Abstract:Software systems evolve with societal, business and technological changes. Because of these changes, socio-technical systems need to adapt to new situations that were unknown at the time of design. Good knowledge of software system evolution can help with that adaption. Although the evolution of software systems has been broadly debated, little research has been conducted on the specific genre of software systems and even less empirical research has been performed on the evolution of interactive software. We p… Show more
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