— It has been almost four decades since the idea of software reuse was proposed. Many success stories have been told, yet it is believed that software reuse is still in the devel...
During maintenance, systems are updated to correct faults, improve functionality, and adapt the software to changes in its execution environment. The typical softwareupdate proces...
A one-day workshop on the topic of mining software repositories was held at ICSE 2005 in St. Louis, Missouri. Researchers and practitioners in this field try to transform static r...
Reading techniques are step-by-step procedures that guide individual inspectors while they uncover defects in a software artifact. Reading techniques provide a systematic and well...
Formal verification methods are used only sparingly in software development. The most successful methods to date are based on the use of model checking tools. To use such he user ...