@inproceedings{ac6542fc20ac4391bf9ed67051e6a5ce,
title = "A formal study of backward compatible dynamic software updates",
abstract = "We study the dynamic software update problem for programs interacting with an environment that is not necessarily updated. We argue that such updates should be backward compatible. We propose a general definition of backward compatibility and cases of backward compatible program update. Based on our detailed study of real world program evolution, we propose classes of backward compatible update for interactive programs, which are included at an average of 32% of all studied program changes. The definitions of update classes are parameterized by our novel framework of program equivalence, which generalizes existing results on program equivalence to non-terminating executions. Our study of backward compatible updates is based on a typed extension of W language.",
author = "Jun Shen and Rida Bazzi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 13th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2015 ; Conference date: 07-09-2015 Through 11-09-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-22969-0_17",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319229683",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "231--248",
editor = "Bernhard Rumpe and Radu Calinescu",
booktitle = "Software Engineering and Formal Methods - 13th International Conference, SEFM 2015, Proceedings",
}