A technique to analyze information-flow in object-oriented programs

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 305-314

  Li, Bixin ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Information flow; Object orientation; Program slicing

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

CONTROL-FLOW ANALYSIS (CFA); CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037446821     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(02)00223-9     Document Type: Article

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