A method for the identification of reusable units through the reengineering of legacy code

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-134

  Burd, Elizabeth ^a   Munro, Malcolm ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legacy systems; Maintenance; Reengineering; Reuse; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; LEGACY SYSTEMS; REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

LEGACY CODE; REUSABLE UNITS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 0032297730     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(98)10049-3     Document Type: Article

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