ViewFinder: an object browser

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-234

  D'Atri, Alessandro ^a   Motro, Amihai ^b   Tarantino, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; ONLINE SEARCHING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

EXPLORATORY SEARCHES; GRAPHICAL TOOL; OBJECT BROWSER; SEMANTIC NETWORK; SOFTWARE PACKAGE VIEWFINDER;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032651573     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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