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OSDI
2006
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
2006
ACM
Operating systems are complex and their behavior depends on many factors. Source code, if available, does not directly help one to understand the OS's behavior, as the behavi...
USENIX
2000
13 years 8 months ago
2000
Traditional file system development is difficult. Stackable file systems promise to ease the development of file systems by offering a mechanism for incremental development. Unfor...
ICSM
2000
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
2000
IEEE
Most studies of software evolution have been performed on systems developed within a single company using traditional management techniques. With the widespread availability of se...
WCRE
2009
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2009
IEEE
—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...
ICSM
2008
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2008
IEEE
Up-to-date comments are critical for the successful evolution of a software application. When modifying a function, developers may update the comment associated with the function ...