{"id":"https://openalex.org/W84838725","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194006002665","title":"VISUALIZING THE EVOLUTION OF SOFTWARE USING SOFTCHANGE","display_name":"VISUALIZING THE EVOLUTION OF SOFTWARE USING SOFTCHANGE","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W84838725","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194006002665","mag":"84838725"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1142/s0218194006002665","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194006002665","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S131442419","display_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","issn_l":"0218-1940","issn":["0218-1940","1793-6403"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319815","host_organization_name":"World Scientific","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319815"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["World Scientific"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5027592388","display_name":"Daniel M. Germ\u00e1n","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5661-4392"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I212119943","display_name":"University of Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/04s5mat29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"DANIEL M. GERMAN","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3P6, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3P6, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070785370","display_name":"Abram Hindle","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4373-4958"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I212119943","display_name":"University of Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/04s5mat29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"ABRAM HINDLE","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3P6, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3P6, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":18.0521,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":46,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.988868,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"01","first_page":"5","last_page":"21"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11675","display_name":"Open Source Software Innovations","score":0.9901999831199646,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11975","display_name":"Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications","score":0.9614999890327454,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-evolution","display_name":"Software evolution","score":0.7217159867286682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6726427674293518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4350331425666809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.42566561698913574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.31226348876953125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.2580112814903259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.24311822652816772}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202105479","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265013","display_name":"Software evolution","level":5,"score":0.7217159867286682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6726427674293518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4350331425666809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.42566561698913574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.31226348876953125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.2580112814903259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.24311822652816772}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1142/s0218194006002665","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194006002665","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S131442419","display_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","issn_l":"0218-1940","issn":["0218-1940","1793-6403"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319815","host_organization_name":"World Scientific","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319815"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["World Scientific"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.105.9110","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.105.9110","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://turingmachine.org/~dmg/dchurch/seke.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.514.2004","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.2004","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://turingmachine.org/files/papers/2004/dmgseke2004.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"mag:84838725","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/seke/seke2004.html#GermanHJ04","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306420911","display_name":"Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":"Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W62257816","https://openalex.org/W2027576706","https://openalex.org/W2039785095","https://openalex.org/W2110385988","https://openalex.org/W2112584502","https://openalex.org/W2171733741","https://openalex.org/W2321915840"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2110385988","https://openalex.org/W1533432827","https://openalex.org/W2100849134","https://openalex.org/W2150231504","https://openalex.org/W2080378883","https://openalex.org/W2321915840","https://openalex.org/W2067172306","https://openalex.org/W2133961160","https://openalex.org/W2059212462","https://openalex.org/W2025674334","https://openalex.org/W2140548917","https://openalex.org/W1994360381","https://openalex.org/W1597810835","https://openalex.org/W2587687570","https://openalex.org/W2143728276","https://openalex.org/W2961254252","https://openalex.org/W2913703134","https://openalex.org/W2093144617","https://openalex.org/W2107294940","https://openalex.org/W1496838008"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0],"typical":[1],"software":[2,21,69,76],"development":[3],"team":[4],"leaves":[5],"behind":[6],"a":[7,31,75],"large":[8],"amount":[9],"of":[10,60],"information.":[11,56],"This":[12],"information":[13],"takes":[14],"different":[15],"forms,":[16],"such":[17],"as":[18],"mail":[19],"messages,":[20],"releases,":[22],"version":[23],"control":[24],"logs,":[25],"defect":[26],"reports,":[27],"etc.":[28],"softChange":[29,61],"is":[30],"tool":[32],"that":[33],"retrieves":[34],"this":[35,55],"information,":[36],"analyses":[37],"and":[38,47,53,68],"enhances":[39],"it":[40,62],"by":[41],"finding":[42],"new":[43],"relationships":[44],"amongst":[45],"it,":[46],"then":[48],"allows":[49],"users":[50],"to":[51,63],"navigate":[52],"visualize":[54],"The":[57],"main":[58],"objective":[59],"help":[64],"programmers,":[65],"their":[66],"management":[67],"evolution":[70],"researchers":[71],"in":[72],"understanding":[73],"how":[74],"product":[77],"has":[78],"evolved":[79],"since":[80],"its":[81],"conception.":[82]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
