Can we predict locations of future refactoring based on the development history? In an empirical study of open source projects we found that attributes of software evolution data ...
Jacek Ratzinger, Thomas Sigmund, Peter Vorburger, ...
The evolution of Web Applications needs to be supported by the availability of proper analysis and design documents. UML use case diagrams are certainly useful to identify feature...
Giuseppe A. Di Lucca, Massimiliano Di Penta, Anna ...
Software developers are constantly required to modify and adapt application features in response to changing requirements. The problem is that just by reading the source code, it ...
—Much of modern software development consists of building on older changes. Older periods provide the structure (e.g., functions and data types) on which changes in future period...
Most studies of software evolution have been performed on systems developed within a single company using traditional management techniques. With the widespread availability of se...