During code review tasks, comparing two versions of a hardware design description using existing program differencing tools such as diff is inherently limited because existing p...
The Application Service Provider (ASP) is a pivotal point in the organization of information systems, since it brings up a new paradigm: “make, buy or rent”. An ASP is a compa...
Free and open source software (FOSS) is distributed and made available to users under different software licenses, mentioned in FOSS code by means of licensing statements. Variou...
It is common, especially in large software systems, for developers to change code without updating its associated comments due to their unfamiliarity with the code or due to time ...
The high cost of locating faults in programs has motivated the development of techniques that assist in fault localization by automating part of the process of searching for fault...