This report describes some characteristics of the development team of PostgreSQL that were uncovered by analyzing the history of its software artifacts as recorded by the projectâ...
We apply data mining to version histories in order to guide programmers along related changes: "Programmers who changed these functions also changed...." Given a set of e...
As a software system evolves to accommodate new features and repair bugs, changes are needed. Software components are interdependent, changes made to one component can require cha...
— Requirements changes during software development pose a risk to cost, schedule and quality while at the same time providing an opportunity to add value. Provision of a generic ...
Verification and validation techniques often generate various forms of software development artifacts. Change records created from verification and validation efforts show how fil...