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2010
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13 years 6 months ago
The Linux kernel as a case study in software evolution
We use 810 versions of the Linux kernel, released over a period of 14 years, to characterize the system’s evolution, using Lehman’s laws of software evolution as a basis. We i...
Ayelet Israeli, Dror G. Feitelson
ICSM
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Using Pointcut Delta Analysis to Support Evolution of Aspect-Oriented Software
Aspect oriented programming has been proposed as a way to improve modularity of software systems by allowing encapsulation of cross-cutting concerns. To do so, aspects specify whe...
Maximilian Störzer, Jürgen Graf
SOFTVIS
2005
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
CVSscan: visualization of code evolution
During the life cycle of a software system, the source code is changed many times. We study how developers can be enabled to get insight in these changes, in order to understand t...
Lucian Voinea, Alexandru Telea, Jarke J. van Wijk
ICSM
2009
IEEE
13 years 5 months ago
Assessing the impact of framework changes using component ranking
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...
METRICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Visualizing Historical Data Using Spectrographs
Studying the evolution of long lived processes such as the development history of a software system or the publication history of a research community, requires the analysis of a ...
Ahmed E. Hassan, Jingwei Wu, Richard C. Holt