Can Programmers Reuse Software?

IEEE Software

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 52-59

  Woodfield, Scott N ^a   Embley, David W ^a   Scott, Del T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT-DATA-TYPE LIBRARIES; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0023384879     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.1987.231064     Document Type: Article

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