A large-scale empirical study on software reuse in mobile apps

IEEE Software

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 78-86

  Mojica, Israel J ^a   Adams, Bram ^b   Nagappan, Meiyappan ^c   Dienst, Steffen ^d   Berger, Thorsten ^e   Hassan, Ahmed E ^c  

^a McAfee ^*  (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Android; mobile apps; software reuse

Indexed keywords

ROBOTS;

ANDROID; ANDROID APPS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; MOBILE APP; MOBILE APPS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 84897046373     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2013.142     Document Type: Article

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