Software's future: Managing evolution

IEEE Software

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-44

  Lehman, M M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IBM   (United Kingdom)

^d Israeli Ministry of Defense   (Israel)

^e Israeli Ministry of Defense ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f Imperial Software Technology Ltd   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031648261     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.1998.646878     Document Type: Article

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