Visualization is often invaluable to understand the behavior of optimization algorithms, identify their bottlenecks or pathological behaviors, and suggest remedial techniques. Yet ...
Interfaces as defined in the JAVA programming language can enhance both decoupling and comprehensibility of large code bases. Several researchers have pointed out this key role of...
Much of what we know about how programmers refactor in the wild is based on studies that examine just a few software projects. Researchers have rarely taken the time to replicate ...
Emerson R. Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin, Andrew P. Bl...
Abstract. Software maintenance is the most expensive activity in software development. Many software companies spent a large amount of cost to maintain the existing software system...
Attention to aspect oriented programming (AOP) is rapidly growing as its benefits in large software system development and maintenance are increasingly recognized. However, existin...