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  1. SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW OF IOT METRICS

    Article • Applied Computer Science, March 2023, Politechnika Lubelska

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  2. Analysis of the Scale Types and Measurement Units in Enterprise Architecture (EA) Measurement

    Article • Interdisciplinary Journal of Information Knowledge and Management, January 2023, Informing Science Institute

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  3. An E-Government Portal Maturity Model

    Article • November 2022, IGI Global

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  4. Systematic Review of Machine Learning-Based Open-Source Software Maintenance Effort Estimation

    Article • Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications, March 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  5. Quantitative Analysis of Informational Significance of SWEBOK Knowledge Areas in IEEE/ACM Curriculum Guidelines

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  6. Rebuttal Letter by Alain Abran (Ph.D.)

    Article • IEEE Software, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  7. Heterogeneous ensemble imputation for software development effort estimation

    Article • August 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  8. A Team-Based Workshop to Capture Organizational Knowledge for Identifying AI Proof-of-Value Projects

    Article • IEEE Engineering Management Review, June 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  9. IEEE 2430 Non-Functional Sizing Measurements: A Numerical Placebo

    Article • IEEE Software, May 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  10. Investment Models for Enterprise Architecture (EA) and IT Architecture Projects within the Open Innovation Concept

    Article • Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity, March 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  11. Classification techniques in breast cancer diagnosis: A systematic literature review

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  12. A critical analysis of the bat algorithm

    Article • Engineering Reports, July 2020, Wiley

    Alain April, Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  13. Framework for examination of software quality characteristics in conflict: A security and usability exemplar

    Article • Cogent Engineering, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  14. Towards the adoption of international standards in enterprise architecture measurement

    Article • December 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  15. System security requirements: A framework for early identification, specification and measurement of related software requirements

    Article • Computer Standards & Interfaces, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  16. Software Development Effort Estimation Using Regression Fuzzy Models

    Article • Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, February 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran, Ali Bou Nassif

  17. Student performance prediction by means of genetic programming

    Article • Applied Artificial Intelligence, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rosa Leonor Ulloa-Cazarez, Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  18. A systematic literature review: Opinion mining studies from mobile app store user reviews

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, March 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  19. Improved estimation of software development effort using Classical and Fuzzy Analogy ensembles

    Article • Applied Soft Computing, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  20. Enterprise Architecture Measurement: A Systematic Mapping Study

    Article • November 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  21. A Key Performance Indicator Quality Model and Its Industrial Evaluation

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  22. Measurement of Software Size: Advances Made by the COSMIC Community

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  23. Risk Management: Achieving Higher Maturity & Capability Levels through the LEGO Approach

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  24. Systematic literature review of ensemble effort estimation

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  25. Missing data techniques in analogy-based software development effort estimation

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, July 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  26. The Software Architecture Mapping Framework for Managing Architectural Knowledge

    Article • July 2016, KSI Research Inc.

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  27. CloudMeasure: A Platform for Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Systems

    Article • June 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  28. Usability evaluation of mobile applications using ISO 9241 and ISO 25062 standards

    Article • SpringerPlus, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  29. COSMIC Function Points

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  30. Dealing with Missing Values in Software Project Datasets: A Systematic Mapping Study

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  31. A Predictive Analytic Model for Maternal Morbidity

    Article • January 2016, IGI Global

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  32. “Filling in the blanks”

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  33. RBFN Networks-Based Models for Estimating Software Development Effort: A Cross-Validation Study

    Article • December 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  34. Accuracy Comparison of Analogy-Based Software Development Effort Estimation Techniques

    Article • International Journal of Intelligent Systems, August 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  35. An approach for classifying design artifacts

    Article • July 2015, KSI Research Inc.

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  36. Systematic mapping study of missing values techniques in software engineering data

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  37. Business process modeling with levels of abstraction

    Article • May 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  38. Software Project Estimation

    Article • April 2015, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  39. A measurement method for sizing the structure of UML sequence diagrams

    Article • Information and Software Technology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Hanêne Ben-Abdallah, Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  40. An investigation into the best practices for the successful design and implementation of lightweight software process assessment methods: A systematic literature review

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  41. Neural networks for predicting the duration of new software projects

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  42. Analogy-based software development effort estimation: A systematic mapping and review

    Article • Information and Software Technology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  43. A Suite of Rules for Developing and Evaluating Software Quality Models

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  44. Functional Size Measurement for Processor Load Estimation in AUTOSAR

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  45. Improving the COSMIC Approximate Sizing Using the Fuzzy Logic EPCU Model

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  46. Improving Fuzzy Analogy Based Software Development Effort Estimation

    Article • December 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  47. Performance analysis model for big data applications in cloud computing

    Article • Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and Applications, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  48. An Analogy-Based Approach to Estimation of Software Development Effort Using Categorical Data

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  49. COSMIC Approximate Sizing Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach: A Quantitative Case Study with Industry Data

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  50. COSMIC Workshop - Update on Method v4.0, NFR and Estimating

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  51. Measurement Process: Improving the ISO 15939 Standard

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  52. Software Estimation: Transforming Dust into Pots of Gold?

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  53. Verifying the Accuracy of Automation Tools for the Measurement of Software with COSMIC -- ISO 19761 Including an AUTOSAR-Based Example and a Case Study

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  54. An ASPIRE-based method for quality requirements identification from business goals

    Article • Requirements Engineering, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  55. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT ESTIMATION USING CLASSICAL AND FUZZY ANALOGY: A CROSS-VALIDATION COMPARATIVE STUDY

    Article • International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications, September 2014, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  56. A white-box tool to set performance targets in software engineering management using the ISBSG repository

    Article • May 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  57. An experimental study on the conversion between IFPUG and UCP functional size measurement units

    Article • Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE C, March 2014, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  58. An Expert-Based Framework for Evaluating iOS Application Usability

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  59. Promise and ISBSG Software Engineering Data Repositories: A Survey

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  60. Towards the Development of a Framework for Education in Software Measurement

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  61. An Audit Model for ISO 9001 Traceability Requirements in Agile-XP Environments

    Article • Journal of Software, July 2013, International Academy Publishing (IAP)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  62. Interaction Models Matter in the Evaluation of Quality of Conceptual Models

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  63. Message from the QUAMES Workshop Chairs

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  64. GUEST EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

    Article • International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, May 2013, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  65. On the expressiveness of business process modeling notations for software requirements elicitation

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  66. A Measurement Framework to Support Continuous Improvement in Software Intensive Organizations

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  67. Analysis of the ISBSG software repository from the ISO 9126 view of software product quality

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  68. Case Study: COSMIC Approximate Sizing Approach without Using Historical Data

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  69. Case study: Applying the cosmic ISO 19761 measurement method on an MRI mesh generation medical application

    Article • July 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  70. The necessary software measurement knowledge in software engineering education from the practitioners' point of view

    Article • April 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  71. A standards-based model of system maintainability requirements

    Article • Journal of Software Evolution and Process, March 2012, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  72. Design of a Functional Size Measurement Procedure for Real-Time Embedded Software Requirements Expressed using the Simulink Model

    Article • November 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  73. Using the COSMIC Method to Evaluate the Quality of the Documentation of Agile User Stories

    Article • November 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  74. Guest editorial: Advances in functional size measurement and effort estimation – Extended best papers

    Article • Information and Software Technology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  75. MEASURING SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL SIZE FROM BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS

    Article • International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, May 2011, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  76. COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Using UML Models

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  77. Identification and analysis of attributes and base measures within ISO 9126

    Article • Software Quality Journal, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  78. Software Measurement Body of Knowledge

    Article • November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  79. Evaluating the usefulness of a functional size measurement procedure to detect defects in MDD models

    Article • September 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  80. Measurement and quantification are not the same: ISO 15939 and ISO 9126

    Article • Journal of Software Evolution and Process, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  81. Measurement of software requirements derived from system reliability requirements

    Article • June 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  82. Software Metrics and Software Metrology

    Article • May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  83. Software engineering principles

    Article • May 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  84. Towards an accurate functional size measurement procedure for conceptual models in an MDA environment

    Article • Data & Knowledge Engineering, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  85. A Generic Model for the Specification of Software Interface Requirements and Measurement of Their Functional Size

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  86. Comparing the Estimation Performance of the EPCU Model with the Expert Judgment Estimation Approach Using Data from Industry

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  87. Functional Requirement Improvements through Size Measurement: A Case Study with Inexperienced Measurers

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  88. Investigation of the Capability of XP to Support the Requirements of ISO 9001 Software Process Certification

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  89. Representing Unique Stakeholder Perspectives in BPM Notations

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  90. Techniques for Quantitative Analysis of Software Quality throughout the SDLC: The SWEBOK Guide Coverage

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  91. Sizing user stories using paired comparisons

    Article • Information and Software Technology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  92. A Software Maintenance Maturity Model (S3M): Measurement Practices at Maturity Levels 3 and 4

    Article • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  93. Improvement Opportunities and Suggestions for Benchmarking

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  94. Reconciling usability and interactive system architecture using patterns

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  95. A framework for the design and verification of software measurement methods

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  96. Special Issue on Software Process and Product Measurement

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  97. Software Maintenance Management

    Article • April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  98. Fuzzy Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Web Applications Cost Estimation

    Article • November 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  99. Patterns-Oriented Design Applied to Cross-Platform Web-based Interactive Systems

    Article • August 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  100. Evaluation of a black-box estimation tool: A case study

    Article • Software Process Improvement and Practice, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  101. Markov Model and Functional Size with Cosmic-Ffp

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  102. Extending CSCM to support Interface Versioning

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  103. Harmonization of usability measurements in ISO9126 software engineering standards

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  104. Proposed Concepts for a Tool for Multidimensional Performance Modeling in Software Engineering Management

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  105. Visualization ¿ A Key Concept for Multidimensional Performance Modeling in Software Engineering Management

    Article • May 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  106. Software Maintenance Maturity Model (SMmm): the software maintenance process model

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  107. A multidimensional performance model for consolidating Balanced Scorecards

    Article • Advances in Engineering Software, June 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  108. Article • Software Quality Journal, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  109. Fundamental principles of software engineering – a journey

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, May 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  110. Field studies using functional size measurement in building estimation models for software maintenance

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice, January 2002, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  111. QEST nD: n-dimensional extension and generalisation of a software performance measurement model

    Article • Advances in Engineering Software, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  112. New Approaches in Software Measurement

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  113. Geometrical and statistical foundations of a three-dimensional model of software performance

    Article • Advances in Engineering Software, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  114. Metrics Validation Proposals: A Structured Analysis

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  115. Software Measurement

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  116. The guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge

    Article • IEEE Software, January 1999, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  117. Multidimensional Software Performance Measurement Models: A Tetrahedron-based Design

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  118. Software Metrics

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  119. Function points analysis: an empirical study of its measurement processes

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, January 1996, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  120. Measurement of functional reuse in maintenance

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance Research and Practice, July 1995, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  121. Function points: A study of their measurement processes and scale transformations

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, May 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  122. Measurement of the maintenance process from a demand-based perspective

    Article • Journal of Software Maintenance Research and Practice, January 1993, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  123. Demystifying Domain Specific Languages

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  124. Software Process Improvement for Small and Very Small Enterprises

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  125. Intellectual Property Systems in Software

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  126. Engineering the Ontology for the SWEBOK: Issues and Techniques

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  127. A Model for Performance Management and Estimation

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  128. Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels for Three Software Engineer Profiles

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  129. Establishing a generic and multidimensional measurement repository in CMMI context

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  130. Metrology, measurement and metrics in software engineering

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  131. Swebok guide an overview of trial usages in the field of education

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  132. A technical review of the software construction knowledge area in the SWEBOK guide

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  133. Estimating software project effort by analogy based on linguistic values

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  134. Experimental support analysis of the software construction knowledge area in the SWEBOK guide

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  135. Measurement and metrology requirements for empirical studies in software engineering

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  136. Software product quality practices - quality measurement and evaluation using TL9000 and ISO/IEC 9126

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran

  137. Adapting the SIMAP productivity model to software maintenance

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emeritus Alain Abran