Determinants of software maintenance profiles: An empirical investigation

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-251

  Kemerer, Chris F ^a,d,e   Slaughter, Sandra A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e American Management Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Code generators; Cyclomatic complexity; Software complexity; Software maintenance; Software management; Strategic systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

CODE GENERATORS; CYCLOMATIC COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031190436     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-908x(199707/08)9:4<235::aid-smr153>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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