A Three-Dimensional Approach to Evolving Software

Abstract

Computing paradigms are becoming ubiquitous and complex in computing tasks, as a computing environment is changing from one dimension to three dimensions to reflect computing tasks changing from scientific computing to ubiquitous computing. By the same principle, software evolution approach should also be a three-dimensional one. Hence a three-dimensional evolution approach is proposed by addressing the relationships among software functions, software qualities and software models. Experiments were carried out to prove the proposed concept, which projects a number of concluding remarks for this study.