The past, present, and future of software evolution

Proceedings of the 2008 Frontiers of Software Maintenance, FoSM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 129-138

  Godfrey, Michael W ^a   German, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; LIFECYCLE MODELS; NATURE OF SOFTWARES; SHAPE CHANGES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTIONS; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 57849100179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FOSM.2008.4659256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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