Preface

Abstract

This special issue introduces recent works related to software engineering practices. To be specific, this special issue elaborates on the current knowledge relevant to a various areas and research related to software engineering technology and the applications. The issue carries sixteen extended versions the papers presented during the Eighth Malaysian Software Engineering Conference (MySEC 2014) held in Langkawi on the 23-24 September 2014. MySEC 2014 is the premier regional conference on Software Engineering in the South East Asia with the aim to gather researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government in order to critically discuss and expose the current state-of-the-arts related to software engineering research and practices.