It is shown how software metrics and architectural patterns can be used for the management of software evolution. In the presented architecture-centric software evolutionmethod th...
Juha Gustafsson, Jukka Paakki, Lilli Nenonen, A. I...
Abstract. Software evolution has largely been focused on low-level implementation artefacts through refactoring techniques rather than the architectural level. However code-centric...
Abstract. Today, software security is an issue with increasing importance. Developers, software designers, end users, and enterprises have their own needs w.r.t. software security....
It is well known that software maintenance and evolution are expensive activities, both in terms of invested time and money. Reverse engineering activities support the obtainment ...
A common belief is that software designs decay as systems evolve. This research examines the extent to which software designs actually decay by studying the aging of design patter...