How software designs decay: A pilot study of pattern evolution

Proceedings - 1st International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 449-451

  Izurieta, Clemente ^a   Bieman, James M ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Open Source Software; Software Decay; Software Engineering; Software Grime Buildup

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); DECAY (ORGANIC); OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

AS SYSTEMS; DESIGN PATTERNS; EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EVOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; ORIGINAL DESIGN; PATTERN EVOLUTION; PILOT STUDIES; SOFTWARE DECAY; SOFTWARE GRIME BUILDUP; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 47949106292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESEM.2007.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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