Search strategies for Java bottleneck location by dynamic instrumentation

IEE Proceedings: Software

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Brear, D J ^a   Weise, T ^a   Wiffen, T ^a   Yeung, K C ^a   Bennett, S A M ^a   Kelly, P H J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PERFORMANCE; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS;

CALLGRAPH SEARCH ALGORITHM; JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECK; SOFTWARE PACKAGE JAVA BOTTLENECK LOCATOR TOOLKIT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE JAVA UTILITY FOR DYNAMIC INSTRUMENTATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0142008480     PISSN: 14625970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-sen:20030807     Document Type: Article

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