An Empirical Study of the Interplay between Architecture and Software Quality using Evolutionary History of Software

dc.contributor.advisor	Ammann, Paul
dc.contributor.author	Kouroshfar, Ehsan
dc.creator	Kouroshfar, Ehsan
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-28T10:23:53Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-28T10:23:53Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1920/10479
dc.description.abstract	Conventional wisdom suggests that a software system's architecture has a significant impact on its evolution. Well-designed software architecture employs the principle of separation of concern to allocate different functionalities and responsibilities to different architectural elements comprising the system and it is easier to make changes to a software system that has a well-designed architecture. Conversely, bad architecture, manifested as architectural bad smells, can increase the complexity, possibly leading to poor software quality.
dc.format.extent	129 pages
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Copyright 2016 Ehsan Kouroshfar
dc.subject	Computer science	en_US
dc.subject	Architectural Decay	en_US
dc.subject	Defect Prediction	en_US
dc.subject	Empirical Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Mining Software Repositories	en_US
dc.subject	Software Architecture	en_US
dc.subject	Software Quality	en_US
dc.title	An Empirical Study of the Interplay between Architecture and Software Quality using Evolutionary History of Software
dc.type	Dissertation
thesis.degree.level	Ph.D.
thesis.degree.discipline	Computer Science
thesis.degree.grantor	George Mason University