Visualizing software systems as cities

VISSOFT 2007 - Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 92-99

  Wettel, Richard ^a   Lanza, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3-D VISUALIZATION; IN ORDER; INTERNATIONAL (CO); OBJECT-ORIENTED (OO) SOFTWARE; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 42149116096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VISSOF.2007.4290706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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