DocumentCode
2355172
Title
On evidence supporting the FEAST hypothesis and the laws of software evolution
Author
Lehman, M.M. ; Perry, D.E. ; Ramil, J.F.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fYear
1998
fDate
20-21 Nov 1998
Firstpage
84
Lastpage
88
Abstract
As part of its study of the impact of feedback in the global software process on software product evolution, the FEAST/1 project has examined metric data relating to various systems in different application areas. High level similarities in the growth trends of the systems studied support the FEAST hypothesis. Inter alia, the results provide evidence compatible with the laws of software evolution, subject only to minor adjustments of the latter
Keywords
software development management; software metrics; software process improvement; FEAST hypothesis; FEAST/1 project; global software process; software evolution laws; software metrics; software product evolution; Application software; Banking; Displays; Feedback; Isolation technology; Kernel; Operating systems; Real time systems; Software maintenance; Software systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Metrics Symposium, 1998. Metrics 1998. Proceedings. Fifth International
Conference_Location
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN
0-8186-9201-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/METRIC.1998.731229
Filename
731229
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