Using software evolution to focus architectural recovery

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-256

  Medvidovic, Nenad ^a   Jakobac, Vladimir ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural style; Architecture erosion; Architecture recovery; Evolution; Focus; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EROSION; FOCUSING; SPECIFICATIONS;

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE; ARCHITECTURE EROSION; ARCHITECTURE RECOVERY; EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33644896289     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: 15737535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10515-006-7737-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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