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On Evidence Supporting the FEAST Hypothesis and the Laws of Software Evolution (1998)
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@MISC{Lehman98onevidence,
author = {M. M. Lehman and D. E. Perry and J. F. Ramil},
title = {On Evidence Supporting the FEAST Hypothesis and the Laws of Software Evolution},
year = {1998}
}
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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--- Laws of software evolution, system dynamics, feedback, FEAST hypothesis, E-type systems 1 Introduction The FEAST/1 project [5] is examining metric and other records of E -type software systems addressing a variety of applications. Such systems model the behaviour of people and/or machines active in a real world domain. The system studied include ICL's VME operating system kernel, Logica's FW banking transaction system and a Lucent Technologies real time system. All these have been (and continue to be) evolved by their respective o...
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feast hypothesis software evolution system kernel growth trend inter alia type software system software product evolution lucent technology real time system different application area fw banking transaction system keywords law real world domain system dynamic global software process e-type system high level similarity metric data minor adjustment various system
