Title :
15 Years of Application of Statistical Physics Methods to the Study of Software Systems
Author :
Marchesi, Michele
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Abstract :
Despite the fact that software development is a design optimization process with nothing random, large software systems exhibit statistical properties that can be studied with the approach of statistical physics. In this keynote talk, I shall recall the history of the application of statistical physics methods to the study of software systems, since its inception at the beginning of 2000.
Keywords :
software engineering; statistical analysis; design optimization process; software development; software systems; statistical physics methods; statistical property; time 15 year; Complex networks; Measurement; Physics; Software engineering; Software systems; Stochastic processes; Software networks; power-laws; software metrics; statistical physics;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (WETSoM), 2015 IEEE/ACM 6th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Florence
DOI :
10.1109/WETSoM.2015.9
