Disposable Information Systems: The Future of Software Maintenance?

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Voas, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Cigital   (United States)

^b Center for National Software Studies   (United States)

^c COMPASS'97 ^*  (United States)

^d ISSRE'99   (United States)

^e ICSM 2000 ^*  (United States)

^f The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Component based software; COTS; Disposable systems; Software cost; Software maintainability; Software quality

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE; DISPOSABLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0032679326     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-908x(199903/04)11:2<143::aid-smr186>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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