Title :
Process of software evolution
Author_Institution :
Interfaculty Initiative in Inf. Studies, Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A number of interesting phenomena can be observed when lifelong processes of object-oriented software are analyzed from the viewpoint of software evolution. This paper proposes a framework of software evolution studies and reports the results of empirical case studies and evolution patterns discovered through the analysis.
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; software maintenance; evolution patterns; object-oriented software; software evolution; Acceleration; Acoustical engineering; Application software; Debugging; Degradation; Evolution (biology); Humans; Maintenance engineering; Pattern analysis; Software maintenance;
Conference_Titel :
Cyber Worlds, 2002. Proceedings. First International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1862-1
DOI :
10.1109/CW.2002.1180854
