Software evolution: Past, present and future

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 673-680

  Bennett, Keith ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Re engineering; Software evolution; Software maintenance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; STANDARDS;

REENGINEERING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030296035     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-5849(96)01116-0     Document Type: Article

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