Continuous and automated evolution of architecture-to-implementation traceability links

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-107

  Murta, Leonardo G P ^a   Van Der Hoek, André ^b   Werner, Cláudia M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration management; Software architecture; Software evolution; Traceability

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CODES (STANDARDS); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; TRACEABILITY;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 38549174768     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: 15737535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10515-007-0020-6     Document Type: Article

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