Comprehension errors in software design must be detected at their origin to avoid propagation into later portions of the software lifecycle and also the final system. This researc...
Krystle Lemon, Edward B. Allen, Jeffrey C. Carver,...
Defect density and defect prediction are essential for efficient resource allocation in software evolution. In an empirical study we applied data mining techniques for value seri...
—Changing source code in large software systems is complex and requires a good understanding of dependencies between software components. Modification to components with little ...
Thomas Zimmermann, Nachiappan Nagappan, Kim Herzig...
Design patterns have become a widely acknowledged software engineering practice and therefore have been incorporated in the curricula of most computer science departments. This pa...
Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Nikolaos Tsantalis, Igna...
Can we predict locations of future refactoring based on the development history? In an empirical study of open source projects we found that attributes of software evolution data ...
Jacek Ratzinger, Thomas Sigmund, Peter Vorburger, ...