Software has become omnipresent and vital in our information-based society, so all software
producers should assume responsibility for its reliability. While “reliable” originally assumed
implementations that were effective and mainly error-free, additional issues like adaptability
and maintainability have gained equal importance recently. For example, the 2004 ACM/IEEE
Software Engineering Curriculum Guidelines list software evolution as one of ten key areas of
software engineering education.
Mens and Demeyer, both international authorities in the field of software evolution, together
with the invited contributors, focus on novel trends in software evolution research and its
relations with other emerging disciplines such as model-driven software engineering,
service-oriented software development, and aspect-oriented software development. They do not
restrict themselves to the evolution of source code but also address the evolution of other,
equally important software artifacts such as databases and database schemas, design models,
software architectures, and process management. The contributing authors provide broad
overviews of related work, and they also contribute to a comprehensive glossary, a list of
acronyms, and a list of books, journals, websites, standards and conferences that together
represent the communitys body of knowledge.
Combining all these features, this book is the indispensable source for researchers and
professionals looking for an introduction and comprehensive overview of the state of the art. In
addition, it is an ideal basis for an advanced course on software evolution.
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