Inference of object-oriented design patterns

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 309-330

  Tonella, Paolo ^a,c,d   Antoniol, Giulio ^b,c  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d University of Padua ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Code analysis; Concept analysis; Design patterns; Reverse engineering; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142180704     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.235     Document Type: Article

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