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Publications

 

Refereed International Journals

34. Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Muhairat, Mohammad I., "Innovative Algorithms for the Header Processing Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and Vice Versa", to appear in: International Arab Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 7, No. 4, July 2010. (ISSN: 1683-3198)

 

33. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "Quality Models in the Software Engineering Literature: A Comparative and Analytical Study", the Journal of American Science, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2010, pp. 166-175.(ISSN: 1545-1003)

 

32. Muhairat, Mohammad I.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Akram A. Abdelqader, "UML Diagrams Generator: A New CASE Tool to Construct the Use-Case and Class Diagrams from an Event Table", Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2010, pp. 253-260. (ISSN: 1549-3636)

 

31. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "Measuring the Software Product Quality during the Software Development Life-Cycle: An International Organization for Standardization Standards Perspective", Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, No. 5, 2009, pp. 392-397. (ISSN: 1549-3636)

 

30. Al-Ani, Muzhir SH.; Al-Kasasbeh, Basil, M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Muhairat Mohammad, I., "Constructing a New Communication System by Integrating the GSM to the Satellites Infrastructure", WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2009, pp. 217-226. (ISSN: 1109-2742)

 

29. Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh,  "Using the Sound Recognition Techniques to Reduce the Electricity Consumption in Highways", the Journal of American Science, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2009, pp. 1-12. (ISSN: 1545-1003)

 

28. Omari, Ahmad, H.; Al-Kasasbeh, Basil, M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Muhairat Mohammad, I., "DEA-RTA: A Dynamic Encryption Algorithm for the Real-Time Applications", International Journal of Computers, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2009, pp. 191-199. (ISSN: 1998-4480)

 

27. Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Ani, Muzhir S.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T., "Measuring the Optimal Transmission Power of GSM Cellular Network: A Case Study", Communications of the IBIMA, Vol. 4, 2008, pp. 216-221. (ISBN: 1943-7765)

 

26. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., and Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T., "Software Process and Product ISO Standards: A Comprehensive Survey", European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2008, pp. 289-303. (ISSN: 1450-216X)

 

25. Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T., "Indirect Routing of Mobile IP: A Non-Encapsulation Approach", International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol. 8, No. 7, 2008. pp. 124-131. (ISSN:1738-7906)

 

24. Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Al-Majali, Mohammed D., "Incorporating the Biometric Voice Technology into the E-Government Systems to Enhance the User Verification", WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Vol. 7, No. 5, 2008, pp. 435-452. (ISSN: 1109-2750)

 

23. Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E.; Al-Ani, Muzhir S. and Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T., "Real Digital TV Accessed by Cellular Mobile System", European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2008, pp. 914-923. (ISSN: 1450-216X)

 

22. Abran, Alain; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Cuadrado-Gallego, Juan, "Analysis of the ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Evaluation from the Metrology and ISO 15939 Perspectives", WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Vol. 5, No. 11, 2006, pp. 2778-2786. (ISSN: 1109-2750)

 

21. Abran, Alain; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Desharnais, Jean-Marc, "Harmonization Issues in the Updating of the ISO Standards on Software Product Quality", Metrics News: Journal of the Software Metrics Community, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2005, pp. 35-44. (ISSN: 1431-8008)

 

20. Al-Qutaish, Rafa, E. and Muhairat, Mohammad, I. , "A Measurement-Based Approach to Select an Open Source Software using AHP and ISO 9126", submitted to the International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 2009. (ISSN: 0219-6220)

 

19. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Alain Abran, "A Maturity Model of Software Product Quality", submitted to the International Journal of Computer Standards and Interfaces, 2009. (ISSN: 0920-5489)

 

Refereed International Conferences' Proceedings

18. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "An Investigation of the Weaknesses of the ISO 9126 International Standard", in Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'09), Dubai, UAE, December 28-30, 2009, Vol. 1, pp. 275-279. (ISBN: 978-1-4244-5365-8)

 

17. Mustafa, Khaled M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Muhairat, Mohammad I., "Classification of Software Testing Tools Based on the Software Testing Methods", in Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'09), Dubai, UAE, December 28-30, 2009, Vol. 1, pp. 229-233. (ISBN: 978-1-4244-5365-8)

 

16. Al-Qutaish, Rafa, E.; Muhairat, Mohammad, I. and Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M., "The Analytical Hierarchy Process as a Tool to Select Open Source Software", in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'09), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 39-44. (ISBN: 978-960-474-052-9)

 

15. Muhairat, Mohammad I. and Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "An Approach to Derive the Use Case Diagrams from an Event Table", in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'09), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 33-38. (ISBN: 978-960-474-052-9)

 

14. Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Muhairat, Mohammad I., "Utilizing Satellite Systems for Mobile Communications: An Emerging Approach", in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Electronics, Hardware, Wireless and Optical Communications (EHAC'09), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 39-44. (ISBN: 978-960-474-053-6)

 

13. Omari, Ahmad H.; Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E.  and Muhairat, Mohammad I., "A New Cryptographic Algorithm for the Real Time Applications", In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP'08), Cairo, Egypt, 2008, pp. 33-38. (ISBN: 978-960-474-084-2)

 

12. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T., "Applying Six-Sigma Concepts to the Software Engineering: Myths and Facts", In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'08), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2008, pp. 178-183. (ISBN: 978-960-6766-42-8)

 

11. Al-Kasasbeh, Basil M.; Al-Ani, Muzhir S.; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T., "Measuring the Optimal Transmission Power of GSM Cellular Network: A Case Study", In Proceedings of the 10th International Business Information Management Association Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management in Business Globalization, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008. pp. 760-765. (ISBN: 0-9753393-9-7)

 

10. Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T. and Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "Enhancing the Security of E-Government Portals using Biometric Voice along with a Traditional Password", In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and Data Bases (AIKED'08), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2008, pp. 101-108. (ISBN: 978-960-6766-41-1)

 

 9. Al-Sarayreh, Khalid T. and Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "Using Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence to Build an E-Glass for the Blinds", presented at the Regional Conference on Sharing Experience on Best Practices in ICT Services for Persons with Disabilities, Cairo, Egypt, 2007.

 

8. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Al-Fawareh, Hamed J., "Mapping Between ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Metrics and ISO 12207 on Software Life Cycle Processes", In Proceedings of  the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT'06), Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 2006.

 

7. Abran, Alain; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Cuadrado-Gallego, Juan, “Investigation of the Metrology Concepts in ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Evaluation”, In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computers (ICComp'06), Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, 2006, pp. 864-872. (ISBN: 960-8457-47-5)

 

6 Al-Qutaish, Rafa. E. and Abran, Alain, “An Analysis of the Design and Definitions of Halstead's Metrics”, In Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'05), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2005, pp. 337-352. (ISBN: 3-8322-4405-0)

 

5. Abran, Alain; Al-Qutaish, Rafa. E.; Desharnais, Jean-Marc and Habra, Naji, “An Information Model for Software Quality Measurement with ISO Standards”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Development (SWDC'05), Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005, pp. 104-116. (ISBN: 9979-54-648-4)

 

4. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Abd. Ghani, Abdul Azim, “Incorporating Software Measurements into a Compiler”, In Abstract book of the International Science Conference (ISC'98), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 1998, pp. 35-35.

 

Books' Chapters

3. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Abran, Alain, Chapter 7, "Analysis of the Design of Halstead Metrics" in 'Design of Software Measures', Editor: Alain Abran, Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society, New York, USA, 2010. (ISBN: 978-0-470-59720-0)

 

2. Abran, Alain and Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., Chapter 10: "Analysis of ISO 9126’" in ‘Design of Software Measures’, Editor: Alain Abran, Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society, New York, USA, 2010. (ISBN: 978-0-470-59720-0)

 

1. Abran, Alain; Al-Qutaish, Rafa E.; Desharnais, Jean-Marc and Habra, Naji, Chapter 5: "ISO-Based Models to Measure Software Product Quality", in ‘Software Quality Measurement – Concepts and Approaches, Editor: Ravi Kumar Jain B., Publisher, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, INDIA, 2008, pp. 61-96. (ISBN: 81-314-1256-8)

 

Books

2. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Ghniemat, Ahmad, "Programming Language 2: Java Language", General Organization of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2004, 102p. (in Arabic Language)

 

1. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Ghniemat, Ahmad, "Programming Language 2: Java Language - Laboratory Manual", General Organization of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2004, 51p. (in Arabic Language)

 

Theses

2. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "SPQMM: A Software Product Quality Maturity Model using ISO/IEEE Standards, Metrology, and Sigma Concepts", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Software Engineering and IT, School of Higher Technology (École de Technologie Supérieure - ÉTS), University of Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada, June, 2007, 212p. (ISBN: 978-0-494-35542-8)

 

1. Al-Qutaish, Rafa E., "Incorporating Software Measurement into a Compiler", M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Putra University (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, July, 1998, 186p.