It is shown how software metrics and architectural patterns can be used for the management of software evolution. In the presented architecture-centric software evolutionmethod th...
Juha Gustafsson, Jukka Paakki, Lilli Nenonen, A. I...
Preparations for Y2K reminded the software engineering community of the extent to which long-lived software systems are embedded in our daily environments. As systems are maintain...
Evelyn J. Barry, Chris F. Kemerer, Sandra Slaughte...
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...
Lerina Aversano, Gerardo Canfora, Luigi Cerulo, Co...
This paper presents a comparative analysis of neural networks, simulated annealing, and genetic algorithms in the determination of input patterns for testing analog circuits. The ...
Abstract. We investigate the evolutionary processes behind the development and optimization of multiple threads of execution in digital organisms using the avida platform, a softwa...
Charles Ofria, Christoph Adami, Travis C. Collier,...