Confronting the myth of rapid obsolescence in computing research

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Sjøberg, Dag I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING RESEARCH; PRICE INDEX; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE;

OBSOLESCENCE;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77956271418     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1810891.1810911     Document Type: Article

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