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ESSOS
2009
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
Idea: Measuring the Effect of Code Complexity on Static Analysis Results
Abstract. To understand the effect of code complexity on static analysis, thirty-five format string vulnerabilities were studied. We analyzed two code samples for each vulnerabilit...
James Walden, Adam Messer, Alex Kuhl
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
15 years 10 months ago
How to avoid drastic software process change (using stochastic stability)
Before performing drastic changes to a project, it is worthwhile to thoroughly explore the available options within the current structure of a project. An alternative to drastic c...
Tim Menzies, Steve Williams, Barry W. Boehm, Jairu...
WCRE
2005
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
Source versus Object Code Extraction for Recovering Software Architecture
The architecture of many large software systems is rarely documented and if documented it is usually out of date. To support developers maintaining and evolving these systems, an ...
Ahmed E. Hassan, Zhen Ming Jiang, Richard C. Holt
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DSN
2002
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
On the Placement of Software Mechanisms for Detection of Data Errors
An important aspect in the development of dependable software is to decide where to locate mechanisms for efficient error detection and recovery. We present a comparison between ...
Martin Hiller, Arshad Jhumka, Neeraj Suri
APSEC
1999
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
An Approach for Measuring Software Evolution Using Source Code Features
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...
Ladan Tahvildari, Richard Gregory, Kostas Kontogia...