The Tree-to-Tree Correction Problem
Journal of the ACM (JACM)
Functional paleontology: system evolution as the user sees it
ICSE '01 Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering
Evolution in software and related areas
IWPSE '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution
IWPSE '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution
Growth, evolution, and structural change in open source software
IWPSE '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution
Evolutionary domains: a basis for sound software evolution
IWPSE '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution
Behavioural modelling of long-lived evolution processes: some issues and an example
Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice - Special issue: Separation of concerns for software evolution
Comparing Uniform and Flexible Policies for Software Maintenance and Replacement
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Adapting the "staged model for software evolution" to free/libre/open source software
Ninth international workshop on Principles of software evolution: in conjunction with the 6th ESEC/FSE joint meeting
Characterizing software architecture changes: A systematic review
Information and Software Technology
Architectural decision modeling with reuse: challenges and opportunities
Proceedings of the 2010 ICSE Workshop on Sharing and Reusing Architectural Knowledge
Modular specification and checking of structural dependencies
Proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on Aspect-oriented software development
Application of knowledge-based approaches in software architecture: A systematic mapping study
Information and Software Technology
Understanding and simulating software evolution
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering
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This article proposes a set of metrics for software architecture evolution and discusses continuous and discontinuous software evolution with the metrics proposed. We claim that discontinuity arises to reengineer software architecture and is an essential aspect of software evolution. We expect the proposed metrics can help to identify the architecture preservation core to be preserved over certain period of evolution, and the active evolution zone frequently changing during evolution. The evolution dynamics with discontinuity reveals the non-homogeneous nature of software evolution over the space and time.