Experimental comparison of coarse-grained concepts in UML, OML, and TOS

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Zendler, Andreas ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Pfeiffer, Till ^b,j   Eicks, Michael ^b   Lehner, Franz ^b,k,l,m,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c C/o MGM EDV ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Softlab GmbH   (Germany)

^f MGM EDV Beratung GmbH   (Germany)

^g German Society of Informatics (GI)   (Germany)

^h IEEE   (Germany)

ⁱ ACM   (Germany)

^j Data Management Department

^k JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^l DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^m Koblenz Sch of Corporate Management   (Germany)

ⁿ DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

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Author keywords

OPEN modeling language; Taxonomic object system (TOS); Unified modeling language (UML)

Indexed keywords

OPEN MODELING LANGUAGE; TEXONOMIC OBJECT SYSTEM; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML);

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0035957810     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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