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

<p>This is the replication package for the paper: &quot;Understanding Software Architecture Erosion: A Systematic Mapping Study&quot;. It contains five files as described below:</p> <p><strong>1. List of the Selected Studies_SMS.xlsx</strong><br> includes the detailed information of the 73 selected studies.</p> <p><strong>2. Data Extraction.xlsx</strong><br> includes the extracted data based on the data items (i.e.,&nbsp;D1-D16).</p> <p><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.</p> <p><strong>4. Pilot Data Extraction.xlsx</strong><br> includes the pilot data extraction results from five papers.</p> <p><strong>5. Sample of Data Extraction.xlsx</strong><br> includes the data extraction results from another randomly selected five papers.</p>