A simulation model of self-organising evolvability in software systems

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Software Evolvability

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-22

  Cook, Stephen ^a   Harrison, Rachel ^a   Wernick, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

SELF-ORGANISING PROCESSES; SOFTWARE ARTIFACTS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751185127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWSE.2005.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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