Communicating software architecture using a unified single-view visualization

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 217-226

  Panas, Thomas ^a   Epperly, Thomas ^a   Quinlan, Daniel ^a   Sæbjørnsen, Andreas ^a   Vuduc, Richard ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

'CURRENT; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; MULTI ASPECTS; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; SOFTWARE-SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE; VISUAL COMPLEXITY; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 46749139085     PISSN: 27708527     EISSN: 27708535     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECCS.2007.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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