Handling the differential evolution of software artefacts: a framework for consistency management

Ildiko Pete; Dharini Balasubramaniam

doi:10.1109/SANER.2015.7081889

Handling the differential evolution of software artefacts: a framework for consistency management

Ildiko Pete, Dharini Balasubramaniam

School of Computer Science

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Modern software systems are subject to frequent changes. Different artefacts of a system, such as requirements specifications, design documents and source code, often evolve at different times and become inconsistent with one another.
This differential evolution poses problems to effective software maintenance and erodes trust in artefacts as accurate representations of the system. In this paper, we propose a holistic framework for managing the consistent co-evolution of software artefacts, incorporating: traceability creation and maintenance,
change detection, impact analysis, consistency checking and change propagation. The design of a prototype framework aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of the approach and its implementation are discussed with particular focus on representing artefacts and their relationships. The challenges of developing such a framework and plans for future work are also outlined.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	599-600
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SANER.2015.7081889
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2015
Event	22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering - Montreal, Canada Duration: 2 Mar 2015 → 6 Mar 2015

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Conference	22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	2/03/15 → 6/03/15

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Pete, I & Balasubramaniam, D 2015, Handling the differential evolution of software artefacts: a framework for consistency management. in 2015 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER). IEEE, pp. 599-600, 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering, Montreal, Canada, 2/03/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/SANER.2015.7081889

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