Determining the Distribution of Maintenance Categories: Survey versus Measurement

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-365

  Schach, Stephen R ^a   Jin, Bo ^a   Yu, Liguo ^a   Heller, Gillian Z ^b   Offutt, Jeff ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Linux, GCC; Maintenance categories; Open source software; Real time product; Repeated maintenance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; PROGRAM COMPILERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

REPEATED MAINTENANCE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141993431     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025368318006     Document Type: Review

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