Clock-SI is a fully distributed protocol that implements snapshot isolation (SI) for partitioned
data stores. It derives snapshot and commit timestamps from loosely synchronized clocks …

Feature location (FL) is the task of finding the source code that implements a specific, user-
observable functionality in a software system. It plays a key role in many software …

The metrics formulated to date for characterizing the modularization quality of object-
oriented software have considered module and class to be synonymous concepts. But a …

Necessity for a Productive software has been culminating and Object-Oriented Design
technique is providing solution to this as it is the most powerful mechanism for developing …

Task switching occurs frequently during the work of software developers. While there are
already several approaches aiming at assisting developers in recovering their contexts of …

Program understanding involves mapping domain concepts to the code elements that
implement them. Such mapping is often implicit and undocumented. However, identifier …

Program identifiers represent an invaluable source of information for developers who are not
familiar with the code to be evolved. Domain concepts and inter-concept relationships can …

Modularity is essential for creating evolvable software. Traditional programming languages
limit the level of modularity that can be achieved because they provide only one way to …

In the design literature, the term design concept is often used de facto, or with only a brief
definition provided. Despite the cursory definition for concept, the design process rests …

Software maintenance and reuse has become an important business goal in recent years.
Reverse engineering provides a way to achieve this goal by extracting useful information …