Can Thomas Kuhn's paradigms help us understand software engineering?

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Wernick, Paul ^a   Hall, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disciplinary matrix; Information systems development; Kuhn; Paradigm; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644325677     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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