Rather than upgrading a software system to the next version by installing a new binary, software systems could be updated "on-thefly" during their execution. We are devel...
—Much of modern software development consists of building on older changes. Older periods provide the structure (e.g., functions and data types) on which changes in future period...
Though many tools are available to help programmers working on change tasks, and several studies have been conducted to understand how programmers comprehend systems, little is kn...
We examine eleven large open source software systems and present empirical evidence for the existence of fractal structures in software evolution. In our study, fractal structures...
During software maintenance tasks, developers often spend an important amount of effort investigating source code. This effort can be reduced if tools are available to help develo...