Tracking structural evolution using origin analysis

Authors: Michael W. Godfrey Qiang Tu

Venue: International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, pp. 117–119, 2002

Year: 2002

Abstract: Many long term studies of software evolution have made the simplifying assumption that the system's architecture and low-level structure is relatively stable. In our past work, we have found that this is often untrue; therefore, we have sought to investigate ways to detect and model structural change in software systems through a technique we call origin analysis [6] and supported a tool called Beagle [7]. In this position paper, we present a summary of our recent and ongoing work in this area, and we argue that more attention needs to be paid to techniques for understanding architectural and structural evolution of software systems.

BibTeX:

@inproceedings{michaelw.godfrey2002tseuoa,
    author = "Michael W. Godfrey and Qiang Tu",
    title = "Tracking structural evolution using origin analysis",
    year = "2002",
    pages = "117–119",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution"
}

Plain Text:

Michael W. Godfrey and Qiang Tu, "Tracking structural evolution using origin analysis," International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, pp. 117–119