Classification and comparison of architecture evolution reuse knowledge - A systematic review

Journal of Software: Evolution and Process

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 654-691

  Ahmad, Aakash ^a,b   Jamshidi, Pooyan ^a,b,c   Pahl, Claus ^a,b,c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b University of Limerick   (Ireland)

^c Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4)   (Ireland)

Author keywords

architecture evolution reuse knowledge; architecture centric software evolution; evidence based study in software evolution; research synthesis; software architecture; systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ARCHITECTURE-CENTRIC; CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS; EXISTING ARCHITECTURES; PREDICTION TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH SYNTHESIS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SOLUTION MINING;

EID: 84904604565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.1643     Document Type: Article

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