Biography

Dr. Mitsuhiro Kimura

Hosei University, Japan


Email: kim@hosei.ac.jp


Qualifications

1994  Ph.D., Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

1991  Master of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

1989  Bachelor of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan


Publications (Selected)

  1. S. Ota and M. Kimura, "A Dependent-Multivariate Data Analysis Method by Skewed-RBF Network Based on FGM Copula", Proceedings of the 21st ISSAT International Conference on Reliability & Quality in Design (RQD2015), Philadelphia, U.S.A., August 6-8, to appear (2015).
  2. Y. Arai and M. Kimura, "Operational Software Reliability Prediction by Random Forest Based on Development Project Data with Qualitative Variables", Proceedings of the 21st ISSAT International Conference on Reliability & Quality in Design (RQD2015), Philadelphia, U.S.A., August 6-8, to appear (2015).
  3. M. Kimura, N. Hata, and T. Fujwiara, "Hidden Markov Analysis for Software Testing Performance Evaluation Based on Two-stage Testing by Two Teams", Proceedings of the  9th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability 2015 (MMR2015), Tokyo, Japan, June 1-4, pp. 761-767 (2015).
  4. T. Morita and M. Kimura, "A Fundamental Study on Missing Data Treatment for Software Quality Prediction", Advanced Science and Technology Letters, Vol. 67, pp. 70-73 (2014).
  5. M. Kimura and K. Ueda, "3-Dimensional Software Testing-Progress Assessment Model Based on a Non-Stationary Gaussian Copula", Proc. of 6th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modeling (APARM2014), 2014.
  6. S. Ohta and M. Kimura, "On a Reliability Assessment by Copula Functions for a 2-Unit Parallel System with Cascading Failures", Proc. on 8th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability (MIMAR2014), pp. 229-233,2014.
  7. T. Morita and M. Kimura, "Robustness Analysis of Imputation Method for Software Development Project Data: Missing Value Treatment for Software Quality Prediction", International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 211-218 (2015). DOI: 10.14257/ijseia.2015.9.2.18
  8. T. Fujiwara and M. Kimura, "A New Analysis Concept in Applying Software Reliability Growth Models and Tool Implementation: The SafeMan", Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 396-405. DOI: 10.4236/jsea. 2014.75036, 2014.
  9. T. Morita and M. Kimura, "A Note on Modeling of Quality Evaluation Based on Large Data Sets in Software Development Projects", Proc. of 14th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference (APIEMS 2013), Cebu, Philippines (2013).
  10. M. Kimura and K. Kimpara, "A Study on Estimating the Critical Stress Level of Explosives by Cumulative Shock Models"Proc. of 17th International Conference on Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice (IJIE2013), Busan, Korea (2013).
  11. M. Kimura, T. Sakaue and T. Fujiwara, "A Bivariate Discrete Software Reliability Model by Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Copula"Proc. of 8th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR2013), Stellenbosch, South Africa (2013).
  12. M. Kimura and R. Shimada, "A Note on Static Software Reliability Models by GMDH: Comparison with a Multiple Regression Model", Proceedings of 18th IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2012), Niigata, Japan, CD-ROM (2012).
  13. M. Kimura, T. Fujiwara, and N. Yasunobu, "A Static Software Reliability Model Considering Different Debugging Abilities for Two-Stage Testing By Two Teams", Proceedings of 5th Asia-Pacific International Symposium (APARM 2012), Nanjing, China, pp. 247-254 (2012).
  14. M. Kimura and T. Fujiwara, Software Reliability, JUSE Press, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, Text book written in Japanese, about 220 pages, 2011.
  15. Kimura and T. Fujiwara, "A note on software reliability monitoring by moving-average method based on a bootstrap scheme", International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management, Vol. 1, Issue 4, pp. 293-298, 2011.
  16. M. Kimura, T. Fujiwara and S. Yamada, "A note on structure equation modeling for software reliability assessment based on review-related data", Proceedings of 17th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 389-393, 2011.
  17. N. Hirai and M. Kimura, "Yet another development risk of quality software utilizing OSS: From the view point of in-house lawyer", 22nd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE2011), Hiroshima, Supplemental Proceedings, 2011.
  18. T. Fujiwara, M. Kimura, Y. Satoh, and S. Yamada, "A method of calculating safety integrity level for IEC 61508 conformity software", Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Pacific Rim International symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC2011), Pasadena, California, U.S.A., pp. 296-301, 2011.
  19. M. Kimura and T. Fujiwara, "Practical Optimal Software Release Decision Making by Bootstrap Moving-Average Quality Control Chart", International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 29-41, 2010.
  20. M. Kimura, T. Fujiwara, "A Simulation-Based Approach for Software Reliability Assessment", Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific International Symposium (APARM2010), pp. 341-348, 2010.
  21. M. Kimura and T. Fujiwara, "A Bootstrap Software Reliability Assessment Method to Squeeze Out Remaining Faults", Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology (T.-H. Kim and H. Adeli (Eds.)), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS6059), pp. 435-446, 2010.
  22. M. Kimura and T. Fujiwara, "A new criterion for the optimal software release problems: Moving average quality control chart with bootstrap sampling", Advances in Software Engineering (Communications in Computer and Information Science), Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications, pp. 280-287, 2009.
  23. M. Kimura, "A linearized growth curve model for software reliability data analysis", H. Pham Ed., Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design, Chapter 13, Springer-Verlag, London, pp. 275-290, 2008.


Profile Details:

Mitsuhiro Kimura received the B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. (Engineering) degrees from Hiroshima University in 1989, 1991, and 1994, respectively. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (1994) and Associate Professor (1995-2001) at Tottori University, Japan. From September of 2001, he has been working at Hosei University, Japan. He is currently a Professor of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and his research interests include the area of quality/reliability engineering for software-intensive systems and their development processes. He is a member of IEEE Reliability Society, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers(IEICE), Operations Research Society of Japan(ORSJ), Reliability Engineering Association of Japan(REAJ), Japanese Society for Quality Control(JSQC), and Information Processing Society of Japan(IPSJ), and Japan Industrial Management Association(JIMA).

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