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APSEC
1999
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
1999
IEEE
One of the characteristics of large software systems is that they evolve over time. Evolution patterns include modifications related to the implementation, interfaces and the over...
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IWPSE
2003
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
2003
IEEE
In this paper we present a new perspective on the problem of complexity in software, using sound mathematical concepts from information theory such as Shannon’s Entropy [31]. We...
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ESE
2006
15 years 1 months ago
2006
Software is typically improved and modified in small increments (we refer to each of these increments as a modification record--MR). MRs are usually stored in a configuration manag...
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JSS
2006
15 years 1 months ago
2006
In this paper we investigate factors of the testability of object-oriented software systems. The starting point is given by a study of the literature to obtain both an initial mod...
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ISESE
2005
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
2005
IEEE
During software evolution, programmers spend a lot of time and effort in the comprehension of the internal code structure. Such an activity is often required because the available...