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From: jfoster@axion.bt.co.uk (John Foster)
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Subject: Re: Software Maintenance
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Date: 11 Jul 90 11:52:54 GMT
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From article <1990Jul11.000653.7802@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, by madhav@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Neel Madhav):
> This is a request for references which introduce the field
> of software maintenance. I am looking for papers/books which
> survey the field from a technical viewpoint.
> Visits to the library produced an abundance of material which is
> difficult to sift through. Therefore, I am looking for one
> or two references.

You could try:

Parikh, G. and Zvegintzov, N.
"Tutorial on Software Maintenance"
IEEE Computer Society Press, 1983
A collection of papers on the subject, plus an annotated bibliography.

Parikh, G.
"Discovering the World of Software Maintenance: Selected Readings"
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Vol 10 no 5, Oct 1985

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Vol 13 no 3, Mar 1987
Special section on software maintenance, including "The State of
Software Maintenance" by Norman Schneidewind

Also issues of:
Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice
published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Baffins Lane,
Chichester, Sussex PO19 1UD, England.

Hope this helps


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