In a component-based software system the components are specified, designed and implemented with the intention to be reused, and are assembled in various contexts in order to pro...
Antonio Bucchiarone, Andrea Polini, Patrizio Pelli...
Most of today's software applications are built on top of libraries or frameworks. Just as applications evolve, libraries and frameworks also evolve. Upgrading is straightfor...
Reishi Yokomori, Harvey P. Siy, Masami Noro, Katsu...
In practice, a pure top-down and refinement-based development process is not applicable. A more iterative and incremental approach is usually applied with respect to changing req...
This paper presents an automated and compositional procedure to solve the substitutability problem in the context of evolving software systems. Our solution contributes two techniq...
Natasha Sharygina, Sagar Chaki, Edmund M. Clarke, ...
Databases are continuously evolving environments, where design constructs are added, removed or updated rather often. Small changes in the database configurations might impact a l...
George Papastefanatos, Fotini Anagnostou, Yannis V...