Aspect-oriented programming languages provide new composition mechanisms for improving the modularity of crosscutting concerns. Implementations of such language support use advanc...
A challenge of existing program comprehension approaches is to provide consistent and flexible representations for software systems. Maintainers have to match their mental models ...
Developing requirements for software components, and ensuring these requirements are met by component designs, is very challenging, as very often application domain and stakeholde...
Failure of a design to satisfy a system's requirements can result in schedule and cost overruns. When using current approaches, ensuring requirements are satisfied is often d...
Software updates typically require stopping and restarting an application, but many systems cannot afford to halt service, or would prefer not to. Dynamic software updating (DSU) ...
Iulian Neamtiu, Michael W. Hicks, Gareth Stoyle, M...