Unifying clones with a generative programming technique: A case study

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-292

  Jarzabek, Stan ^a   Li, Shubiao ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Class libraries; Generative programming; Maintainability; Object oriented methods; Reusability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COSTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; XML;

CLASS LIBRARIES; GENERATIVE PROGRAMMING; OBJECT-ORIENTED METHODS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33747790264     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.333     Document Type: Article

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