Analyzing software evolution through feature views

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 425-456

  Greevy, Orla ^a   Ducasse, Stéphane ^b   Gîrba, Tudor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Feature views; Reverse engineering; Software evolution

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FEATURE VIEWS; PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845410484     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.340     Document Type: Article

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