TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the de facto standard for object-oriented software analysis and design modeling. However, few empirical studies exist which investigate the c...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Current text based Software Configuration Management (SCM) systems have trouble with refactorings. Refactorings result in global changes which lead to merge conflicts. A refactorin...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Neglected conditions are an important but difficult-to-find class of software defects. This paper presents a novel approach for revealing neglected conditions that integrates stati...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
This paper introduces a new technique for predicting latent software bugs, called change classification. Change classification uses a machine learning classifier to determine wheth...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
This paper presents CMOD, a novel tool that provides a sound module system for C. CMOD works by enforcing a set of four rules that are based on principles of modular reasoning and...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Information practices that use personal, financial, and health-related information are governed by US laws and regulations to prevent unauthorized use and disclosure. To ensure com...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
In order to characterize and improve software architecture visualization practice, the paper derives and constructs a qualitative framework, with seven key areas and 31 features, f...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Web applications are widely adopted and their correct functioning is mission critical for many businesses. At the same time, Web applications tend to be error prone and implementat...
TSE
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
The metrics formulated to date for characterizing the modularization quality of object-oriented software have considered module and class to be synonymous concepts. But, a typical ...