The value of software inspection for uncovering defects early in the development lifecycle has been well documented. Of the various types of inspection methods published to date, ...
Online update is a technique that reduces the disruption caused by a software update. It does so by applying a patch to a running process as opposed to shutting down the process a...
This paper presents a MOF-compliant metamodel for calculating software metrics and demonstrates how it is used to generate a metrics tool that calculates coupling and cohesion met...
The software industry is increasingly facing the issues of understanding and maintaining a particular type of software systems, namely distributed systems. While these systems are...
In order to support the maintenance of object-oriented software systems, the quality of their design must be evaluated using adequate quantification means. In spite of the curren...