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@inproceedings{VanRysselberghe04MSR,
author = {Filip {Van Rysselberghe} and Serge Demyer},
booktitle = {Proceedings {MSR}'04 (International Workshop on
Mining Software Repositories)},
pages = {48-52},
publisher = {IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers)},
title = {Mining Version Control Systems for FACs (Frequently
Applied Changes)},
year = {2004},
abstract = {Today, programmers are forced to maintain a software
system based on their gut feeling and experience.
This pa- per makes an attempt to turn the software
maintenance craft into a more disciplined activity,
by mining for frequently ap- plied changes in a
version control system. Next to some ini- tial
results, we show how this technique allows to recover
and study successful maintenance strategies, adopted
for the redesign of long-lived systems},
annote = {workshoppaper},
}