Automatic identification of key classes in a software system using webmining techniques

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 387-417

  Zaidman, Andy ^a   Demeyer, Serge ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coupling; Dynamic analysis; Program comprehension; Webmining

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE;

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATIONS; CASE STUDIES; COUPLING METRICS; DETECTION APPROACHES; ON DYNAMICS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; SOFTWARE PROJECTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; WEB MININGS; WEBMINING;

SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

EID: 56849117427     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.370     Document Type: Article

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