Many complex systems, from power grids and the internet, to the brain and society, can be modeled using modular networks. Modules, densely interconnected groups of elements, often...
The Java language lacks the important notions of ownership (an object owns its representation to prevent unwanted aliasing) and immutability (the division into mutable, immutable,...
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Software decay is a phenomenon that plagues aging software systems. While in recent years, there has been significant progress in the area of automatic detection of “code smells...
Abstract. A properly encapsulated data representation can be revised for refactoring or other purposes without affecting the correctness of client programs and extensions of a clas...