Investigating the Applicability of Lehman’s Laws of Software Evolution using Metrics: An Empirical Study on Open Source Software

Nicholas Drouin; Mourad Badri

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Investigating the Applicability of Lehman’s Laws of Software Evolution using Metrics: An Empirical Study on Open Source Software

In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop in Software Evolution and Modernization - Volume 0ENASE, 30-44, 2013 , Angers, France

Authors: Nicholas Drouin and Mourad Badri

Affiliation: University of Quebec, Canada

Keyword(s): Software Evolution, Laws of Software Evolution, Software Quality, Software Attributes, Defects,Software Metrics, Quality Assurance.

Abstract: This paper aims at investigating empirically the applicability of Lehman’s laws of software evolution using software metrics. We used a synthetic metric (Quality Assurance Indicator - Qi), which captures in an integrated way different object-oriented software attributes. We wanted to investigate if the Qi metric can be used to support the applicability of Lehman’s laws of software evolution. We focused on the laws related with continuing change, increasing complexity, continuing growth and declining quality. We performed an empirical analysis using historical data on two open source (Java) software systems. The collected data cover a period of more than four years (fifty-two versions) for the first system and more than seven years (thirty-one versions) for the second one. Empirical results provide evidence that the considered Lehman’s laws are supported by the collected data and the Qi metric.

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Drouin, N. and Badri, M. (2013). Investigating the Applicability of Lehman’s Laws of Software Evolution using Metrics: An Empirical Study on Open Source Software. In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop in Software Evolution and Modernization (ENASE 2013) - SEM; ISBN 978-989-8565-66-2, SciTePress, pages 30-44. DOI: 10.5220/0004598600300044

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