LaSSIE: A Knowledge-Based Software Information System

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 34-49

  Devanbu, Prem ^a   Brachman, Ron ^a   Selfridge, Peter G ^a   Ballard, Bruce W ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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EID: 0002186214     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/103167.103172     Document Type: Article

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