Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is gaining popularity with the wider adoption of languages such as AspectJ. During AspectJ software evolution, when regression tests fail, it may...
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...
We present a formulation of interconnection models and present the unit and syntactic models -- the primary models used for managing the evolution of large software systems. We di...
In consequence of changing requirements and technological progress, software languages are subject to change. The changes affect the language’s specification, which in turn a...
Markus Herrmannsdoerfer, Daniel Ratiu, Guido Wachs...
— As new versions of software are developed bugs inevitably arise either due to regression or new functionality. Challenges arise in discovering, managing, and testing the impact...
Kevin J. Hoffman, Murali Krishna Ramanathan, Patri...