Replication Package for the Paper: Understanding Software Architecture Erosion: A Systematic Mapping Study

This is the replication package for the paper: "Understanding Software Architecture Erosion: A Systematic Mapping Study". It contains five files as described below:

1. List of the Selected Studies_SMS.xlsx
includes the detailed information of the 73 selected studies.

2. Data Extraction.xlsx
includes the extracted data based on the data items (i.e., D1-D16).

3. Sample of Study Selection.xlsx
includes the 100 randomly selected papers from the search results and the results of each round selection.

4. Pilot Data Extraction.xlsx
includes the pilot data extraction results from five papers.

5. Sample of Data Extraction.xlsx
includes the data extraction results from another randomly selected five papers.