Context Software maintainability is one of the fundamental quality attributes of software
engineering. The accurate prediction of software maintainability is a significant challenge for …

There is a plethora of studies investigating object-oriented measures and their link with
external quality attributes, but usefulness of the measures may differ across empirical …

Context Software maintenance (SM) has to be planned, which involves SM effort prediction.
One type of SM is enhancement, where new functionality is added or existing functionality …

Context Reading and understanding the source code are fundamental to supporting
software programmers' daily activities. Still, there is no agreement regarding the program …

Software quality is one of the most important factors for assessing the global competitive
position of any software company. Thus, the quantification of the quality parameters and …

CONTEXT: A collaborative system is a special kind of software whose users can perform
collaboration, communication and collaboration tasks. These systems usually have a high …

Motivation Scientists increasingly rely on intelligent information systems to help them in their
daily tasks, in particular for managing research objects, like publications or datasets. The …

Agile methods are widely used and successful in many development situations and
beginning to attract attention amongst the software maintenance community–both …

This paper provides a brief description of our study proposing improvements to the
COCOMO models for estimating maintenance size and effort. The proposed size and effort …

Software maintenance is a very broad activity that includes improvements in capabilities,
error correction, optimization, and removal of obsolete capabilities. Normal operate of basic …