Evaluating the mediator method: prism as a case study

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 563-579

  Sullivan, Kevin J ^a   Kalet, Ira J ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract behavioral type; Component based; Design methodology; Implicit invocation; Integration; Mediator; Object oriented; Radiation treatment; Software engineering; Software evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001073116     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.536957     Document Type: Article

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