How software process automation affects software evolution: A longitudinal empirical analysis

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Barry, Evelyn J ^a   Kemerer, Chris F ^b   Slaughter, Sandra A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided software engineering (CASE); Lehman's laws of software evolution; Longitudinal analysis; Software complexity; Software maintenance; Software productivity; Software quality

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DATA REDUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LEHMAN'S LAWS OF SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847320067     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.342     Document Type: Article

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