Several attempts have been made in the past to construct encoding schemes that allow modularity to emerge in evolving systems, but success is limited. We believe that in order to c...
— As firms increasingly rely on information systems to perform critical functions the consequences of software defects can be catastrophic. Although the software engineering lite...
Donald E. Harter, Chris F. Kemerer, Sandra Slaught...
The technology for building dependable computing systems has advanced dramatically. Nevertheless, there is still no complete solution to building software for critical systems in w...
Benchmarks have historically played a key role in guiding the progress of computer science systems research and development, but have traditionally neglected the areas of availabi...
The knowledge and skills of software engineers are perhaps the most important factors in determining the success of software development. Thus, we seek to identify the professiona...