Grottke, Michael; Liz, Lei; Vaidyanathan, Kalyanaraman; … - 2005
A number of recent studies have reported the phenomenon of “software aging”, characterized by progressive performance … degradation and/or an increased occurrence rate of hang/crash failures of a software system due to the exhaustion of operating … system resources or the accumulation of errors. To counteract this phenomenon, a proactive technique called “software …