Publications

2026

1. ITS4SDC: Intelligent test road selector for self-driving cars

   A. I. Güllü, F. A. Shah, and D. Pfahl

   Science of Computer Programming, 2026

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   @article{gullu2026its4sdc,
     title = {{ITS4SDC}: Intelligent test road selector for self-driving cars},
     author = {G{\"u}ll{\"u}, A. I. and Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     journal = {Science of Computer Programming},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1016/j.scico.2026.103486},
   }

2. Usability Quality Model: An Enhancement of Dromey’s Model

   M. A. Jilani, I. A. Niaz, S. N. Zafar, and 4 more authors

   Engineering Reports, 2026

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   @article{jilani2026usability,
     title = {Usability Quality Model: An Enhancement of Dromey's Model},
     author = {Jilani, M. A. and Niaz, I. A. and Zafar, S. N. and Shah, F. A. and Ali, S. and Shah, D. and Tahir, M.},
     journal = {Engineering Reports},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1002/eng2.70747},
   }

3. Towards Fully Synthetic Schema-based Tabular Test Data Generation in Estonian E-Government Settings

   M. A. Tammisto, D. Pfahl, F. A. Shah, and 1 more author

   In 17th International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems, 2026

   Accepted

   Bib

   @inproceedings{tammisto2026synthetic,
     title = {Towards Fully Synthetic Schema-based Tabular Test Data Generation in {Estonian E-Government} Settings},
     author = {Tammisto, M. A. and Pfahl, D. and Shah, F. A. and Rodriguez, D.},
     booktitle = {17th International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Accepted}
   }

2025

1. The Challenge of Generating and Evolving Real-life Synthetic Test Data Without Accessing Real-world Data – A Systematic Review

   M. A. Tammisto, F. A. Shah, D. Rodriguez, and 1 more author

   Journal of Expert Systems, 2025

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   @article{tammisto2025synthetic,
     title = {The Challenge of Generating and Evolving Real-life Synthetic Test Data Without Accessing Real-world Data -- A Systematic Review},
     author = {Tammisto, M. A. and Shah, F. A. and Rodriguez, D. and Pfahl, D.},
     journal = {Journal of Expert Systems},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1111/exsy.70164},
   }

2. IoV-TwinChain: Predictive Maintenance of Vehicles in Internet of Vehicles Through Digital Twin and Blockchain

   M. Iqbal, S. Suhail, R. Matulevičius, and 3 more authors

   Journal of Internet of Things, 2025

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   @article{iqbal2025iovtwinchain,
     title = {{IoV-TwinChain}: Predictive Maintenance of Vehicles in Internet of Vehicles Through Digital Twin and Blockchain},
     author = {Iqbal, M. and Suhail, S. and Matulevi{\v{c}}ius, R. and Shah, F. A. and Malik, S. U. R. and McLaughlin, K.},
     journal = {Journal of Internet of Things},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1016/j.iot.2025.101514},
   }

3. Usability evaluation of academic library websites: a systematic literature review

   M. A. Jilani, A. Sheikh, F. A. Shah, and 1 more author

   Information Discovery and Delivery, 2025

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   @article{jilani2025usability,
     title = {Usability evaluation of academic library websites: a systematic literature review},
     author = {Jilani, M. A. and Sheikh, A. and Shah, F. A. and Saqlain, S. M.},
     journal = {Information Discovery and Delivery},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1108/IDD-09-2024-0144},
   }

4. A Robust LSTM-based Test Selection Method for Self-Driving Cars

   A. I. Güllü, F. A. Shah, and D. Pfahl

   In International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES), 2025

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   @inproceedings{gullu2025lstm,
     title = {A Robust {LSTM}-based Test Selection Method for Self-Driving Cars},
     author = {G{\"u}ll{\"u}, A. I. and Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES)},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-12089-2_5},
   }

5. Obtaining Test Data in the Estonian e-Government Systems: Challenges and Improvement Potential

   M. A. Tammisto, R. Ramler, F. A. Shah, and 1 more author

   In International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES), 2025

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   @inproceedings{tammisto2025obtaining,
     title = {Obtaining Test Data in the {Estonian} e-Government Systems: Challenges and Improvement Potential},
     author = {Tammisto, M. A. and Ramler, R. and Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES)},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-12092-2_1},
   }

6. Automated Classification of ADS Disengagements Using Convolutional Neural Networks

   E. Hein, A. I. Güllü, F. A. Shah, and 1 more author

   In International Workshop on Analytics for Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2025

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   @inproceedings{hein2025ads,
     title = {Automated Classification of {ADS} Disengagements Using Convolutional Neural Networks},
     author = {Hein, E. and G{\"u}ll{\"u}, A. I. and Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Workshop on Analytics for Product-Focused Software Process Improvement},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-12092-2_14},
   }

7. Lab Package Development as a Means for Educating Software Engineering Students

   E. Kaasik, F. A. Shah, and D. Pfahl

   In International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES), 2025

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   @inproceedings{kaasik2025lab,
     title = {Lab Package Development as a Means for Educating Software Engineering Students},
     author = {Kaasik, E. and Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES)},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-12089-2_24},
   }

8. How Effectively Do LLMs Extract Feature-Sentiment Pairs from App Reviews?

   F. A. Shah, A. Sabir, R. Sharma, and 1 more author

   In 31st International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ), 2025

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   @inproceedings{shah2025llmreviews,
     title = {How Effectively Do {LLMs} Extract Feature-Sentiment Pairs from App Reviews?},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sabir, A. and Sharma, R. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {31st International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ)},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_9},
   }

9. ITS4SDC at the ICST Tool Competition – Self-Driving Car Testing Track

   A. I. Güllü, F. A. Shah, and D. Pfahl

   In International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) Tool Competition, 2025

   Top-performing tool in the competition

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   @inproceedings{gullu2025icst,
     title = {{ITS4SDC} at the {ICST} Tool Competition -- Self-Driving Car Testing Track},
     author = {G{\"u}ll{\"u}, A. I. and Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) Tool Competition},
     year = {2025},
     note = {Top-performing tool in the competition},
     doi = {10.1109/ICST62969.2025.10988983},
   }

2024

1. Generating and Evolving Real-Life Like Synthetic Data for e-Government Services Without Using Real-World Raw Data

   M. A. Tammisto, D. Pfahl, and F. A. Shah

   In International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES), 2024

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   @inproceedings{tammisto2024synthetic,
     title = {Generating and Evolving Real-Life Like Synthetic Data for e-Government Services Without Using Real-World Raw Data},
     author = {Tammisto, M. A. and Pfahl, D. and Shah, F. A.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES)},
     publisher = {Springer, Cham},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-78392-0_12},
   }

2. Blockchain-Driven Secure Auditing of Timber-to-Charcoal Supply Chain

   M. Iqbal, M. Zubair, S. Suhail, and 2 more authors

   In International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems, 2024

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   @inproceedings{iqbal2024blockchain,
     title = {Blockchain-Driven Secure Auditing of Timber-to-Charcoal Supply Chain},
     author = {Iqbal, M. and Zubair, M. and Suhail, S. and Shah, F. A. and Milani, F.},
     booktitle = {International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems},
     publisher = {Springer, Cham},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-63543-4_9},
   }

3. Using Active and Self-Training to Improve Sentiment Prediction on App Reviews

   Z. Arshid, E. Mustafa, J. Shuja, and 1 more author

   In 1st International Conference on Innovative Engineering Sciences and Technological Research (ICIESTR), 2024

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   @inproceedings{arshid2024active,
     title = {Using Active and Self-Training to Improve Sentiment Prediction on App Reviews},
     author = {Arshid, Z. and Mustafa, E. and Shuja, J. and Shah, F. A.},
     booktitle = {1st International Conference on Innovative Engineering Sciences and Technological Research (ICIESTR)},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.1109/ICIESTR60916.2024.10798138},
   }

2022

1. Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm for Class Testing Using OCL Class Contract Specifications: A Framework

   S. M. S. Shah, R. Farooq, A. Alharbi, and 3 more authors

   Scientific Programming, 2022

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   @article{shah2022multiobjective,
     title = {Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm for Class Testing Using {OCL} Class Contract Specifications: A Framework},
     author = {Shah, S. M. S. and Farooq, R. and Alharbi, A. and Alyami, H. and Zada, I. and Shah, F. A.},
     journal = {Scientific Programming},
     year = {2022},
     doi = {10.1155/2022/3708422},
   }

2020

1. Support Vector Machines-Based Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Feature Subset, Wrapping Selection and Extraction Methods

   S. M. S. Shah, F. A. Shah, S. A. Hussain, and 1 more author

   Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2020

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   @article{shah2020svmheart,
     title = {Support Vector Machines-Based Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Feature Subset, Wrapping Selection and Extraction Methods},
     author = {Shah, S. M. S. and Shah, F. A. and Hussain, S. A. and Batool, S.},
     journal = {Computers \& Electrical Engineering},
     year = {2020},
     doi = {10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106628},
   }

2019

1. Human Behavior Classification Using Geometrical Features of Skeleton and Support Vector Machines

   S. M. S. Shah, T. A. Malik, S. S. Hassan, and 1 more author

   Computers, Materials & Continua, 2019

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   @article{shah2019humanbehavior,
     title = {Human Behavior Classification Using Geometrical Features of Skeleton and Support Vector Machines},
     author = {Shah, S. M. S. and Malik, T. A. and Hassan, S. S. and Shah, F. A.},
     journal = {Computers, Materials \& Continua},
     year = {2019},
     doi = {10.32604/cmc.2019.07948},
   }

2. Fisher Score and Matthews Correlation Coefficient-Based Feature Subset Selection for Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Support Vector Machines

   S. M. Saqlain, M. Sher, F. A. Shah, and 4 more authors

   Knowledge and Information Systems, 2019

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   @article{saqlain2019fisher,
     title = {Fisher Score and Matthews Correlation Coefficient-Based Feature Subset Selection for Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Support Vector Machines},
     author = {Saqlain, S. M. and Sher, M. and Shah, F. A. and Khan, I. and Ashraf, M. U. and Awais, M. and Ghani, A.},
     journal = {Knowledge and Information Systems},
     year = {2019},
     doi = {10.1007/s10115-018-1185-y},
   }

3. Using App Reviews for Competitive Analysis: Tool Support

   F. A. Shah, K. Sirts, and D. Pfahl

   In 3rd ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on App Market Analytics (WAMA), 2019

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   @inproceedings{shah2019wama,
     title = {Using App Reviews for Competitive Analysis: Tool Support},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sirts, K. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {3rd ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on App Market Analytics (WAMA)},
     year = {2019},
     doi = {10.1145/3340496.3342756},
   }

4. Simulating the Impact of Annotation Guidelines and Annotated Data on Extracting App Features from App Reviews

   F. A. Shah, K. Sirts, and D. Pfahl

   In International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT), 2019

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   @inproceedings{shah2019simulating,
     title = {Simulating the Impact of Annotation Guidelines and Annotated Data on Extracting App Features from App Reviews},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sirts, K. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT)},
     year = {2019},
     doi = {10.5220/0007909703840396},
   }

5. Is the SAFE Approach Too Simple for App Feature Extraction? A Replication Study

   F. A. Shah, K. Sirts, and D. Pfahl

   In 25th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ), 2019

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   @inproceedings{shah2019safe,
     title = {Is the {SAFE} Approach Too Simple for App Feature Extraction? A Replication Study},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sirts, K. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {25th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ)},
     address = {Essen, Germany},
     year = {2019},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-15538-4_2},
   }

2018

1. Simplifying the Classification of App Reviews Using Only Lexical Features

   F. A. Shah, K. Sirts, and D. Pfahl

   In 13th International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT), 2018

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   @inproceedings{shah2018simplifying,
     title = {Simplifying the Classification of App Reviews Using Only Lexical Features},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sirts, K. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {13th International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT)},
     address = {Porto, Portugal},
     year = {2018},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-29157-0_8},
   }

2. Simple App Review Classification with Only Lexical Features

   F. A. Shah, K. Sirts, and D. Pfahl

   In International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT), 2018

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   @inproceedings{shah2018lexical,
     title = {Simple App Review Classification with Only Lexical Features},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sirts, K. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Software Technologies (ICSOFT)},
     year = {2018},
     doi = {10.5220/0006855901120119},
   }

2016

1. Feature-based Evaluation of Competing Apps

   F. A. Shah, Y. Sabanin, and D. Pfahl

   In International Workshop on App Market Analysis (WAMA), 2016

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   @inproceedings{shah2016feature,
     title = {Feature-based Evaluation of Competing Apps},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Sabanin, Y. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {International Workshop on App Market Analysis (WAMA)},
     year = {2016},
     doi = {10.1145/2993259.2993267},
   }

2. Evaluating and Improving Software Quality Using Text Analysis Techniques – A Mapping Study

   F. A. Shah and D. Pfahl

   In REFSQ Workshop, 2016

   Bib

   @inproceedings{shah2016mapping,
     title = {Evaluating and Improving Software Quality Using Text Analysis Techniques -- A Mapping Study},
     author = {Shah, F. A. and Pfahl, D.},
     booktitle = {REFSQ Workshop},
     year = {2016}
   }

2012

1. Video Summarization: Techniques and Classification

   M. Ajmal, M. H. Ashraf, M. Shakir, and 2 more authors

   In International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG), 2012

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   @inproceedings{ajmal2012video,
     title = {Video Summarization: Techniques and Classification},
     author = {Ajmal, M. and Ashraf, M. H. and Shakir, M. and Abbas, Y. and Shah, F. A.},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG)},
     address = {Warsaw, Poland},
     year = {2012},
     doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-33564-8_1},
   }