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: <strong>1. List of the Selected Studies_SMS.xlsx</strong><br> includes the detailed information of the 73 selected studies. <strong>2. Data Extraction.xlsx</strong><br> includes the extracted data based on the data items (i.e., D1-D16). <strong>3. Sample of Study Selection.xlsx</strong><br> includes the 100 randomly selected papers from the search results and the results of each round selection. <strong>4. Pilot Data Extraction.xlsx</strong><br> includes the pilot data extraction results from five papers. <strong>5. Sample of Data Extraction.xlsx</strong><br> includes the data extraction results from another randomly selected five papers.