Determining factors that affect long-term evolution in scientific application software

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 851-861

  Kelly, Diane ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characteristics of scientific software development; Empirical study; Long term software evolution; Model of change; Scientific software

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDY; LONG LIFETIMES; LONG-TERM EVOLUTIONS; LONG-TERM SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHODS; RESEARCH USE; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCHES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 62849088544     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.11.846     Document Type: Article

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