We examine eleven large open source software systems and present empirical evidence for the existence of fractal structures in software evolution. In our study, fractal structures...
Automated cost-effective test strategies are needed to provide reliable, secure, and usable web applications. As a software maintainer updates an application, test cases must accu...
Sara Sprenkle, Sreedevi Sampath, Emily Gibson, Lor...
For empirical software engineering to reach its fullest potential, we must develop effective, experiential approaches to learning about it in a classroom setting. In this paper, ...
This paper presents an empirical study in an industrial context on the production of software using a framework. Frameworks are semicomplete applications, usually implemented as a ...
Maurizio Morisio, Daniele Romano, Ioannis Stamelos
We present the application of the process workshop method to define revised work processes in software development companies. Through two empirical action research studies, we stud...