Concept formation based approach to object identification in procedural code

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-410

  Sahraoui, Houari A ^a   Lounis, Hakim ^a   Melo, Walcélio ^a   Mili, Hafedh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEGACY SYSTEMS; PROCEDURE ORIENTED LANGUAGES; REENGINEERING;

GALOIS LATTICES; LEGACY SOFTWARE MIGRATION; OBJECT IDENTIFICATION; PROCEDURAL SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0033207448     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008767522970     Document Type: Article

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