Software visualization

Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-230

  Gračanin, Denis ^a   Matković, Krešimir ^b   Eltoweissy, Mohamed ^c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28044450190     PISSN: 16145046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11334-005-0019-8     Document Type: Review

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