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API change and fault proneness: a threat to the success of Android apps

Mario Linares Vásquez, Gabriele Bavota, Carlos Bernal-Cárdenas, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rocco Oliveto, Denys Poshyvanyk

PDFDOI 10.1145/2491411.2491428dblp

Abstract

During the recent years, the market of mobile software applications (apps) has maintained an impressive upward trajectory. Many small and large software development companies invest considerable resources to target available opportunities. As of today, the markets for such devices feature over 850K+ apps for Android and 900K+ for iOS. Availability, cost, functionality, and usability are just some factors that determine the success or lack of success for a given app. Among the other factors, reliability is an important criteria: users easily get frustrated by repeated failures, crashes, and other bugs; hence, abandoning some apps in favor of others.

BibTeX
@inproceedings{Vasquez-al:FSE13,
  author    = {Mario Linares V{\'{a}}squez and
               Gabriele Bavota and
               Carlos Bernal{-}C{\'{a}}rdenas and
               Massimiliano Di Penta and
               Rocco Oliveto and
               Denys Poshyvanyk},
  title     = {{API} change and fault proneness: a threat to the success of Android apps},
  booktitle = {{ESEC/SIGSOFT} {FSE}},
  pages     = {477--487},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2013},
}

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