Requirements of software visualization tools: A literature survey

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2-9

  Kienle, Holger M ^a   Müller, Hausi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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INTERNATIONAL (CO); LITERATURE SURVEYS; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

EID: 46449106686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VISSOF.2007.4290693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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