Analysis of coupling evolution on open source systems

BL Sousa, MAS Bigonha, KAM Ferreira - Proceedings of the XIII …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Software evolution is an intrinsic process of the software life cycle. The comprehension of
this process is a central research topic in Software Engineering. It is widely accepted that as …

The evolving structures of software systems

KAM Ferreira, RCN Moreira… - … on Emerging Trends …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software maintenance is an important problem because software is an evolving complex
system. To make software maintenance viable, it is important to know the real nature of the …

Open source software evolution: a systematic literature review (Part 1)

KK Chahal, M Saini - International Journal of Open Source Software …, 2016 - igi-global.com
Due to the dominance of Open Source Software (OSS) in IT and the IT enabled services
industry, various stakeholders are keen to understand the OSS evolution process. Several …

Measuring cohesion of software systems using weighted directed complex networks

J Zhang, J Wu, Y ** the potential change impact in object-oriented software
MM Ferreira, KAM Ferreira… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
The present work brings the results of a study carried out to investigate the change
propagation impact in object-oriented programs. We have performed this analysis by …

A generic macroscopic topology of software networks-a quantitative evaluation

KAM Ferreira, RCN Moreira… - 2012 26th Brazilian …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dependence among modules in a software system usually is represented as a network,
in which the nodes are the modules, and the edges are the connections between the …

Understanding Software Adaptation and Evolution

S Meyer - 2015 - diva-portal.org
Software maintenance is a significant part of software system lifetime. Software system
lifetime incorporates many processes including software adaptation and software evolution …

A Systematic Review of Attributes and Techniques for Open Source Software Evolution Analysis

M Saini, KK Chahal - … on Agile Software, Software Development, and …, 2022 - igi-global.com
Many studies have been conducted to understand the evolution process of Open Source
Software (OSS). The researchers have used various techniques for understanding the OSS …