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...
The design and implementation of a software system is often governed by a variety of coding conventions, design patterns, architectural guidelines, design rules, and other so-call...
Johan Brichau, Andy Kellens, Sergio Castro, Theo D...
Software evolution is usually considered in terms of corrections, improvements and enhancements. While helpful, this approach does not take into account the fundamental dimensions...
In this paper, we advocate the use of visual tooling for the development and maintenance of component-based software systems. Our contribution is twofold. First, we demonstrate ho...
Most software is fragile: even the slightest error, such as changing a single bit, can make it crash. As software complexity has increased, development techniques have kept pace t...