Measuring software flexibility

IEE Proceedings: Software

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-125

  Eden, A H ^a,b   Mens, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Inquiry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EVOLUTION COMPLEXITY; PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE FLEXIBILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745292547     PISSN: 14625970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-sen:20050045     Document Type: Article

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