A systematic review of software architecture evolution research

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-40

  Breivold, Hongyu Pei ^a   Crnkovic, Ivica ^b   Larsson, Magnus ^a  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Architecture analysis; Architecture evolution; Evolvability analysis; Software architecture; Software evolvability; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; ARCHITECTURAL LEVELS; ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY; ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECONOMIC VALUES; EVOLVABILITY; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; LONG-LIVED SYSTEMS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MULTI-STEP; RESEARCH STUDIES; RESEARCH TOPICS; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SELECTION PROCESS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 80055099082     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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