Functional Paleontology: System Evolution as the User Sees It

6/18/01


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Functional Paleontology: System Evolution as the User Sees It

Reification of Software

Context: Research Questions (Shaw, ICSE 2001)

Context: Research Questions (Shaw, ICSE 2001)

Context: Research Questions (Shaw, ICSE 2001)

Context: Research Questions (Shaw, ICSE 2001)

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Functional Morphology

Functional Evolution

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Benefit Categories (Telephony)

Burden Categories (Telephony)

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Service Epochs & Expansions

Changes in Benefit/Burden Profile

Burden Profile

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Punctuated Evolution

Periodic Retrenchment

Functional Decentralization: Benefit Actors First, Then Others

Functional Decentralization: Object-Level Benefits First, Then Meta-Level Benefits

Benefit/Burden Dialectic

Benefit/Burden Dialectic

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 Author: College of Computing

Email: potts@cc.gatech.edu

Home Page: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~potts