Analysis of a conflict between aggregation and interface negotiation in microsoft's component object model

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 584-599

  Sullivan, Kevin J ^a   Marchukov, Mark ^a   Socha, John ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 0011824933     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.799960     Document Type: Article

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