Combating architectural degeneration: A survey

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 643-656

  Hochstein, Lorin ^a   Lindvall, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture compliance; Architecture recovery; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURVEYS;

ARCHITECTURE COMPLIANCE; ARCHITECTURE RECOVERY; DEGENERATED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 21244436753     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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