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2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
49
Citations
8023
World Ranking
5962
National Ranking
76

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Xavier Franch is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Computer Science, with particular attention to subfields such as Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Management Information Systems, and Computer Science Applications.

The scientist's work involves several main topics related to software engineering. These include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, Software Engineering Research, Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies, Software System Performance and Reliability, Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services, Software Reliability and Analysis Research, and Open Source Software Innovations.

Xavier Franch has contributed to numerous publications in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Software Engineering for AI-Based Systems: A Survey," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Software Engineering for AI-Based Systems: A Survey," 2022, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "Big Data analytics in Agile software development: A systematic mapping study," 2020, Information and Software Technology
  • "Software-Based Dialogue Systems: Survey, Taxonomy, and Challenges," 2022, ACM Computing Surveys
  • "Measuring and Improving Agile Processes in a Small-Size Software Development Company," 2020, IEEE Access

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Silverio Martínez-Fernández
  • Jordi Marco
  • Quim Motger
  • Marc Oriol
  • Carles Farré

Best Publications

  • Software Engineering for AI-Based Systems: A Survey

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  • Using quality models in software package selection

    X. Franch;J.P. Carvallo

  • Sustainability in software engineering: A systematic literature review

    Birgit Penzenstadler;Veronika Bauer;Coral Calero;Xavier Franch

  • How do software architects consider non-functional requirements: An exploratory study

    David Ameller;Claudia Ayala;Jordi Cabot;Xavier Franch

  • Open source software ecosystems: A Systematic mapping

    Oscar Franco-Bedoya;Oscar Franco-Bedoya;David Ameller;Dolors Costal;Xavier Franch

  • Systematic mapping study on software engineering for sustainability (SE4S)

    Birgit Penzenstadler;Ankita Raturi;Debra Richardson;Coral Calero

  • Natural Language Processing for Requirements Engineering: The Best Is Yet to Come

    Fabiano Dalpiaz;Alessio Ferrari;Xavier Franch;Cristina Palomares

  • Systematic formulation of non-functional characteristics of software

    X. Franch

  • Dealing with Non-Functional Requirements in Model-Driven Development

    David Ameller;Xavier Franch;Jordi Cabot

  • Service Level Agreement Monitor (SALMon)

    D. Ameller;X. Franch

  • Quality models for web services: A systematic mapping

    Marc Oriol;Jordi Marco;Xavier Franch

  • Formalising ERP Selection Criteria

    Xavier Burgués Illa;Xavier Franch;Joan Antoni Pastor

  • Non-functional Requirements in Architectural Decision Making

    D. Ameller;C. Ayala;J. Cabot;X. Franch

  • DesCOTS: a software system for selecting COTS components

    G. Grau;J.P. Carvallo;X. Franch;C. Quer

  • Modelling Component Dependencies to Inform Their Selection

    Xavier Franch;Neil A. Maiden

  • Putting non-functional requirements into software architecture

    Xavier Franch;Pere Botella

  • A Comparative Analysis of i* -Based Agent-Oriented Modeling Languages

    Claudia P. Ayala;Carlos Cares;Juan Pablo Carvallo;Gemma Grau

  • PRiM: An i * -based process reengineering method for information systems specification

    Gemma Grau;Xavier Franch;Neil A. M. Maiden

  • Comprehensive Explanation of SLA Violations at Runtime

    Carlos Muller;Marc Oriol;Xavier Franch;Jordi Marco

  • A Metamodel for Software Requirement Patterns

    Xavier Franch;Cristina Palomares;Carme Quer;Samuel Renault

  • A software reference architecture for semantic-aware Big Data systems

    Sergi Nadal;Victor Herrero;Oscar Romero;Alberto Abelló

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo Susi
Angelo Susi Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Reidar Conradi
Reidar Conradi Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Neil Maiden
Neil Maiden City, University of London
Oscar Pastor
Oscar Pastor Universitat Politècnica de València
Anna Perini
Anna Perini Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Alexander Felfernig
Alexander Felfernig Graz University of Technology
Markku Oivo
Markku Oivo University of Oulu
Paris Avgeriou
Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen
Jordi Cabot
Jordi Cabot Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Fabiano Dalpiaz
Fabiano Dalpiaz Utrecht University

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