Software architecture review: The state of practice

Computer

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 26-32

  Babar, Muhammad Ali ^a   Gorton, Ian ^b  

^a University of Limerick   (Ireland)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture reviews; Computer architecture; Data mining; Organizations; Software architecture; Standards organizations; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349109439     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2009.233     Document Type: Review

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