For the Special issue on Qualitative Software Engineering Research

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-539

  Dittrich, Yvonne ^a   John, Michael ^b   Singer, Janice ^c   Tessem, Bjørnar ^d  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FRAUNHOFER FIRST   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 34247143789     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.009     Document Type: Editorial

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