Value based software reuse investment

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 1998, Pages 5-52

  Favaro, John M ^a   Favaro, Kenneth R ^b   Favaro, Paul F ^c  

^a Intecs Sistemi SpA   (Italy)

^b Marakon Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c Marakon Associates   (United States)

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EID: 0032350502     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018976424679     Document Type: Article

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