Evaluating architecture stability of software projects

Author

Aversano, Lerina ; Molfetta, Marco ; Tortorella, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

417

Lastpage

424

Abstract

Reuse of software components depends from different aspects of high level software artifacts. In particular, software architecture and its stability should be taken into account before selecting software components for reuse. In this direction, this paper presents an empirical study aimed at assessing software architecture stability and its evolution along the software project history. The study entails the gathering and analysis of relevant information from several open source projects. The analysis of the software architectures stability of the core components of the analyzed projects and related trends are presented as results.

Keywords

public domain software; software architecture; software reusability; open source projects; software architecture stability evaluation; software architectures stability analysis; software artifacts; software components reuse; software project; software project history; Computer architecture; Market research; Measurement; Software architecture; Software systems; Stability analysis; Evolution; Reusability; Software Architecture; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reverse Engineering (WCRE), 2013 20th Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Koblenz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCRE.2013.6671317

Filename

6671317