Instrumenting time-sensitive software for feature location

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 130-137

  Edwards, Dennis ^a   Wilde, Norman ^a   Simmons, Sharon ^a   Golden, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS METHOD; END USERS; FEATURE LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE; LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SENSITIVE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349989058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2009.5090036     Document Type: Article

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