| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 575 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Software evolution / Meir Lehman, Juan C. Fernández-Ramil -- A nontraditional view of the dimensions of software evolution / Dewayne E. Perry -- IT legacy systems : enabling environments that reduce the legacy problem : a complexity perspective / Eve Mitleton-Kelly -- Facets of software evolution / Roland T. Mittermeir -- Evolution in software systems: foundations of the SPE classification scheme / Stephen Cook, Rachel Harrison, Meir M. Lehman, Paul Wernick -- A simple model of software system evolutionary growth / Władysław M. Turski -- Statistical modelling of software evolution processes / Tetsuo Tamai, Takako Nakatani -- Software requirements changes due to external factors / Vic Nanda, Nazim H. Madhavji -- Understanding open source software evolution / Walt Scacchi -- Structural analysis of open source systems / Andrea Capiluppi, Maurizio Morisio, Juan C. Fernández-Ramil -- A study of software evolution at different levels of granularity / Elizabeth Burd -- The role of ripple effect in software evolution / Sue Black -- The impact of software-architecture compliance on system evolution / R. Mark Greenwood, Ken Mayes, Wykeen Seet, Brian C. Warboys, Dharini Balasubramaniam, Graham Kirby, Ron Morrison, Aled Sage -- Comparison of three evaluation methods for object-oriented framework evolution / Michael Mattsson -- Formal perspectives on software evolution : from refinement to retrenchment / Michael Poppleton, Lindsay Groves -- Background and approach to development of a theory of software evolution / Meir M. Lehman, Juan C. Fernández-Ramil -- Difficulties with feedback control in software processes / Meir M. Lehman, Dewayne E. Perry, Wlad Turski -- Governing software evolution through policy-oriented feedback / Nazim H. Madhavji, Josée Tassé -- Feedback in requirements discovery and specification : a quality gateway for testing requirements / Suzanne Robertson -- Requirements risk and software reliability / Norman F. Schneidewind -- Combining process feedback with discrete event simulation models to support software project management / David Raffo, Joseph Vandeville -- A feedforward capability to improve software reestimation / William W. Agresti -- Modelling the feedback part of the software process in software resource estimation / Juan C. Fernández-Ramil, Sarah Beecham -- Value-based feedback in software and information systems development / Barry Boehm, Liguo Huang -- Expert estimation of software development cost : learning through feedback / Magne Jørgensen, Dag Sjøberg -- Self-adaptive software : internalized feedback / Robert Laddaga, Paul Robertson, Howard Shrobe -- Rules and tools for software evolution planning and management / Meir M. Lehman, Juan C. Fernández-Ramil |
| Summary |
Evolution of software has long been recognized as one of the most problematic and challenging areas in the field of software engineering, as evidenced by the high, often up to 60-80%, life-cycle costs attributed to this activity over the life of a software system |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Computer software -- Development.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fernández Ramil, Juan Carlos.
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Madhavji, Nazim H.
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Perry, Dewayne E.
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John Wiley & Sons.
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| ISBN |
0470871806 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0470871814 (electronic bk.) |
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0470871822 (electronic bk.) |
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1280649968 |
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6610649960 |
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9780470871805 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780470871812 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470871829 (electronic bk.) |
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9781280649967 |
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9786610649969 |
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