Does code decay? Assessing the evidence from change management data.

A central feature of the evolution of large software systems is that change-which is necessary to add new functionality, accommodate new hardware, and repair faults-becomes increasingly difficult over time. We approach this phenomenon, which we term code decay, scientifically and statistically. We d...

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Izdano u:IEEE Transactions on software engineering 27, 1 (2001).
Glavni autor: Eick, S.G
Format: Članak
Jezik:English
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