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Software Decay

Software Decay is a phenomenon in maintainability engineering characterized by the gradual deterioration of software system performance and structure over time due to accumulating changes, lack of maintenance, and evolving environmental conditions, distinguishing it from related degradation processes by its intrinsic link to technical debt and design erosion.

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7.7K

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219

Authors

95

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

23

Variants

Software Rot

Parents

Publications

97

Predicting fault incidence using software change history

Todd Graves, Alan F. Karr, J. S. Marron et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2000 · 751 citations

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Technical Debt: From Metaphor to Theory and Practice

Philippe Kruchten, Robert L. Nord, İpek Özkaya · IEEE Software · 2012 · 691 citations

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Software aging

David Lorge Parnas · International Conference on Software Engineering · 1994 · 667 citations

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Does code decay? Assessing the evidence from change management data

S.G. Eick, Todd Graves, Alan F. Karr et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2001 · 641 citations

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Software aging

David Lorge Parnas · 2002 · 364 citations

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Authors

219

  1. NM
    Nenad Medvidović

    University of Southern California, United States

    6 publications · 267 citations

    6

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  2. CI
    Clemente Izurieta

    Montana State University, United States

    4 publications · 142 citations

    4

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  3. JG
    Joshua Garcia

    University of Southern California, United States

    4 publications · 131 citations

    4

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  4. YC
    Yuanfang Cai

    Drexel University, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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  5. AS
    Arman Shahbazian

    University of Southern California, United States

    3 publications · 174 citations

    3

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Institutions

95

  1. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    938 citations

  2. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    280 citations

  3. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    227 citations

  4. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    380 citations

  5. FZI Research Center for Information Technology

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    845 citations

  6. University of Naples Federico II

    Naples, Italy

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    329 citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  8. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    436 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Systems and Software

    JSS · 7 publications · 774 citations

    7

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  2. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 6 publications · 1.6K citations

    6

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  3. 2

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  4. Software Quality Journal

    2 publications · 77 citations

    2

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  5. Communications of the ACM

    2 publications · 130 citations

    2

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