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CSMR
2008
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2008
IEEE
We study the impact of design patterns on quality attributes in the context of software maintenance and evolution. We show that, contrary to popular beliefs, design patterns in pr...
IFIP
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2007
Springer
Refactoring is a hot and controversial issue. Supporters claim that it helps increasing the quality of the code, making it easier to understand, modify and maintain. Moreover, the...
INFSOF
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Context: Measurement programs have been around for several decades but have been often misused or misunderstood by managers and developers. This misunderstanding prevented their a...
SIGSOFT
2001
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2001
ACM
Most quality and software process improvement frameworks emphasize written (i.e. formal) documentation to convey recommended work practices. However, there is considerable skeptic...
METRICS
1996
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
1996
IEEE
This paper describes the results of a study where the impact of Object-Oriented design on software quality characteristics is experimentally evaluated. A suite of metrics for OO d...