A Framework for Understanding Conceptual Changes in Evolving Source Code

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 431-439

  Gold, Nicolas ^a   Mohan, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Program comprehension; Software evolution; Source code analysis

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

SOURCE CODES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77956620201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2003.1235453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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