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Testing Software EngineeringEvolution as a Noun and Evolution as a Verb
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The paper starts by distinguishing between two types of software evolution studies. The first addresses evolution as a noun and focuses on it as a phenomenon. The second addresses the topic as a verb and focuses on methods and tools intended to facilitate software evolution and the tasks that implement it. Both views are necessary to achieve increased insight and a degree of mastery of the evolution phenomenon and to develop improved tools and technology.
Author(s) : M.M. Lehman, J.F. Ramil and G. Kahen
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