14 Software and Robotic Maintenance
14.1 Introduction
Today, the maintenance field has developed to a level where it has started to branch out into many specialized areas including software maintenance and robotic maintenance.
Software maintenance is the process of making changes to the software system/component subsequent to delivery for improving performance or other attributes, rectifying faults, or adapting to a change in the use environment [1, 2]. In the early years of computing, software maintenance was only a small element of the overall software life cycle, but in recent years, it has become a major factor. For example, in 1955, the proportion of time spent on maintenance-related activities was around ...
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