Understanding software architectures by visualization - An experiment with graphical elements

Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 39-48

  Knodel, Jens ^a   Muthig, Dirk ^a   Naab, Matthias ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architecture; Experiment; Graphical elements; Program comprehension; SAVE; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; GRAPH THEORY;

GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SAVE;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 34948815097     PISSN: 10951350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2006.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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