The demographic change towards an aging population is creating a significant impact and
introducing drastic challenges to our society. We therefore need to find ways to assist older …

Context The software architecture of a system is the result of a set of architectural decisions.
The topic of architectural decisions in software engineering has received significant attention …

Our recent research has shown that, in large-scale software systems, defective files seldom
exist alone. They are usually architecturally connected, and their architectural structures …

In this paper, we propose and empirically validate a suite of hotspot patterns: recurring
architecture problems that occur in most complex systems and incur high maintenance …

Uncertainty complicates early requirements and architecture decisions and may expose a
software project to significant risk. Yet software architects lack support for evaluating …

In large-scale software systems, error-prone or change-prone files rarely stand alone. They
are typically architecturally connected and their connections usually exhibit architecture …

Abstract Context: Architecture Tactics (ATs) are architectural building blocks that provide
general architectural solutions for addressing Quality Attributes (QAs) issues. Mining and …

Value management (VM) and risk management (RM) both involve systematic team decision-
making methodologies, but they are often used separately by construction professionals in …

Context: Previous research highlighted concerns about empirical research in software
engineering (eg, reproducibility, applicability of findings). It is unclear how these concerns …

The new era of information and the needs of our society require continuous change in
software and technology. Changes are produced very quickly and software systems require …