An empirical investigation on the reusability of design patterns and software packages

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2265-2283

  Ampatzoglou, Apostolos ^a   Kritikos, Apostolos ^a   Kakarontzas, George ^a   Stamelos, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Design; Design patterns; Empirical approach; Quality; Reusability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PATTERNS; DESIGN PROBLEMS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOURCE CODES; WHITE BOX;

DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; OPEN SYSTEMS; REUSABILITY; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 80053563848     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.06.047     Document Type: Article

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