An analysis of errors in a reuse-oriented development environment

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-224

  Thomas, William M ^a   Delis, Alex ^b   Basili, Victor R ^a  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

REUSE ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031236386     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(96)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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