A Unified Framework for Coupling Measurement in Object-Oriented Systems
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
An Empirical Approach to Studying Software Evolution
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Implications of Evolution Metrics on Software Maintenance
ICSM '98 Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Maintenance
Evolution in Open Source Software: A Case Study
ICSM '00 Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM'00)
A Simple Static Model for Understanding the Dynamic Behavior of Programs
IWPC '04 Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Workshop on Program Comprehension
A framework for the simulation of structural software evolution
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
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As functionality is added to an ageing piece of software, its original design and structure tends to erode. The underlying forces which cause such degradation have been the subject of much research. However, progress in this field is slow due to the difficultly faced in generating empirical data [6] as well as attributing observed effects to the various points in the causal chain [7]. This paper tackles these problems by providing a framework for simulating the structural evolution of software. A complete model is built by incrementally adding modules to the framework, each of which contribute an individual evolutionary effect. These effects are then combined to form a multi-faceted simulation that evolves a fictitious code base approximating real world behavior. Validation of a simple set of evolutionary parameters is provided, demonstrating agreement with current empirical observations.