Message from the General Chair

Message from the Program Chairs (PDF)

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Conference Committee (PDF)

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Program Committee (PDF)

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Steering Committee and Reviewers (PDF)

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Session 1: Keynote Address I

Making Change: The Other Components of Software Maintenance (Abstract)

Shari Lawrence Pfleeger

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Session 2A: Models I, Chair: Norman Schneidewind, Naval Postgraduate School

Identification of Green, Yellow and Red Legacy Components (Abstract)

M.C. Ohlsson

C. Wohlin

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Identification of Data Cohesive Subsystems Using Data Mining Techniques (Abstract)

Carlos Montes de Oca, Louisiana State University

Doris L. Carver, Louisiana State University

pp. 16

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Code Churn: A Measure for Estimating the Impact of Code Change (Abstract)

J.C. Munson

S.G. Elbaum

pp. 24

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Session 2B: Empirical Studies I, Chair: Lee White, Case Western Reserve University

An Empirical Study of the Effects of Minimization on the Fault Detection Capabilities of Test Suites (Abstract)

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Empirical Evaluation of the Textual Differencing Regression Testing Technique (Abstract)

F.I. Vokolos

P.G. Frankl

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The Visibility of Maintenance in Object Models: An Empirical Study (Abstract)

Mikael Lindvall

Magnus Runesson

pp. 54

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Session 2C: Industry Track, Chairs: Malcolm Slovin and Jeffrey Voas

Experience Report: Isolating Faults in Complex COTS-Based Systems

M. Cube Assistant: Assistance for Management and Control of Software Systems and Their Environment

An Investigation of Translation of a Natural Language into a Computer Application

Session 3A: Panel I

Hitting the Moving Target: Trials and Tribulations of Modeling Quality in Evolving Software Systems (Abstract)

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Can a Software Quality Model Hit a Moving Target? (Abstract)

T.M. Khoshgoftaar

E.B. Allen

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Some Comments on the Software Measurement Process (Abstract)

J.C. Munson

pp. 71

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Using Software Metrics to Control Firmware Evolution (Abstract)

T.T. Pearse

pp. 72

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Modeling Process and Product Quality during Maintenance (Abstract)

G.E. Stark

pp. 74

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Session 3B: Empirical Studies II, Chair: Aniello Cimitille, University of Naples

Two Case Studies in Measuring Software Maintenance Effort (Abstract)

F. Niessink

H. Van Vliet

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A Case Study in Software Wrapping (Abstract)

H.M. Sneed

R. Majnar

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Identifying Design-Code Inconsistencies in Object-Oriented Software: a Case Study (Abstract)

R. Fiutem

G. Antoniol

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Session 4A: Models II, Chair: Filippo Lanubile, University of Bari

Dynamic Model for Maintenance and Testing Effort (Abstract)

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Software Maintenance Life Cycle Model (Abstract)

H.-J. Kung

C. Hsu

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An Experiment in Identifying Persistent Objects in Large Systems (Abstract)

Aniello Cimitile, University of Sannio

Andrea de Lucia, University of Sannio

Giuseppe A. di Lucca, University of Naples "Federico II"

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Session 4B: Experience Report, Chair: Lionel C. Briand, Fraunhofer IESE

Building Maintainable COTS Based Systems (Abstract)

Mark R. Vigder

John Dean

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Practices of Software Maintenance (Abstract)

Janice Singer, National Research Council Canada

pp. 139

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A Study of Communication and Cooperation in Distributed Software Project Teams (Abstract)

A. French

P. Layzell

pp. 146

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Session 5: Keynote Address II

Are COTS Products and Component Packaging Killing Software Malleability? (Abstract)

Jeffrey M. Voas

pp. 156

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Maintaining a COTS Integrated Solution - Are Traditional Static Analysis Techniques Sufficient for this New Programming Methodology? (Abstract)

Session 6A: COTS, Chair: Ned Chapin, InfoSci Inc.

R. Cherinka, The MITRE Corporation

J. Ricci, The MITRE Corporation

C.M. Overstreet, Old Dominion University

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Experience Report: Correcting System Failure in a COTS Information System (Abstract)

Scott A. Hissam, Carnegie Mellon University

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Evaluating Software Deployment Languages and Schema (Abstract)

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Session 6B: Panel II

Lessons Learned from the Year 2000

Session 6C: Software Evolution, Chair: Giuliano Antoniol, IRST

Detection of Logical Coupling Based on Product Release History (Abstract)

Harald Gall, Technical University of Vienna

Karin Hajek, Technical University of Vienna

Mehdi Jazayeri, Technical University of Vienna

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Investigating Component-Based Maintenance and the Effect of Software Evolution: A Reengineering Approach Using Data Clustering (Abstract)

E. Burd

M. Munro

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Implications of Evolution Metrics on Software Maintenance (Abstract)

pp. 208

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Session 7A: Panel III

Maintaining COTS-based Systems: Is it Possible? (Abstract)

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COTS Evaluation and Selection (Abstract)

L.C. Briand

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Methods for Assessing COTS Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (Abstract)

N.F. Schneidewind

pp. 224

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Session 7B: Reengineering I, Chair: Spencer Rugaber, Georgia Institute of Technology

Assembly to High-Level Language Translation (Abstract)

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Reengineering Object-Oriented Code (Abstract)

Richard Fanta, Wayne State University

Václav Rajlich, Wayne State University

pp. 238

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Do Program Transformations Help Reverse Engineering? (Abstract)

K.H. Bennett, University of Durham

pp. 247

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Session 8A: Process, Chair: Bruno Lague, Bell Canada

Investigating Maintenance Processes in a Framework-Based Environment (Abstract)

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A Survey on the Software Maintenance Process (Abstract)

Maria Joao Sousa

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Maintaining Maintainability (Abstract)

M. Ramage, Durham University

K. Bennett, Durham University

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Session 8B: Reengineering II, Chair: Hausi Müller, University of Victoria

Tackling the Abstraction Problem for Reverse Engineering in a System Re-engineering Approach (Abstract)

Hongji Yang, De Montfort University

Xiaodong Liu, De Montfort University

Hussein Zedan, De Montfort University

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Improving Visual Impact Analysis (Abstract)

Matthew Hutchins

Keith Gallagher

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Reuse in Replaying Database Design (Abstract)

Donatella Castelli.

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Session 9: Keynote Address III

Joint ICSM/METRICS

Session 10A: Program Understanding, Chair: Vaclav Rajlich, Wayne State University

Program Understanding During Software Adaptation Tasks (Abstract)

Anneliese von Mayrhauser

A. Marie Vans

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Using the O-A Diagram to Encapsulate Dynamic Memory Access (Abstract)

Paolo Tonella

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Analysis of Dynamic Memory Access using Amorphous Slicing (Abstract)

Mark Harman, University of London

Yoga Sivagurunathan, University of North London

Sebastian Danicic, University of North London

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Session 10B: Program Analysis, Chair: Gregg Rothermel, Oregon State University

Analysis of Programs with Exception-Handling Constructs (Abstract)

S. Sinha

M.J. Harrold

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Slicing Objects Using System Dependence Graphs (Abstract)

D. Liang

M.J. Harrold

pp. 358

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Clone Detection Using Abstract Syntax Trees (Abstract)

pp. 368

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Author Index (PDF)

pp. 378