Assessing the value of coding standards: An empirical study

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 277-286

  Boogerd, Cathal ^a   Moonen, Leon ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; PROGRAMMING THEORY; STANDARDS;

CODING STANDARDS; EMPIRICAL DATUMS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES; RULE VIOLATIONS; SET OF RULES; WIDESPREAD USES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 57849089183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2008.4658076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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