Architectural knowledge discovery with latent semantic analysis: Constructing a reading guide for software product audits

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1456-1469

  de Boer, Remco C ^a   van Vliet, Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Architectural knowledge; Knowledge discovery; Latent semantic analysis; Software architecture; Software product audit

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS (LSA); MENTAL MODELS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; VECTOR SPACE MODEL (VSM);

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 47549116535     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.12.815     Document Type: Article

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