Empirical incremental approach to tool evaluation and improvement

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-35

  Miller, J ^a   MacDonald, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

SOFTWARE INSPECTION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033747572     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(99)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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