Evidence in architecture degradation and consistency checking research
Sebastian Herold, Martin Blom, Jim Buckley · 2016
Theory suggests that software development may benefit from applying architecture consistency checking and hence, academics have focused on this area. In such circumstances it is important to characterize the overall focus of the field, in order to assess the actual impact of the research work carried out to date, identifying where researchers are placing their effort and which sub-topics are being neglected. In doing so a map is provided for researchers allowing them focus on relevant research gaps and avoiding saturated sub-topics, to deliver results relevant for academia and industrial practice.