Building theories in software engineering

Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 312-336

  Sjoberg, Dag I K ^a   Dybå, Tore ^a   Anda, Bente C D ^a   Hannay, Jo E ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

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EID: 52949100068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-044-5_12     Document Type: Chapter

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