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METRICS
1996
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1996
IEEE
APSEC
1999
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1999
IEEE
One of the characteristics of large software systems is that they evolve over time. Evolution patterns include modifications related to the implementation, interfaces and the over...
ICSE
2011
IEEE-ACM
13 years 2 months ago
2011
IEEE-ACM
Much research in software engineering have been focused on improving software quality and automating the maintenance process to reduce software costs and mitigating complications ...
IWPSE
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
Software evolution plays a key role in the overall lifecycle of a software system. In this phase, software developers extend the capabilities and functionality of the system to me...
ASWEC
2010
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2010
IEEE
—Reducing software complexity is key to reducing software maintenance costs. To discover complexity-reducing practices, in this paper we study the evolution of seven sizable open...