A new research agenda for tool integration

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1569-1585

  Wicks, M N ^a   Dewar, R G ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Software engineering; Software engineering environments; Software tools; Tool integration; Tool integration dimensions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTING; TOOL INTEGRATION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547738055     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.03.089     Document Type: Article

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