A study of design characteristics in evolving software using stability as a criterion

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-329

  Kelly, Diane ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance metric; Maintainability; Scientific software; Software architecture; Software design; Software evolution; Stability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN STABILITY; DISTANCE METRIC; SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; STABILITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 33947187259     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2006.42     Document Type: Article

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