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Design Patterns in Software Maintenance: An Experiment Replication at Brigham Young University

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Jonathan L. Krein,

Landon J. Pratt,

Alan B. Swenson,

Alexander C. MacLean,

Charles D. Knutson,

Dennis L. EggettAuthors Info & Claims

RESER '11: Proceedings of the 2011 Second International Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research

Pages 25 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1109/RESER.2011.10

Published: 21 September 2011 Publication History

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In 2001 Prechelt et al. published the results of a controlled experiment in software maintenance comparing design patterns to simpler solutions. Since that time, only one replication of the experiment has been performed (published in 2004). The replication found remarkably (though not surprisingly) different results. In this paper we present the results of another replication of Prechelt's experiment, conducted at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2010. This replication was performed as part of a joint replication project hosted by the 2011 Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research (RESER). The data and results from this experiment are meant to be considered in connection with the results of other contributions to the joint replication project.

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RESER '11: Proceedings of the 2011 Second International Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research

September 2011

77 pages

ISBN:9780769546742

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Published: 21 September 2011

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Lucia ADeufemia VGravino CRisi M(2018)Detecting the Behavior of Design Patterns through Model Checking and Dynamic AnalysisACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/317664326:4(1-41)Online publication date: 12-Feb-2018
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Krein JKnutson CPrechelt LJuristo N(2012)Report from the 2nd international workshop on replication in empirical software engineering research (RESER 2011)ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes10.1145/2088883.208888937:1(27-30)Online publication date: 27-Jan-2012
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