Using design pattern clues to improve the precision of design pattern detection tools

Journal of Object Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-31

  Fontana, Francesca Arcelli ^a   Zanoni, Marco ^a   Maggioni, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design pattern detection; Design recovery; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance; Software re engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053566024     PISSN: 16601769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5381/jot.2011.10.1.a4     Document Type: Article

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