Software developers spend a significant portion of their resources handling user-submitted bug reports. For software that is widely deployed, the number of bug reports typically ...
The adoption of distributed version control (DVC), such as Git and Mercurial, in open-source software (OSS) projects has been explosive. Why is this and how are projects using DVC?...
Earl T. Barr, Christian Bird, Peter C. Rigby, Abra...
A measure for the quality of software is the extent to which it corresponds to the business objectives and requirements it was designed for. The earlier those who elicit the requir...
Background: Agile is an iterative approach to software development that relies on strong collaboration and automation to keep pace with dynamic environments. We have successfully ...
David W. Kane, Moses M. Hohman, Ethan G. Cerami, M...
Code clones are generally considered to be an obstacle to software maintenance. Research has provided evidence that it may not always be practical, feasible, or cost-effective to ...