In component-based systems, fault-tolerance concerns are typically handled by manually programmed fault containers. The purpose of fault containers is to prevent error propagation...
—During the evolution of a software system, a large amount of information, which is not always directly related to the source code, is produced. Several researchers have provided...
Alberto Bacchelli, Marco D'Ambros, Michele Lanza, ...
Explicitly stated program invariants can help programmers by characterizing certain aspects of program execution and identifying program properties that must be preserved when mod...
Michael D. Ernst, Adam Czeisler, William G. Griswo...
Innovations from multiple directions have been proposed to improve software reliability. Unfortunately, many of the innovations are not fully exploited by programmers. To bridge t...
Dynamic evolution has been an essential requirement for more and more business systems which attempt to provide 7(days) x 24(hours) availability and flexible adaptability on the c...