A statistical examination of the evolution and properties of libre software

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 439-442

  Herraiz, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SOURCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LIBRE SOFTWARE; SELF-SIMILAR; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; THIRD PARTIES; UNIVERSAL THEORY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; VERIFICATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70849101734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2009.5306299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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