Detecting defects in object oriented designs: Using reading techniques to increase software quality

SIGPLAN Notices (ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages)

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 47-56

  Travassos, Guilherme H ^b   Shull, Forrest ^a   Fredericks, Michael ^a   Basili, Victor R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Fraunhofer Center Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Object Oriented Software Quality; Object Testing and Metrics; Software Engineering Practices; Software Inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144421269     PISSN: 03621340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/320385.320389     Document Type: Article

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