Open source software is often considered to be secure. One factor in this confidence in the security of open source software lies in leveraging large developer communities to find...
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...
A quantitative analysis of a large collection of expert-rated web sites reveals that page-level metrics can accurately predict if a site will be highly rated. The analysis also pr...
As web pages are created, destroyed, and updated dynamically, web databases should be frequently updated to keep web pages up-to-date. Understanding the change behavior of web page...
In software engineering it is widely acknowledged that the usage of metrics at the initial phases of the object oriented software life cycle can help designers to make better decis...
M. Esperanza Manso, Marcela Genero, Mario Piattini