Visual assessment of software evolution

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-248

  Voinea, Lucian ^a   Lukkien, Johan ^a   Telea, Alexandru ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

SCM data mining; Software evolution; Software visualization

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA MINING; DATA REDUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT (SCM) SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION; VISUAL ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 33947175474     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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