Tool support for software measurement, analysis and improvement

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-178

  Tian, Jeff ^a,c   Troster, Joel ^b   Palma, Joe ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM TORONTO LAB   (Canada)

^c Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA REDUCTION; MULTIPROCESSING PROGRAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

SOFTWARE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031281925     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(96)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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