This article presents a method for valuing software based on the income that use of that software is expected to … present value, and the like, are applied, always focusing on the benefits and costs of software. A major issue, not dealt with … in the literature of valuing intangibles, is that software is continually upgraded. Applying depreciation schedules is …

turbine by minimizing the downtime. It has been proved that the CMS-based maintenance, compared to scheduled and corrective … maintenance, is more suitable in many aspects with few disadvantages. The cost of CMS design and installation is substantial in … comparison to other maintenance approaches but in the longer run CMS provides benefits surpassing the costs. There are such …

Program comprehension is an integral part of the evolution and maintenance of large software systems. As it is … knowledge during concept location, which is one of the tasks of software evolution and maintenance, and it is a prerequisite of … a software change. We conduct a user study to measure the performance of programmers using concept maps to assist with …