Fast, accurate call graph profiling

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-264

  Spivey, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call graph profiling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROGRAM COMPILERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

CALL GRAPH PROFILING; DYNAMIC METHOD BINDING;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 1542680160     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.562     Document Type: Article

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