Visualizing the Java heap to detect memory problems

Proceedings of VISSOFT 2009 - 5th IEEE International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-80

  Reiss, Steven P ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JAVA SYSTEM; MEMORY PROBLEMS; RUNNING SYSTEMS; SYSTEM USE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 73649116312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VISSOF.2009.5336418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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