A multiple case study of design pattern decay, grime, and rot in evolving software systems.

Clemente Izurieta James M. Bieman

Published in: Softw. Qual. J. (2013)

Keyphrases

software systems
design patterns
software development
software design
case study
software engineering
metamodel
software architecture

software maintenance
software engineers
source code
software components
linux kernel
software quality
multi agent systems

development process
database driven
functional requirements
complex software systems
software developers
software projects
design process

multi agent
artificial intelligence
end users
software evolution
high level
maintenance activities
database