Robert B. France

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 698 citations indexed

About

Robert B. France is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. France has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 698 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 20 papers in Software and 17 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Robert B. France's work include Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (24 papers), Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques (20 papers) and Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (11 papers). Robert B. France is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (24 papers), Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques (20 papers) and Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (11 papers). Robert B. France collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Robert B. France's co-authors include Gordon S. Blair, Nelly Bencomo, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, Mathieu Acher, Jean‐Marc Jezéquél, Benoît Combemale, María M. Larrondo-Petrie, Benoît Baudry and Betty H. C. Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Computer and Lecture notes in computer science.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. France

31 papers receiving 657 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. France United States	12	461	448	302	265	74	31	698
Jing Dong United States	18	550 1.2×	665 1.5×	186 0.6×	325 1.2×	84 1.1×	56	837
Philippe Massonet Belgium	13	359 0.8×	533 1.2×	328 1.1×	123 0.5×	70 0.9×	44	755
Olivier Barais France	13	560 1.2×	541 1.2×	337 1.1×	288 1.1×	49 0.7×	74	858
Albert Zündorf Germany	14	427 0.9×	425 0.9×	192 0.6×	412 1.6×	59 0.8×	77	742
Gerti Kappel Austria	18	386 0.8×	555 1.2×	282 0.9×	388 1.5×	181 2.4×	58	827
Tomaž Kosar Slovenia	15	420 0.9×	411 0.9×	120 0.4×	452 1.7×	99 1.3×	42	787
Perdita Stevens United Kingdom	14	420 0.9×	396 0.9×	169 0.6×	417 1.6×	95 1.3×	61	733
István Ráth Hungary	14	285 0.6×	271 0.6×	185 0.6×	436 1.6×	93 1.3×	41	601
John Mark Ockerbloom United States	7	788 1.7×	761 1.7×	374 1.2×	212 0.8×	77 1.0×	15	1.0k
Lian Yu China	15	232 0.5×	442 1.0×	393 1.3×	222 0.8×	65 0.9×	57	764

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Combemale, Benoît, et al.. (2015). Using Slicing to Improve the Performance of Model Invariant Checking.. The Journal of Object Technology. 14(4). 1:1–1:1. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Wuwei, et al.. (2015). An Approach to Checking Consistency between UML Class Model and Its Java Implementation. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 42(4). 322–344. 14 indexed citations

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Combemale, Benoît, Julien Deantoni, Benoît Baudry, et al.. (2014). Globalizing Modeling Languages. Computer. 47(6). 68–71. 29 indexed citations

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Atlee, Joanne M., Robert B. France, Jeff Gray, et al.. (2013). 5th International workshop on Modeling in Software Engineering (MiSE 2013). 2013 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). 1531–1532. 2 indexed citations

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Collet, Philippe, et al.. (2012). Actor-based runtime model of adaptable feedback control loops. 39–44. 8 indexed citations

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Acher, Mathieu, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, & Robert B. France. (2012). Separation of concerns in feature modeling. 1–12. 24 indexed citations

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France, Robert B., et al.. (2012). Repository for Model Driven Development (ReMoDD). 1471–1472. 13 indexed citations

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Acher, Mathieu, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, & Robert B. France. (2011). Slicing feature models. 424–427. 39 indexed citations

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Acher, Mathieu, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, & Robert B. France. (2011). A domain-specific language for managing feature models. 1333–1340. 12 indexed citations

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Acher, Mathieu, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, & Robert B. France. (2011). Decomposing feature models: language, environment, and applications. 600–603. 8 indexed citations

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France, Robert B., et al.. (2011). Supporting Iterative Development of Robust Operation Contracts in UML Requirements Models. 20. 9–16. 1 indexed citations

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France, Robert B., et al.. (2007). Modeling and Integrating Aspects into Component Architectures. 21. 181–181. 1 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sudipto, et al.. (2005). UMLAnT. 120–124. 8 indexed citations

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Alexander, Roger T., James M. Bieman, & Robert B. France. (2004). A software engineering research repository. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 29(5). 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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Carver, Doris L., et al.. (2003). A metamodeling approach to model transformation. 326–327. 4 indexed citations

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France, Robert B., et al.. (1997). Towards Rigorous Analysis of Fusion Models: The MIRG Experiences. Electronic workshops in computing. 1 indexed citations

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France, Robert B., et al.. (1996). A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using Integrated Methods to Support Rigorous Requirements Specification. Electronic workshops in computing. 5 indexed citations

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Bruel, Jean‐Michel, et al.. (1996). CASE-based Rigorous Object-Oriented Modeling. Electronic workshops in computing. 3 indexed citations

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France, Robert B., et al.. (1995). Applying domain analysis and modeling. 206–214. 5 indexed citations

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France, Robert B. & María M. Larrondo-Petrie. (1994). From structured analysis to formal specifications. 249–256. 11 indexed citations

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