Using origin analysis to detect merging and splitting of source code entities

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-181

  Godfrey, Michael W ^a   Zou, Lijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Origin analysis; Reengineering; Restructuring; Reverse engineering; Software evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MERGING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

ORIGIN ANALYSIS; RESTRUCTURING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 17644417780     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2005.28     Document Type: Article

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