Article

Hatton, Les and van Genuchten, Michiel (2022) Keyless or clueless? Managing runaway software ambition. IEEE Software, 39(4), pp. 87-89. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Hatton, Les and Warr, Gregory (2019) Strong evidence of an information-theoretical conservation principle linking all discrete systems. Royal Society Open Science, 6(10), p. 191101. ISSN (online) 2054-5703

Hatton, Les and Rutkowski, Anne (2019) "Lessons must be learned" - but are they? IEEE Software, 36(4), pp. 91-95. ISSN (online) 0740-7459

Hatton, Les and van Genuchten, Michiel (2019) Computational reproducibility : the elephant in the room. IEEE Software, 36(2), pp. 137-144. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Hatton, Les and Warr, Gregory (2015) Protein structure and evolution: are they constrained globally by a principle derived from information theory? PloS one, 10(5), e0125663. ISSN (online) 1932-6203

Hatton, L. (2014) Conservation of Information: Software's Hidden Clockwork? IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 40(5), pp. 450-460. ISSN (print) 0098-5589

Genuchten, Michiel van and Hatton, Les (2013) Metrics with Impact. IEEE Software, 30(4), pp. 99-101. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Rutkowski, Anne-Francoise, Saunders, Carol Stoak and Hatton, Les (2013) The Generational Impact of Software. IEEE Software, 30(3), pp. 87-89. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

van Genuchten, M. and Hatton, L. (2012) Compound Annual Growth Rate for Software. IEEE Software, 29(4), pp. 19-21. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Ince, Darrel C., Hatton, Leslie and Graham-Cumming, John (2012) The case for open computer programs. Nature, 482(7386), pp. 485-488. ISSN (print) 0028-0836

Hatton, Les and van Genuchten, Michiel (2012) Early design decisions. IEEE Software, 29(1), pp. 87-89. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

van Genuchten, M. and Hatton, L. (2011) Software mileage. IEEE Software, 28(5), pp. 24-26. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

van Genuchten, M. and Hatton, L. (2010) Software: What's in it and what's it in? IEEE Software, 27(1), pp. 14-16. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Hatton, L. (2009) Power-law distributions of component size in general software systems. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 35(4), pp. 566-572. ISSN (print) 0098-5589

Hatton, Les and van Genuchten, Michiel (2009) Embedded versus application: they're much the same. IEEE Software, 26(3), pp. 66-69. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Hatton, L. (2008) Testing the value of checklists in code inspections. IEEE Software, 25(4), pp. 82-88. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Hatton, L. (2007) The Chimera of Software Quality. Computer (New York), 40(8), pp. 104-103. ISSN (print) 0018-9162

Hatton, Les (2007) Empirical test observations in client-server systems. Computer (New York), 40(5), pp. 24-29. ISSN (print) 0018-9162

Hatton, Les (2007) Language subsetting in an industrial context: A comparison of MISRA C 1998 and MISRA C 2004. Information and Software Technology, 49(5), pp. 475-482. ISSN (print) 0950-5849

Hatton, Les (2007) How accurately do engineers predict software maintenance tasks? Computer (New York), 40(2), pp. 64-69. ISSN (print) 0018-9162

Hatton, Les (2005) Embedded System Paranoia: a tool for testing embedded system arithmetic. Information and Software Technology, 47(8), pp. 555-563. ISSN (print) 0950-5849

Hatton, Leslie (2005) EC: a measurement based safer subset of ISO C suitable for embedded system development. Information and Software Technology, 47(3), pp. 181-187. ISSN (print) 0950-5849

Hatton, Les (2004) Safer language subsets: an overview and a case history, MISRA C. Information and Software Technology, 46(7), pp. 465-472. ISSN (print) 0950-5849

Hatton, Les (2001) Exploring the role of diagnosis in software failure. IEEE Software, 18(4), pp. 34-39. ISSN (print) 0740-7459

Book

Hatton, Les (2011) E-mail forensics: eliminating spam, scams and phishing. U.K. : Bluespear Publishing. 349p. ISBN 9781908422002

Hatton, Les (2011) Email forensics: Eliminating spam, scams and phishing. Bluespear publishing. ISBN 9781908422002

Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence, Hatton, Les and Howell, Charles C. (2002) Solid Software. New Jersey, U.S.A. : Prentice Hall PTR. 336p. (Software Quality Institute series) ISBN 9780130912985

Hatton, Les (1994) Safer C: Developing Software for High-Integrity and Safety-Critical Systems. Maidenhead, U.K. : McGraw-Hill. 228p. (McGraw-Hill International Series in Software Engineering) ISBN 9780077076405

Parkes, G.E. and Hatton, L. (1986) The Marine Seismic Source. Dordrecht : Reidel. 114p. (Seismology and Exploration Geophysics) ISBN 9027722285

Hatton, L., Worthington, M.H. and Makin, J. (1986) Seismic data processing: Theory and practice. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9780632013746

Book Section

Hatton, L. (2012) Defects, Scientific Computation and the Scientific Method. In: Dienstfrey, A.H. and Boisvert, R.F., (eds.) Uncertainty Quantification in Scientific Computing. Berlin, Germany : Springer. pp. 123-138. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 377) ISSN (print) 1868-4238 ISBN 9783642326769

Hatton, Les (2011) Dark, Light or just another shade of Grey ? In: Rost, Johann and Glass, Robert L., (eds.) The Dark Side of Software Engineering: Evil on Computing Projects. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley. pp. 261-263. ISBN 9780470597170

Hatton, Les (2002) Software Safety. In: Marciniak, John J., (ed.) Wiley Encyclopaedia of Software Engineering. 2nd. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley. ISBN 9780471377375

Hatton, Les (2002) Static analysis. In: Erik, van Veenendaal, (ed.) The testing practitioner. Den Bosch, The Netherlands : UTN Publishers. pp. 199-214. ISBN 9072194659

Conference or Workshop Item

Hatton, Les (2012) Defects, scientific computation and the scientific method. In: 10th IFIP WG 2.5 Working Conference; 1-4 Aug 2011, Boulder, USA. ISSN (online) 1868-4238 ISBN 9783642326769

Hatton, Les [Speaker] (2012) Email forensics. In: Research Seminar; 08 Feb 2012, Guildford, U.K..

Hatton, Les (2011) Software defects, scientific computation and the scientific method. In: CERN computing seminars; 14 Dec 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.

Hatton, Les (2011) Scientific methods to built High-Integrity software. In: 13th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems; 10-14 Oct 2011, Grenoble, France.

Hatton, Les (2011) Scientific computation and the scientific method: A tentative road map for convergence. In: IFIP Working Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Scientific Computing; 1-4 Aug 2011, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A..

Hatton, Les (2011) On the evolution of unnatural language. In: 16th Ada-Europe International conference on Reliable Software Technologies; 20 -24 June 2011, Edinburgh, U.K.. ISBN 9783642213373

Hatton, Les (2011) The characteristic shape of software. In: Research seminar, Brunel University; 27 Apr 2011, Brunel University. (Unpublished)

Hatton, Les (2010) Would anybody notice if testers did something else in life? In: BCS SIGIST CONFERENCE ‐ ‘The Keynotes – 6 of the Best’; 8 Dec 2010, London, U.K..

Hatton, Les (2010) Bureaucracy, safety and software: a potentially lethal cocktail. In: 18th Safety-critical systems symposium; 09 - 11 Feb 2010, Bristol, U.K.. ISBN 9781849960854

Hatton, L. (2010) A symmetric cipher not requiring prior sender/receiver key agreement. In: Kingston University Engineering Seminar; 8 Sep 2010, Kingston University, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Hatton, Les (2008) The broadband acoustic output of marine seismic airgun sources. In: Underwater Noise Measurement, Impact and Mitigation; 14 Oct - 15 Oct 2008, Southampton, U.K.. ISBN 9781605606774

Hatton, L. (2008) Invited Talk: The role of empiricism in improving the reliability of future software. In: Testing: Academic & Industrial Conference Practice and Research Techniques.; 29 - 31 Aug 2008, Windsor, U.K.. ISBN 9780769533834

Hatton, L. (2007) Failure Patterns: a powerful way to optimize your testing. In: StarEast 2007; 14-18 May 2007, Orlando, Florida.

Hatton, L. (2007) To what extent can we rely on the results of scientific computations? In: 11th International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research; 23-27 Apr 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.