Automated design improvement by example

SoMeT_07 - The 6th International Conference on Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  O'Keeffe, Mark ^a   Ócinneide, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Automated design improvement; Metrics; Refactoring

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; AUTOMATED DESIGN IMPROVEMENT; DESIGN METRICS; DESIGN QUALITY; HIGH COSTS; JAVA PROGRAM; METRIC VALUES; METRICS; OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAM; QUALITY MODELS; REFACTORINGS; SEARCH PROBLEM;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DESIGN; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84858650501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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