Jarzabek, Stan.

Effective software maintenance and evolution : a reuse-based approach / Stanislaw Jarzabek. - Boca Raton : Auerbach Publications, c2007. - xxv, 392 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Conventional methods for software maintenance and evolution -- Static program analysis methods -- Reverse engineering methods -- Model-based design for ease of maintenance -- Evolution of versions and configuration management -- Part II: Reuse-based software maintenance and evolution -- Mixed-strategy approach: an overview -- Step-by-step introduction to XVCL -- Software similarities: symptoms and causes -- Mixed-strategy approach to generic designe -- Evolution with mixed-strategy approach -- Scaling up the mixed-strategy approach -- Mixed-strategy approach in other projects -- Other techniques related to XVCL -- Evaluation of the mixed-strategy approach.

0849335922 (alk. paper) 9780849335921 (alk. paper) 9781420013115 1420013114

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Computer software--Reusability.
Software maintenance.
Software reengineering.

QA76.76.R47 / .J375 2007

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