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Overview

Richard Torkar is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on Information Systems, Computer Science Applications, Software, Artificial Intelligence, and Epidemiology.

Their work encompasses several main topics including Software Engineering Research, Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, Open Source Software Innovations, Software Reliability and Analysis Research, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies, and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Frequent publication venues for Torkar include arXiv (Cornell University), Empirical Software Engineering, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Research Square, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Recent papers authored by or involving Richard Torkar are:

  • Pandemic programming, 2020, Empirical Software Engineering
  • On Using Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Pandemic Programming: How COVID-19 affects software developers and how their organizations can help, 2020, PubMed
  • Applying Bayesian Analysis Guidelines to Empirical Software Engineering Data: The Case of Programming Languages and Code Quality, 2022, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • Early detection of sepsis using artificial intelligence: a scoping review protocol, 2021, Systematic Reviews

Richard Torkar has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Robert Feldt
  • Carlo A. Furia
  • Terese Besker
  • Sebastian Baltes
  • Ivana Pepic

Best Publications

  • Software fault prediction metrics

    Danijel Radjenović;Marjan Heričko;Richard Torkar;Aleš Živkovič

  • A systematic review of search-based testing for non-functional system properties

    Wasif Afzal;Richard Torkar;Robert Feldt

  • Towards innovation measurement in the software industry

    Henry Edison;Nauman Bin Ali;Richard Torkar

  • Pandemic programming: How COVID-19 affects software developers and how their organizations can help.

    Paul Ralph;Sebastian Baltes;Gianisa Adisaputri;Richard Torkar;Richard Torkar

  • A systematic review on strategic release planning models

    Mikael Svahnberg;Tony Gorschek;Robert Feldt;Richard Torkar

  • Knowledge transfer challenges and mitigation strategies in global software development—A systematic literature review and industrial validation

    Srinivas Nidhra;Muralidhar Yanamadala;Wasif Afzal;Richard Torkar;Richard Torkar

  • Overcoming the Equivalent Mutant Problem: A Systematic Literature Review and a Comparative Experiment of Second Order Mutation

    Lech Madeyski;Wojciech Orzeszyna;Richard Torkar;Mariusz Jozala

  • Links between the personalities, views and attitudes of software engineers

    Robert Feldt;Lefteris Angelis;Richard Torkar;Maria Samuelsson

  • Prioritization of quality requirements: State of practice in eleven companies

    Richard Berntsson Svensson;Tony Gorschek;Bjorn Regnell;Richard Torkar

  • Quality Requirements in Industrial Practice—An Extended Interview Study at Eleven Companies

    Richard Berntsson Svensson;T. Gorschek;B. Regnell;R. Torkar

  • Towards individualized software engineering: empirical studies should collect psychometrics

    Robert Feldt;Richard Torkar;Lefteris Angelis;Maria Samuelsson

  • Review: On the application of genetic programming for software engineering predictive modeling: A systematic review

    Wasif Afzal;Richard Torkar

  • REQUIREMENTS TRACEABILITY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND INDUSTRY CASE STUDY

    Richard Torkar;Tony Gorschek;Robert Feldt;Mikael Svahnberg

  • Software test process improvement approaches

    Wasif Afzal;Snehal Alone;Kerstin Glocksien;Richard Torkar

  • Searching for Cognitively Diverse Tests: Towards Universal Test Diversity Metrics

    R. Feldt;R. Torkar;T. Gorschek;W. Afzal

  • Group development and group maturity when building agile teams: A qualitative and quantitative investigation at eight large companies

    Lucas Gren;Richard Torkar;Robert Feldt

  • Group development and group maturity when building agile teams

    Lucas Gren;Richard Torkar;Robert Feldt

  • A survey on testing and reuse

    R. Torkar;S. Mankefors

  • Solutions in global software engineering: A systematic literature review

    Stefan Schneider;Richard Torkar;Richard Torkar;Tony Gorschek

  • Adopting free/libre/open source software practices, techniques and methods for industrial use

    Richard Torkar;Pau Minoves;Janina Garrigós

  • On Using Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering

    Affan Yasin;Rubia Fatima;Lijie Wen;Wasif Afzal

  • The prospects of a quantitative measurement of agility: A validation study on an agile maturity model

    Lucas Gren;Richard Torkar;Robert Feldt

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Feldt
Robert Feldt Chalmers University of Technology
Tony Gorschek
Tony Gorschek Blekinge Institute of Technology
Kai Petersen
Kai Petersen Blekinge Institute of Technology
Burak Turhan
Burak Turhan Monash University
Lionel C. Briand
Lionel C. Briand University of Ottawa
Shin Yoo
Shin Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Michael Felderer
Michael Felderer University of Cologne
Björn Regnell
Björn Regnell Lund University
Lefteris Angelis
Lefteris Angelis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Gregorio Robles
Gregorio Robles King Juan Carlos University

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