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Houari Sahraoui

Houari Sahraoui

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
44
Citations
6483
World Ranking
7682
National Ranking
311

Houari Sahraoui publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Houari Sahraoui sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 242 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Houari Sahraoui D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Houari Sahraoui sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Houari Sahraoui is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research primarily covers the field of computer science, with a significant focus on subfields such as artificial intelligence, information systems, software, computer networks and communications, and information systems management.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including software engineering research, model-driven software engineering techniques, natural language processing techniques, topic modeling, software system performance and reliability, software testing and debugging techniques, and advanced software engineering methodologies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Oussama Ben Sghaier, Eugene Syriani, Jessie Carbonnel, Martin Weyssow, and Loli Burgueño.

Houari Sahraoui has contributed extensively to several publication venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Software & Systems Modeling
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • IEEE Software
  • The Journal of Object Technology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Houari Sahraoui include:

  • "Recommending metamodel concepts during modeling activities with pre-trained language models", 2022, Software & Systems Modeling
  • "Opportunities in intelligent modeling assistance", 2020, Software & Systems Modeling
  • "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Model-Driven Engineering for Data-Centric Systems", 2020, IEEE Software
  • "Exploring Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning Techniques for Code Generation with Large Language Models", 2025, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "Exploring Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning Techniques for Code Generation with Large Language Models", 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • A Bayesian Approach for the Detection of Code and Design Smells

    Foutse Khomh;Stéphane Vaucher;Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc;Houari Sahraoui

  • A QoS broker based architecture for efficient Web services selection

    M.A. Serhani;R. Dssouli;A. Hafid;H. Sahraoui

  • Visualization-based analysis of quality for large-scale software systems

    Guillaume Langelier;Houari Sahraoui;Pierre Poulin

  • Fingerprinting design patterns

    Gueheneuc Y-G;H. Sahraoui;F. Zaidi

  • BDTEX: A GQM-based Bayesian approach for the detection of antipatterns

    Foutse Khomh;Stephane Vaucher;Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc;Houari Sahraoui

  • Maintainability defects detection and correction: a multi-objective approach

    Ali Ouni;Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Mounir Boukadoum

  • Multi-Criteria Code Refactoring Using Search-Based Software Engineering: An Industrial Case Study

    Ali Ouni;Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Katsuro Inoue

  • A Cooperative Parallel Search-Based Software Engineering Approach for Code-Smells Detection

    Wael Kessentini;Marouane Kessentini;Houari A. Sahraoui;Slim Bechikh

  • Design Defects Detection and Correction by Example

    Marouane Kessentini;Wael Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Mounir Boukadoum

  • Model Transformation as an Optimization Problem

    Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Mounir Boukadoum

  • Visual Detection of Design Anomalies

    K. Dhambri;H. Sahraoui;P. Poulin

  • Automatic Package Coupling and Cycle Minimization

    Hani Abdeen;Stephane Ducasse;Houari Sahraoui;Ilham Alloui

  • Search-based model transformation by example

    Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Mounir Boukadoum;Omar Ben Omar

  • Impact of the visitor pattern on program comprehension and maintenance

    Sebastien Jeanmart;Yann-Gael Gueheneuc;Houari Sahraoui;Naji Habra

  • Deviance from perfection is a better criterion than closeness to evil when identifying risky code

    Marouane Kessentini;Stéphane Vaucher;Houari Sahraoui

  • Multi-objective optimization in rule-based design space exploration

    Hani Abdeen;Dániel Varró;Houari Sahraoui;András Szabolcs Nagy

  • Search-based refactoring: Towards semantics preservation

    Ali Ouni;Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Mohamed Salah Hamdi

  • Formal Verification of Web Applications Modeled by Communicating Automata

    May Haydar;Alexandre Petrenko;Houari A. Sahraoui

  • Improving multi-objective code-smells correction using development history

    Ali Ouni;Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Katsuro Inoue

  • MORE: A multi-objective refactoring recommendation approach to introducing design patterns and fixing code smells

    Ali Ouni;Ali Ouni;Marouane Kessentini;Mel Ó Cinnéide;Houari A. Sahraoui

  • The use of development history in software refactoring using a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm

    Ali Ouni;Marouane Kessentini;Houari Sahraoui;Mohamed Salah Hamdi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marouane Kessentini
Marouane Kessentini University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ali Ouni
Ali Ouni École de Technologie Supérieure
Coral Calero
Coral Calero University of Castilla-La Mancha
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Concordia University
Manuel Wimmer
Manuel Wimmer Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Mario Piattini
Mario Piattini University of Castilla-La Mancha
Alexandre Petrenko
Alexandre Petrenko Computer Research Institute of Montréal
Geert Poels
Geert Poels Ghent University
Katsuro Inoue
Katsuro Inoue Ritsumeikan University
Benoit Baudry
Benoit Baudry University of Montreal

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