The paper describes results of an empirical study, where some hypotheses about the impact of reuse on defect-density and stability, and about the impact of component size on defec...
Parastoo Mohagheghi, Reidar Conradi, Ole M. Killi,...
Recent years have seen significant advances in dynamic software updating (DSU) systems, which allow programs to be patched on the fly. However, a significant challenge remains: Ho...
Christopher M. Hayden, Eric A. Hardisty, Michael W...
Increasingly systems are composed of parts: software components, and the interaction mechanisms (connectors) that enable them to communicate. When assembling systems from independ...
Abstract. In this paper, we report on the development of a methodology for the evolution of software towards new architectures. In our approach, we represent source code as graphs....
Rui Correia, Carlos M. P. Matos, Reiko Heckel, Moh...
As software projects evolve, possibly differing in size, complexity, scope, and purpose, the development processes that support the project must evolve to reflect these changes. T...
Arthur S. Hitomi, Gregory Alan Bolcer, Richard N. ...