In order to improve software maintenance processes, we need to be able to first characterize and assess them. This task needs to be performed in depth and with objectivity since t...
Lionel C. Briand, Victor R. Basili, Yong-Mi Kim, D...
Evolutionary algorithms are among the metaheuristic search methods that have been applied to the structural test data generation problem. Fitness evaluation methods play an import...
H. Turgut Uyar, A. Sima Etaner-Uyar, A. Emre Harma...
Code clones are generally considered harmful in software development, and the predominant approach is to try to eliminate them through refactoring. However, recent research has pr...
—Most research into high-performance software transactional memory (STM) assumes that transactions will run on a processor with a relatively strict memory model, such as Total St...
Michael F. Spear, Maged M. Michael, Michael L. Sco...
Software Product Lines (SPL) processes are gradually being adopted by many companies in several domains. A particular domain where the adoption of such processes may bring relevan...
Leandro Marques Nascimento, Eduardo Santana de Alm...