The static modifier is a convenient way to make class members "global" in object-oriented software systems. Given this, we wondered if static members significantly contr...
Systematic reviews are one of the key building blocks of evidence-based software engineering. Current guidelines for such reviews are, for a large part, based on standard meta-ana...
Context: There is little empirical knowledge of the effectiveness of the object-oriented paradigm. Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the literature describing empirica...
John Bailey, David Budgen, Mark Turner, Barbara Ki...
The quality of software measurement data affects the accuracy of project manager’s decision making using estimation or prediction models and the understanding of real project st...
A common belief is that software designs decay as systems evolve. This research examines the extent to which software designs actually decay by studying the aging of design patter...