Software evolution—Background, theory, practice

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Managing the development of large software systems: concepts and techniques

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Programs, life cycles, and laws of software evolution

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Software maintenance and evolution

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Computing, Systems Engineering, Maintenance Engineering +16

Metrics and laws of software evolution-the nineties view

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Computing, Computer Science, Quality Engineering +12