Splitting a large software repository for easing future software evolution - An industrial experience report

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-141

  Glorie, Marco ^a   Zaidman, Andy ^a,b   Van Deursen, Arie ^b   Hofland, Lennart ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experience; Formal concept analysis; Industrial; Reengineering; Software clustering

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; EXPERIENCE; FORMAL CONCEPT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL; INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCES; LESSONS LEARNED; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS; SHEER SIZES; SOFTWARE CLUSTERING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTIONS; SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; REENGINEERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 63849293604     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.401     Document Type: Article

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