{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7140285163","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","title":"Introduction to the special issue on timed and stochastic approaches to system evaluation","display_name":"Introduction to the special issue on timed and stochastic approaches to system evaluation","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7140285163","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S122567160","display_name":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","issn_l":"1433-2779","issn":["1433-2779","1433-2787"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"editorial","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035860397","display_name":"Jane Hillston","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4914-9255"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","display_name":"University of Edinburgh","ror":"https://ror.org/01nrxwf90","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jane Hillston","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129728201","display_name":"Sadegh Soudjani","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210093666","display_name":"The Edgbaston Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/007bv1h22","country_code":"GB","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210093666","https://openalex.org/I4210104184"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210121786","display_name":"Max Planck Institute for Software Systems","ror":"https://ror.org/02pe2kf23","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I149899117","https://openalex.org/I4210121786"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79619799","display_name":"University of Birmingham","ror":"https://ror.org/03angcq70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79619799"]}],"countries":["DE","GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sadegh Soudjani","raw_affiliation_strings":["Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK","Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Saarbrueken, Germany","School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210093666"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Saarbrueken, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210121786"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79619799"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039539654","display_name":"Masaki Waga","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9360-7490"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I22299242","display_name":"Kyoto University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kpeqv85","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Masaki Waga","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5035860397"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"],"apc_list":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"apc_paid":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"28","issue":"1","first_page":"1","last_page":"3"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.2087000012397766,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.2087000012397766,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10142","display_name":"Formal Methods in Verification","score":0.0737999975681305,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12000","display_name":"Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications","score":0.059700001031160355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theory-of-computation","display_name":"Theory of computation","score":0.6243000030517578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/snapshot","display_name":"Snapshot (computer storage)","score":0.49129998683929443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/joint","display_name":"Joint (building)","score":0.4823000133037567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formal-methods","display_name":"Formal methods","score":0.44020000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.42730000615119934}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.864300012588501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24858836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844718","display_name":"Theory of computation","level":2,"score":0.6243000030517578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55282118","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252683","display_name":"Snapshot (computer storage)","level":2,"score":0.49129998683929443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18555067","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8375051","display_name":"Joint (building)","level":2,"score":0.4823000133037567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75606506","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049183","display_name":"Formal methods","level":2,"score":0.44020000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.42730000615119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.40459999442100525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.3977000117301941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.30709999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3052999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.29319998621940613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2985583900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722617","display_name":"Formal description","level":2,"score":0.2865000069141388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779791154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258040","display_name":"Model transformation","level":3,"score":0.2759999930858612}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S122567160","display_name":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","issn_l":"1433-2779","issn":["1433-2779","1433-2787"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:openaire/813d219f-9855-451a-a5c1-8a7a48a18d4f","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/813d219f-9855-451a-a5c1-8a7a48a18d4f","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402634","display_name":"University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I79619799","host_organization_name":"University of Birmingham","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79619799"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Hillston, J, Soudjani, S & Waga, M 2026, 'Introduction to the special issue on timed and stochastic approaches to system evaluation', International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, vol. 28, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10009-026-00853-1.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S122567160","display_name":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","issn_l":"1433-2779","issn":["1433-2779","1433-2787"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17","score":0.4170026481151581}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7140285163.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7140285163.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":3,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4401964987","https://openalex.org/W7140072899","https://openalex.org/W7140075673"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"This":[1],"special":[2],"issue":[3],"of":[4,17,28,35,47,68],"the":[5,24,29,39],"International":[6,30,40],"Journal":[7],"on":[8,32,42],"Software":[9],"Tools":[10],"for":[11],"Technology":[12],"Transfer":[13],"presents":[14],"extended":[15],"versions":[16],"four":[18],"selected":[19],"papers":[20,63],"from":[21],"QEST+FORMATS":[22],"2024,":[23],"first":[25],"joint":[26,52],"edition":[27],"Conference":[31,41],"Quantitative":[33],"Evaluation":[34],"Systems":[36,49],"(QEST)":[37],"and":[38,45,74],"Formal":[43],"Modeling":[44],"Analysis":[46],"Timed":[48],"(FORMATS).":[50],"The":[51,62],"conference":[53],"was":[54],"held":[55],"in":[56,59,71],"Calgary,":[57],"Canada,":[58],"September":[60],"2024.":[61],"provide":[64],"a":[65],"compact":[66],"snapshot":[67],"current":[69],"directions":[70],"quantitative":[72],"evaluation":[73],"timed":[75],"systems":[76],"research.":[77]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-16T13:24:37.021932","created_date":"2026-03-26T00:00:00"}