A disturbing result on the knowledge used during software maintenance

Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 277-286

  Ramal, Marcelo Fenoll ^a   De Moura Meneses, Ricardo ^a   Anquetil, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Application software; Cognitive science; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Documentation; Knowledge engineering; Maintenance engineering; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance; Software tools

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

APPLICATION DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE BASED TOOLS; LONG-TERM PROJECTS; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 23844520843     PISSN: 10951350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2002.1173085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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