[eBook Code] Software Evolution and Feedback (eBook Code, 1st)

List of Contributors.

PART ONE SOFTWARE EVOLUTION.

1 Software Evolution (Meir Lehman and Juan Fernandez Ramil).

2 A Nontraditional View of the Dimensions of Software Evolution (Dewayne E. Perry).

3 IT Legacy Systems: Enabling Environments That Reduce the Legacy Problem:

A Complexity Perspective (Eve Mitleton-Kelly).

4 Facets of Software Evolution (Roland T. Mittermeir).

5 Evolution in Software Systems: Foundations of the SPE Classification Scheme )Stephen Cook, Rachel Harrison, Meir M. Lehman and Paul Wernick).

6 A Simple Model of Software System Evolutionary Growth (Władysław M. Turski).

7 Statistical Modelling of Software Evolution Processes (Tetsuo Tamai and Takako Nakatani).

8 A Case Study of Software Requirements Changes Due to External Factors (Vic Nanda and Nazim H. Madhavji).

9 Understanding Open-Source Software Evolution (Walt Scacchi).

10 Structural Analysis of Open Source Systems (Andrea Capiluppi, Maurizio Morisio and Juan Fernandez-Ramil).

11 A Study of Software Evolution at Different Levels of Granularity (Elizabeth Burd).

12 The Role of Ripple Effect in Software Evolution (Sue Black).

13 The Impact of Software-Architecture Compliance on System Evolution (R. Mark Greenwood, Ken Mayes, Wykeen Seet, Brian C. Warboys, Dharini Balasubramaniam, Graham Kirby, Ron Morrison and Aled Sage).

14 Comparison of Three Evaluation Methods for Object-Oriented Framework Evolution (Michael Mattsson).

15 Formal Perspectives on Software Evolution: from Refinement to Retrenchment (Michael Poppleton and Lindsay Groves).

16 Background and Approach to Development of a Theory of Software Evolution (Meir M Lehman and Juan Fern´andez Ramil).

17 Difficulties with Feedback Control in Software Processes (Meir M. Lehman, Dewayne E. Perry and Wlad Turski).

18 Policy-Guided Software Evolution (Nazim H. Madhavji and Josee Tasse).

19 Feedback in Requirements Discovery and Specification: a Quality Gateway for Testing Requirements (Suzanne Robertson).

20 Requirements Risk and Software Reliability (Norman F. Schneidewind).

21 Combining Process Feedback with Discrete Event Simulation Models to Support Software Project Management (David Raffo and Joseph Vandeville).

22 A Feedforward Capability to Improve Software Reestimation (William W. Agresti).

23 Modelling the Feedback Part of the Software Process in Software Resource Estimation (Juan Fernandez-Ramil and Sarah Beecham).

24 Value-Based Feedback in Software and Information Systems Development (Barry Boehm and LiGuo Huang).

25 Expert Estimation of Software Development Cost: Learning through Feedback (Magne Jørgensen and Dag Sjøberg).

26 Self-Adaptive Software: Internalized Feedback (Robert Laddaga, Paul Robertson and Howard Shrobe).

27 Rules and Tools for Software Evolution Planning and Management (Meir M (Manny) Lehman and Juan Fernandez Ramil).

Index.