Modularization of legacy features by relocation and reconceptualization: How much is enough?

Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 171-180

  Olszak, Andrzej ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Nørregaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Design; Features; Modularity; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

END USERS; FEATURES; MODULARITY; MODULARIZATIONS; MODULARIZED; MODULE SYSTEMS; NETBEANS; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; RESTRUCTURING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DESIGN; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; REENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 84860528399     PISSN: 15345351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2012.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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