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Filippo Ricca

Filippo Ricca

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Computer Science

D-Index
43
Citations
6591
World Ranking
8067
National Ranking
220

Overview

Filippo Ricca is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy and primarily works within the field of Computer Science. Their research contributions focus significantly on Software, Information Systems, and Computer Networks and Communications, with additional work pertaining to Artificial Intelligence and Control and Systems Engineering.

The core topics explored in their publications include Software Testing and Debugging Techniques, Software Engineering Research, Software System Performance and Reliability, Software Reliability and Analysis Research, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, and Web Application Security Vulnerabilities.

Ricca has authored several papers, including:

  • "Similarity-based Web Element Localization for Robust Test Automation," 2022, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "Sidereal: Statistical adaptive generation of robust locators for web testing," 2021, Software Testing Verification and Reliability
  • "Enhancing Web Applications Observability through Instrumented Automated Browsers," 2023, Journal of Systems and Software
  • "An empirical study to compare three web test automation approaches: NLP-based, programmable, and capture&replay," 2023, Journal of Software Evolution and Process
  • "The Use of Executable FIT Tables to support Maintenance and Evolution Tasks," 2024, Technische Universität Berlin - Universitätsbibliothek

Frequent publication venues for Ricca include Software Quality Journal, Journal of Systems and Software, Journal of Software Evolution and Process, arXiv (Cornell University), and Information and Software Technology. These outlets indicate a diverse engagement with both software engineering research communities and broader computer science platforms.

Their co-authorship network involves collaborations with several researchers, notably Maurizio Leotta, Dario Olianas, Boni García, Alessandro Marchetto, and Andrea Stocco. Maurizio Leotta notably appears as a frequent co-author with a substantial number of joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Analysis and testing of Web applications

    Filippo Ricca;Paolo Tonella

  • State-Based Testing of Ajax Web Applications

    A. Marchetto;P. Tonella;F. Ricca

  • Understanding and restructuring Web sites with ReWeb

    F. Ricca;P. Tonella

  • Capture-replay vs. programmable web testing: An empirical assessment during test case evolution

    Maurizio Leotta;Diego Clerissi;Filippo Ricca;Paolo Tonella

  • Tool-supported requirements prioritization: Comparing the AHP and CBRank methods

    Anna Perini;Filippo Ricca;Angelo Susi

  • Relevance, benefits, and problems of software modelling and model driven techniques-A survey in the Italian industry

    Marco Torchiano;Federico Tomassetti;Filippo Ricca;Alessandro Tiso

  • A family of experiments to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of source code obfuscation techniques

    Mariano Ceccato;Massimiliano Penta;Paolo Falcarin;Filippo Ricca

  • Tool-Supported Refactoring of Existing Object-Oriented Code into Aspects

    D. Binkley;M. Ceccato;M. Harman;F. Ricca

  • How Developers' Experience and Ability Influence Web Application Comprehension Tasks Supported by UML Stereotypes: A Series of Four Experiments

    F. Ricca;M. Di Penta;M. Torchiano;P. Tonella

  • Using clustering to support the migration from static to dynamic web pages

    F. Ricca;P. Tonella

  • Automated refactoring of object oriented code into aspects

    D. Binkley;M. Ceccato;M. Harman;F. Ricca

  • Using keyword extraction for Web site clustering

    P. Tonella;F. Ricca;E. Pianta;C. Girardi

  • Improving Test Suites Maintainability with the Page Object Pattern: An Industrial Case Study

    Maurizio Leotta;Diego Clerissi;Filippo Ricca;Cristiano Spadaro

  • The Role of Experience and Ability in Comprehension Tasks Supported by UML Stereotypes

    F. Ricca;M. Di Penta;M. Torchiano;P. Tonella

  • The effectiveness of source code obfuscation: An experimental assessment

    Mariano Ceccato;Massimiliano Di Penta;Jasvir Nagra;Paolo Falcarin

  • Dynamic model extraction and statistical analysis of Web applications

    P. Tonella;F. Ricca

  • Visual vs. DOM-Based Web Locators: An Empirical Study

    Maurizio Leotta;Diego Clerissi;Filippo Ricca;Paolo Tonella

  • Using acceptance tests as a support for clarifying requirements: A series of experiments

    Filippo Ricca;Marco Torchiano;Massimiliano Di Penta;Mariano Ceccato

  • A case study-based comparison of web testing techniques applied to AJAX web applications

    Alessandro Marchetto;Filippo Ricca;Paolo Tonella

  • A 2-layer model for the white-box testing of Web applications

    P. Tonella;F. Ricca

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Tonella
Paolo Tonella Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Marco Torchiano
Marco Torchiano Polytechnic University of Turin
Massimiliano Di Penta
Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio
Giuliano Antoniol
Giuliano Antoniol Polytechnique Montréal
Anna Perini
Anna Perini Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Angelo Susi
Angelo Susi Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Ali Mesbah
Ali Mesbah University of British Columbia
David Binkley
David Binkley Loyola University Maryland
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Concordia University
Grace A. Lewis
Grace A. Lewis Carnegie Mellon University

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