Rethinking software connectors

SYANCO'07: International Workshop on Synthesis and Analysis of Component Connectors - In conjunction with the 6th ESEC/FSE Joint Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Kell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONFIGURATION LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE CONNECTORS;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 41149162076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1294917.1294918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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