A model for understanding software components

Conference on Software Maintenance

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 359-368

  Andrews, Anneliese ^a   Ghosh, Sudipto ^a   Choi, Eun Man ^b  

^a Colorado State University   (United States)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comprehension models; Evolution; Program comprehension; Software component; Software maintenance; Software reuse

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SPREADSHEETS;

SOFTWARE COMPONENTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036440682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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