CASE tool evaluation: Experiences from an empirical study

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-75

  Budgen, David ^a   Thomson, Mitchell ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PROBLEM SOLVING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038729645     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(02)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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