Visualization and evolution of software architectures

OpenAccess Series in Informatics

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-42

  Khan, Taimur ^a   Barthel, Henning ^b   Ebert, Achim ^a   Liggesmeyer, Peter ^b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human perception; Software comprehension; Software evolution; Software maintenance; Sofware architecture visualization

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE VISUALIZATION; DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; HUMAN PERCEPTION; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; STATE OF THE ART; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; VISUALIZATION;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84875294643     PISSN: 21906807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.VLUDS.2011.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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