Abstract. Many long-lived and distributed systems must remain available yet evolve over time, due to, e.g., bugfixes, feature extensions, or changing user requirements. To facilit...
Requirements models are essential not just during system implementation, but also to manage system changes post-implementation. Such models should be supported by a requirements m...
Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos, Yijun Yu, Tien Ngu...
Most of today's software applications are built on top of libraries or frameworks. Just as applications evolve, libraries and frameworks also evolve. Upgrading is straightfor...
Reishi Yokomori, Harvey P. Siy, Masami Noro, Katsu...
Change of DNA sequence that fuels evolution is, to a certain extent, a deterministic process because mutagenesis does not occur in an absolutely random manner. So far, it has not ...
Ch. Mizas, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis, Vasilios A. Ma...
Files, classes, or methods have frequently been investigated in recent research on co-change. In this paper, we present a first study at the level of lines. To identify line chan...
Thomas Zimmermann, Sunghun Kim, Andreas Zeller, E....