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Applicability of Lehman Laws on Open Source Evolution: A Case study

by Taranjeet Kaur, Nisha Ratti, Parminder Kaur
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 93 - Number 18
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Taranjeet Kaur, Nisha Ratti, Parminder Kaur
10.5120/16438-6165

Taranjeet Kaur, Nisha Ratti, Parminder Kaur . Applicability of Lehman Laws on Open Source Evolution: A Case study. International Journal of Computer Applications. 93, 18 ( May 2014), 40-46. DOI=10.5120/16438-6165

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title = { Applicability of Lehman Laws on Open Source Evolution: A Case study },
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issue_date = { May 2014 },
volume = { 93 },
number = { 18 },
month = { May },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume93/number18/16438-6165/ },
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Abstract

Software evolution is an essential characteristic of real world software ,as the user requirements changes, software needs to change otherwise it becomes less useful. In order to be used for a longer time period, software needs to evolve. Software evolution can be a result of software maintenance. An effort is made to find the applicability of Lehman Laws on different releases of two software developed in C++ using object-oriented metrics In this paper, a study has been conducted on 10 versions of Graphics Layout Engine and Flight Gear Simulator evolved over the period of eight years. . The laws of continuous change, growth and complexity are found applicable according to the data collected.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Software evolution Lehman Laws of evolution open source revisions object-oriented metrics complexity.

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