Challenges in software evolution

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE)

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-22

  Mens, Tom ^a   Demeyer, Serge ^b   Wermelinger, Michel ^c   Hirschfeld, Robert ^d   Ducasse, Stéphane ^e   Jazayeri, Mehdi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DOCOMO EURO LABS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCESS CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE AGING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33846512281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWPSE.2005.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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