Proponents of open source style software development claim that better software is produced using this model compared with the traditional closed model. However, there is little em...
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Generics (templates) attempt to unify similar program structures to avoid redundancy. How well do generics serve this purpose in practice? We try to answer this question through e...
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It is widely believed that the value of acquiring a slot in a sponsored search list (that comes along with the organic links in a search engine’s result page) highly depends on ...
The starting point for software evolution is usually a change request, expressing the new or updated requirements on the delivered system. The requirements specified in a change ...
Filippo Ricca, Marco Torchiano, Mariano Ceccato, P...
Theoretical models for the evaluation of quickly improving search strategies, like limited discrepancy search, are based on specific assumptions regarding the probability that a va...