Software systems as complex networks

Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, ICCI 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 106-115

  Wen, Lian ^a   Kirk, Diana ^a   Dromey, R G ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE INFORMATICS; COMPLEX NETWORK THEORY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; SCALE-FREE; SCALE-FREE NETWORK MODEL; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; UNDERSTANDABILITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; INFORMATION THEORY; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MAINTAINABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 48049110031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COGINF.2007.4341879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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