Title :
The chunking pattern
Author :
Weiss, David M. ; Mockus, Audris
Author_Institution :
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
Abstract :
Chunks are sets of code that have the property that a change that touches a chunk touches only that chunk. The pattern described in this paper defines chunks, indicates their usefulness, and provides an algorithm for calculating them.
Keywords :
software engineering; chunking pattern; code set; Clustering algorithms; Couplings; Current measurement; Maintenance engineering; Software; Software algorithms; Time measurement; chunk; mining software repositories; modification request; modularization;
Conference_Titel :
Data Analysis Patterns in Software Engineering (DAPSE), 2013 1st International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
DOI :
10.1109/DAPSE.2013.6603809
