Identifying code duplication in large multi-platform software systems is a challenging problem. This is due to a variety of reasons including the presence of high-level programmin...
Abstract--In order to increase our ability to use measurement to support software development practise we need to do more analysis of code. However, empirical studies of code are e...
Ewan D. Tempero, Craig Anslow, Jens Dietrich, Ted ...
Defect-occurrence projection is necessary for the development of methods to mitigate the risks of software defect occurrences. In this paper, we examine user-reported software def...
Paul Luo Li, Mary Shaw, James D. Herbsleb, Bonnie ...
Design patterns are solutions to recurring design problems, conceived to increase benefits in terms of reuse, code quality and, above all, maintainability and resilience to change...
Lerina Aversano, Gerardo Canfora, Luigi Cerulo, Co...
Effort to evolve and maintain a software system is likely to vary depending on the amount and frequency of change requests. This paper proposes to model change requests as time se...