The weighted combined algorithm: A linkage algorithm for software clustering

Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR

Volumn 8, Issue , 2004, Pages 15-24

  Maqbool, O ^a   Babri, H A ^a  

^a LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Architecture Recovery; Combined Algorithm; Reverse Engineering; Similarity Metrics; Software Clustering; Weighted Combined Algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; METRIC SYSTEM; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ARCHITECTURE RECOVERY; COMBINED ALGORITHMS; SIMILARITY METRICES; SOFTWARE CLUSTERING; WEIGHTED COMBINED ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 3042856057     PISSN: 15345351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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