INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING & KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

Editor-in-Chief: Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Editors
V Berzins (Naval Post Graduate School, USA)
A Berztiss (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
A Cimitile (University of Sannio, Italy)
D E Cooke (University of Texas, USA)
Y Deng (Florida International University, USA)
D Graupe (University of Illinois, USA)
L Henschen (Northwestern University, USA)
D Hurley (US West Advanced Tech, USA)
Natalia Juristo (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain)
B Kraemer (Fern University, Germany)
R J Lauber (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
C V Ramamoorthy (University California, USA)
R G Reynolds (Wayne State University, USA)
G Ruhe (University of Calgary, Canada)
M Saeki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
R D Semmel (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
P C-Y Sheu (University of California, USA)
K Torii (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
G Tortora (University of Salerno, Italy)
J J-P Tsai (University of Illinois, USA)
J E Urban (Arizona State University, USA)
B W Weide (Ohio State University, USA)
G. Weiss (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
C Yu (University of Illinois, USA)

Technology Trend Review & Survey Editor: D Hurley (US West Advanced Tech, USA)

Book Review Editor: D E Cooke (University of Texas, USA)

AIMS AND SCOPE:

• Research papers reporting original research results
• echnology trend surveys reviewing an area of research in software engineering and knowledge engineering
• Survey articles surveying a broad area in software engineering and knowledge engineering

In addition, tool reviews (no more than three manuscript pages) and book reviews (no more than two manuscript pages) are also welcome.

A central theme of this journal is the interplay between software engineering and knowledge engineering: how knowledge engineering methods can be applied to software engineering, and vice versa. The journal publishes papers in the areas of software engineering methods and practices, object-oriented systems, rapid prototyping, software reuse, cleanroom software engineering, stepwise refinement/enhancement, formal methods of specification, ambiguity in software development, impact of CASE on software development life cycle, knowledge engineering methods and practices, logic programming, expert systems, knowledge-based systems, distributed knowledge-based systems, deductive database systems, knowledge representations, knowledge-based systems in language translation & processing, software and knowledge-ware maintenance, reverse engineering in software design, and applications in various domains of interest.

Suggestions for special issues are welcome. To propose a special issue, a one-page proposal should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, containing the following information: title; purpose; scope; a list of potential contributors and tentative paper titles; time-table (submission and review deadlines, intended publication date); and guest editor's address, phone, fax and e-mail address. Once approved, the guest editor will be fully responsible for the special issue and should follow the normal review procedure of IJSEKE.

The journal IJSEKE is complemented by the annual International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering held in June each year. Papers of a preliminary and ongoing nature can first be submitted for presentation at the annual SEKE conferences, and the definitive papers can then be submitted to IJSEKE. Information on the SEKE conferences can be obtained from sekeksi.edu.

IJSEKE is covered in the CMCI CompuMath Citation Index, which can also be accessed through the abstract/index page of IJSEKE.

Call for Members of the Board of Reviewers

Call for Book Proposals on SE & KE

Call for Papers for Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Electronic manuscript: An electronic manuscript in Word format, Latex format or plain text format should be provided on a CD or a diskette. The electronic manuscript should follow the same general style as described in this document. The publisher will edit your file to make sure every article follows the same style. Figures in gif, jpg, ps or eps format should be saved on the diskette as separate files. It will be most helpful to include a README text file describing the content of the CD or diskette. If your file size is less than 3 MB, you can e-mail it directly to the production editor Ms. Kim Tan (kim@wspc.com.sg) as an attachment.

List of Symbols: The manuscript should contain a list of all symbols used in the paper. They should be identified typographically for the printer, not mathematically. This list will not appear in print, but is essential to avoid costly corrections in proof.

Footnotes: Text footnotes should be avoided whenever possible. If they must be used, indicate them by superscript numbers in the text, and type them all double-spaced on a separate page.

Equations should be typewritten and with the number placed in parentheses at the right margin. Reference to the euqations should use the form "Eq. (3)" or simply (3).

References should be indicated in the text by numbers in square brackets and listed at the end of the paper in numerical order; they should be typed double-spaced on a separate page. Style and punctuation of references must be in accordance with the following examples:

1. T. Y. Kong and A. W. Roscoe, Continuous analogs of axiomated digital surfaces. Comput. Vision Graphics Image Process 29, 1985, 60-86.

2. R. M. Haralick, edge and region analysis for digital image data in Image Modeling (A. Rosenfeld, Ed), pp. 171-184, Academic Press, New York, 1981.

3. R. A. Schowengerdt, Techniques for Image Processing and Classification in Remote Sensing, Academic Press, New York, 1983.

4. Proceedings of 1999 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages, Tokyo, Japan, September 13-16, 1999, http://www.isl.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/vl99.html.

Reports should not be cited unless absolutely necessary. Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. They should be typed double-spaced on separate pages. Each table should have a short descriptive caption. Table footnotes (indicated by superscript lower-case letters) should be typed at the end of the table. Figures should be numbered in order of appearance (with Arabic numerals) and should have short descriptive captions. Line drawings must be professionally drafted originals, in black ink, with lettering large enough to be legible after a reduction of 50-60%. Photographs must be glossy prints. No figures should exceed 8.5 x 11 inch in size; they should be designed to fit the proportions of the printed page. All figures should have captions typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Illustrations in color can be accepted only if the authors defray the cost.

Sample Journal Paper: A sample journal paper in pdf format is provided for the author's convenience.

Page Charge: There is a mandatory page charge of $30 USD per published page. The author will receive 100 copies of reprints free of charge, and free one-year subscription to the journal either for the author or some one designated by the author.

Turnaround Time: There is no deadline. Papers can be submitted any time during the year. It generally takes about six months to have the paper reviewed and each round of review takes about six months. If a paper is accepted after one round of review, the time between the submission to actual publication is about one year. If a paper requires several rounds of review, longer time may be needed.

Sample Review Form: For the convenience of guest editors and reviewers, a sample review form is available.

Final version and Diskette: If the paper is accepted, the final version of the manuscript and one copy, with a separate page listing all mathematical symbols used in the paper, a separate page of figure captions, original figures each on a separate page, and a diskette containing the text of the paper in TeX, LaTeX, WORD or ASCII format, are to be sent to the publisher. The following style files are available from the publisher.

Acceptance Rate: The acceptance rate of IJSEKE is about 30% based upon papers submitted between Jan 1996 and Dec 1997. The acceptance rate of SEKE conference proceedings is about 40% for full papers and 64% for all papers based upon data from SEKE'98.

Send Papers and Correspondence to: IJSEKE, Knowledge Systems Institute, 3420 Main Street, Skokie, IL. 60076, U.S.A.
(Tel: 847-835-1426, Fax: 847-679-3166, e-mail: sekeksi.edu)

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