As a large and complex application platform, the World Wide Web is capable of delivering a
broad range of sophisticated applications. However, many Web applications go through …

Web applications are vital components of the global information infrastructure, and it is
important to ensure their dependability. Many techniques and tools for validating Web …

Comprehending and modifying software is at the heart of many software engineering tasks,
and this explains the growing interest that software reverse engineering has gained in the …

The rapid diffusion of Internet and open standard technologies is producing a significant
growth of the demand of Web sites and Web applications with more and more strict …

Multi-core platforms represent the answer of the industry to the increasing demand for
computational capabilities. From a real-time perspective, however, the inherent sharing of …

Web applications are the legacy software of the future. Developed under tight schedules,
with high employee turn over, and in a rapidly evolving environment, these systems are …

The rapid development phases and extremely short turnaround time of Web applications
make it difficult to eliminate their vulnerabilities. Here we study how software testing …

The rapid, progressive diffusion of Web applications in several productive contexts of our
modern society is laying the foundations of a renewed scenario of software development …

In 2008 the predecessor of this book, entitled “Software Evolution”[592] was published by
Springer, presenting the research results of a number of researchers working on different …

With software maintenance costs averaging 50% of total computing costs, it is necessary to
have an effective maintenance program in place. Aging legacy systems, for example, pose …