Error propagation in software architectures

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 384-393

  Abdelmoez, W ^a   Nassar, D M ^a   Shereshevsky, M ^a   Gradetsky, N ^a   Gunnalan, R ^a   Ammar, H H ^a   Yu, Bo ^b   Mili, A ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ERROR PROPAGATION; PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SEMANTICS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844309366     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRIC.2004.1357923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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