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ISPW
2006
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Simulating the Structural Evolution of Software
As functionality is added to an ageing piece of software, its original design and structure tends to erode. The underlying forces which cause such degradation have been the subject...
Benjamin Stopford, Steve Counsell
ISESE
2003
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Observational Studies to Accelerate Process Experience in Classroom Studies: An Evaluation
Software Engineering studies run in classroom environments can and have made important contributions to empirical software engineering. Because the goal of such studies is to impr...
Jeffrey Carver, Forrest Shull, Victor R. Basili
AIEDAM
2008
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13 years 10 months ago
Design rationale: Researching under uncertainty
Rationale research in software development is a challenging area because while there is no shortage of advocates for its value, there is also no shortage of reasons for why rationa...
Janet E. Burge
EUROSYS
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Residue objects: a challenge to web browser security
A complex software system typically has a large number of objects in the memory, holding references to each other to implement an object model. Deciding when the objects should be...
Shuo Chen, Hong Chen, Manuel Caballero
SIGSOFT
2010
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Software is data too
Software systems are designed and engineered to process data. However, software is data too. The size and variety of today's software artifacts and the multitude of stakehold...
Andrian Marcus, Tim Menzies