An approach to modelling long-term growth trends in software systems

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 219-228

  Lehman, M M ^a   Ramil, J F ^a   Sandler, U ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION PLANNING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE GROWTH;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77956612679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2001.972735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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