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A Case Study of Measuring Degeneration of Software Architectures from a Defect Perspective

Li, Zude, Long, Jun·2011·2011 18th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
DOI 10.1109/apsec.2011.51
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It is considered that software architecture usually degrades as the system evolves. This phenomenon is termed as architectural degeneration. This paper describes a defect perspective for measuring architectural degeneration. Several metrics are defined for the measurement performed on two versions of a commercial compiler system. The main results are: (1) the architecture degenerates as the system evolves across the two versions, e.g., the quantity of code files changed to fix a source line of code in the following version increased by 90%; and (2) a few, correlated, components ("hotspots") in the architecture contribute more to the degeneration than other components. This implies that measuring architectural degeneration from the defect perspective can offer a potential to improve system quality and reduce maintenance costs.

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Authors
Li, Z., & Long, J.
Affiliations
  • Western University (CA)
  • Central South University (CN)
ORCID
Long, Jun
Venue
2011 18th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2011-12
Pages
242-249
ISSN
1530-1362 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1109/apsec.2011.51
OpenAlex
W2091122638
Cited by
12
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.48
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) (publishedVersion)
Funders
Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Research
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Software › Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Software › Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
Keywords
software architecture, software evolution, software quality, software maintenance, hot spots, software metrics

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Li, Z., & Long, J. (2011). A Case Study of Measuring Degeneration of Software Architectures from a Defect Perspective. 2011 18th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/apsec.2011.51