering
  • Industry
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Indirect Keyword Recommendation

  Sabino, A., Rodrigues, A. & Goulão, M. C. P. A., Jun 2014, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conferences on Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technologies (IAT). IEEE Computer Society, p. 384-391

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Metadata
  • Experiments
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Introducing usability concerns early in the DSL development cycle: FlowSL experience report

  Barišić, A., Amaral, V., Goulão, M. & Aguiar, A., 2014, Model-Driven Development Processes and Practices Workshop Proceedings, MD2P2 2014. Bendraou, R., Hebig, R., Volter, M. & Chaudron, M. (eds.). CEUR-WS.org, p. 8-17 10 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 1249).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Computer systems
  • Concretes
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction to Special Issue: Quality in Information and Communications Technology

  Machado, R. J., Goulão, M., Brito e Abreu, F. & de Faria, J. P., Mar 2014, In : Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering. 10, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

  Open Access

  • Information technology
  • Communication
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  A Comparison of Maps Application Programming Interfaces

  Grueau, M. A. S. R. & Goulão, M. C. P. A., 1 Jan 2013, AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science. p. 1-13

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Adding Interoperability to Requirements Models

  Júnior, J. B. D. S. A., Goulão, M. C. P. A. & Amaral, V. M. M. D., 1 Jan 2013, In : Software Quality Professional. 15, 4, p. 16-27

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Advanced modularity for building SPL feature models: a model-driven approach

  Júnior, J. B. D. S. A., Moreira, A. M. D., Goulão, M. C. P. A. & Amaral, V. M. M. D., 1 Jan 2013, SAC '13. p. 1246-1253

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• A Framework to Evaluate Complexity and Completeness of KAOS Goal Models

  Júnior, J. B. D. S. A. & Goulão, M. C. P. A., 1 Jan 2013, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. p. 562-577

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• A Systematic Comparison of i* Modelling Tools Based on Syntactic and Well-formedness Rules

  Júnior, J. B. D. S. A. & Goulão, M. C. P. A., 1 Jan 2013, CEUR Workshop Proceedings. p. 42-48

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluating the usability of domain-specific languages

  Barišić, A., Goulão, M., Amaral, V. & Barroca, B., 31 Jul 2013, Software Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, Vol. 4-4. p. 2120-2141 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • User interfaces
  • DSL
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Using Aspects to Model Volatile Concerns

  Moreira, A. M. D., Goulão, M. C. P. A. & Júnior, J. B. D. S. A., 1 Jan 2013, Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering. Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 183-205

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2012

  Evaluating the Usability of Domain-Specific Languages

  Goulão, M. C. P. A. & Amaral, V. M. M. D., 2012, Formal and Practical Aspects of Domain-Specific Languages: Recent Developments. Mernik, M. (ed.). 1 ed. United States of America: IGI Global, p. 386-407 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • User interfaces
  • DSL
  17 Citations (Scopus)