As a software system evolves to accommodate new features and repair bugs, changes are needed. Software components are interdependent, changes made to one component can require cha...
With the success of libre (free, open source) software, a new type of software compilation has become increasingly common. Such compilations, often referred to as ‘distributions...
—Software reliability is defined as the probability of failure-free operation for a period of time, under certain conditions. To determine whether the reliability of an applicat...
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Background: The main goal of the PROMISE repository is to enable reproducible, and thus verifiable or refutable research. Over time, plenty of data sets became available, especial...
Design patterns are solutions to recurring design problems, conceived to increase benefits in terms of reuse, code quality and, above all, maintainability and resilience to change...
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