Understanding Architectural Complexity, Maintenance Burden, and Developer Sentiment -A Large-Scale Study

Intuitively, the more complex a software system is, the harder it is to maintain. Statistically, it is not clear which complexity metrics correlate with maintenance effort; in fact, it is not even clear how to objectively measure maintenance burden, so that developers' sentiment and intuition c...

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Published in:	Proceedings / International Conference on Software Engineering pp. 2176 - 2187
Main Authors:	Cai, Yuanfang, He, Lanting, Qian, Jun, Kochinski, Yony, Zhang, Nan, Jaspan, Ciera, Bianco, Antonio
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 26.04.2025
Subjects:	Complexity theory Correlation Costs Internet Java Maintenance Monitoring Software Design Software Maintenance Software measurement Software Metrics Surveys Time measurement
ISSN:	1558-1225
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