Identifying polymorphism change and impact in object-orientated software maintenance

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 357-387

  Gao, Jerry ^a   Chen, Chris ^a   Toyoshima, Y ^a   Kung, David ^b   Hsia, Pei ^b  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Object orientated programs; Object orientated software maintenance; Object orientated software technology; Software change and impact analysis; Software maintenance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; POLYMORPHISM; RIPPLE EFFECTS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030284371     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-908x(199611)8:6<357::aid-smr139>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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