Automated classification and retrieval of reusable software components

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-627

  Haining, Yao ^a   Etzkorn, Letha H ^b   Virani, Shamsnaz ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SEMANTIC WEB; USER INTERFACES;

RETRIEVE REUSABLE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; USER QUERIES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 39749179840     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20775     Document Type: Article

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