Software evolutionary dynamics modelled as the activity of an actor-network

Proceedings - Second International IEEE Workshop on Software Evolvability, SE'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 74-81

  Wernick, P ^a   Hall, T ^a   Nehaniv, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

LATOUR 'S THEORY; SOFTWARE EVOLVABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 38949151052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SOFTWARE-EVOLVABILITY.2006.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. K. Beck, Extreme Programming Explained, Addison Wesley, Boston, MA, 2000.
2. A. Capiluppi, M. Morisio and J. Fernandez-Ramil, "The Evolution of Source Folder Structure in actively evolved Open Source Systems", Proc. Metrics 04, 2004.
3. B.W. Chatters, M.M. Lehman, J.F. Ramil and P. Wernick, "Modelling A Software Evolution Process", Software Process: Improvement and Practice, 5 (2-3), 2000, pp.91-102.
4. P.J. Dunning-Lewis and C.J.W. Townson, "Using Actor Network Theory Ideas In Information Systems Research: A Case Study Of Action Research", Working Paper 2004/025, Lancaster University Management School, 2004.
5. G. Kahen, M.M. Lehman and J.F. Ramil, "Empirical Studies of the Global Software Process - The Impact of Feedback", Proc. Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS"99), Keble College, Oxford, UK, Sept. 3-4, 1999.
6. B. Latour, Aramis, or the Love of Technology, trans. C. Porter, Harvard, 1996.
7. B. Latour, Reassembling the Social, Oxford, 2005.
8. M.M. Lehman and J.F. Ramil JF, "The impact of feedback in the global software process", Journal of Systems and Software, 46 (2), 1999, pp.123-134.
9. M.J. Loomes and C.L. Nehaniv, "Fact and Artifact: Reification and Drift in the History and Growth of Interactive Software Systems", Proc. Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2117, Springer, 2001, pp. 25-39.
10. M.J. Loomes, C.L. Nehaniv and P. Wernick, "The Naming of Systems and Software Evolvability", Proc. Software Evolvability 05, Budapest, 26 September 2005, IEEE Computer Society Press.
11. M.J. North, N.T. Collier, and J.R. Vos, "Experiences Creating Three Implementations of the Repast Agent Modeling Toolkit," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 16 (1), ACM, January 2006, pp.1-25.
12. Privacy International, "European Commission Begins Consultation on Data Retention", http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B34 7%5D=x-347-64804, 5 August 2004, referenced 30 June 2006.
13. A. Sidorova and S. Sarker, "Unearthing Some Causes of BPR Failure: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective", Proc. Americas Conference on Information Systems 2000, Long Beach, CA, August 10-13, 2000, Association for Information Systems.
14. Ventana, Vensim Software, http://www.vensim.com/software.html, referenced 30 June 2006.
15. P. Wernick "A Belief System Model for Software Development: a framework by analogy", PhD thesis University College London, London, 1996.
16. P. Wernick and T. Hall, "Simulating Global Software Evolution Processes by Combining Simple Models: An Initial Study", Software Process: Improvement and Practice, 7, 2002, pp.113-126.
17. P. Wernick and T. Hall, "The Impact of Using Pair Programming on System Evolution: a Simulation-based Study", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance 2004, IEEE Computer Society Press.
18. P. Wernick and T. Hall, "Can Thomas Kuhn's paradigms help us understand software engineering?", European Journal of Information Systems, 13 (3), 2004, pp.235-243.
19. P. Wernick and M.M. Lehman, "Software Process Dynamic Modelling for FEAST/1", Journal of Systems and Software, 46, 1999, pp. 193-201.
20. B. Williams-Jones and J.E. Graham, "Actor-Network Theory - a tool to support ethical analysis of commercial genetic testing", New Genetics and Society, 22 (3), December 2003.
21. E. Yourdon, Death March, Prentice Hall, 2003.