DocumentCode
746074
Title
The State of Software Maintenance
Author
Schneidewind, Norman F.
Author_Institution
Naval Postgraduate School
Issue
3
fYear
1987
fDate
3/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
303
Lastpage
310
Abstract
A state of software maintenance survey is presented, indicating the incongruity of the simultaneous existence of importance and neglect in this field. An overview is given of selected developments and activities covering the following topics: • The "Maintenance Problem." • Models. • Methods for improving maintenance. • Metrics. • Maintenance information management. • Standards. • Maintenance of existing code. • Surveys.
Keywords
Metrics; models; software maintenance; Code standards; Computer science; Data processing; Error correction; History; Information management; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software systems; Standards development; Metrics; models; software maintenance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1987.233161
Filename
1702216
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