An architecture for automated software maintenance

Proceedings - 7th International Workshop on Program Comprehension, IWPC 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 38-48

  Sellink, Alex ^a   Verhoef, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated redesign; Automated software maintenance; COBOL; embedded SQL; Reengineering; Software renovation factory; System renovation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COBOL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MAINTENANCE; REENGINEERING;

AUTOMATED REDESIGN; COBOL; EMBEDDED SQL; SOFTWARE RENOVATION; SYSTEM RENOVATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 79960216400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.1999.777742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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