Empirical Studies in Software Maintenance and Evolution

While most researchers agree on the need for empirical validation of theoretical results, two main issues remain unaddressed: first, few such studies are actually performed and second, coordination among different studies is very rare. This working session aim at bringing together the researchers interested in conducting empirical studies in maintenance and evolution. The goal is to define an important topic, design a family of experiments, provide the basis to conduct a set of coordinated experiments to advance the state of empirical evidence in this area.