On the evolution complexity of design patterns

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-163

  Mens, Tom ^a   Eden, Amnon H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Design pattern; Software evolution

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PATTERN; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; LOGIC DESIGN; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; UNIX;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 15544382274     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2004.08.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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