Evaluation of object-oriented design patterns in game development

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 445-454

  Ampatzoglou, Apostolos ^a   Chatzigeorgiou, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Design patterns; Game development; Software evaluation; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAINTENANCE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

DESIGN PATTERNS; GAME DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE EVALUATION; SOFTWARE METRICS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 33847668436     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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