Analyzing the evolution of the source code vocabulary

Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 189-198

  Abebe, Surafel Lemma ^a   Haiduc, Sonia ^b   Marcus, Andrian ^b   Tonella, Paolo ^a   Antoniol, Giuliano ^c  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; REENGINEERING;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; NEW TERMS; SET OF QUESTIONS; SOFTWARE ARTIFACTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 67649845785     PISSN: 15345351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2009.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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