Software comprehension/maintenance: An introductory course

Proceedings - 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering, IICSEng 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 414-419

  Austin III, Milton A ^a   Samadzadeh, M H ^b  

^a Software Engineering

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODE COMPREHENSION METHODS; COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMS; SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SCIENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 33845928555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENG.2005.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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