Identifying modules via concept analysis

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 749-768

  Siff, Michael ^a   Reps, Thomas ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; LEGACY SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

CONCEPT ANALYSIS; LEGACY CODE; SOFTWARE MIGRATION; SOFTWARE RESTRUCTURING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033307514     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.824377     Document Type: Article

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