The chaos of software development

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE)

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 84-94

  Hassan, A E ^a   Holt, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos; Computer science; Information theory; Memory management; Monitoring; Operating systems; Programming; Project management; Software architecture; Software systems

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MONITORING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPLEX PROCESSES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY MANAGEMENT; OFFICE PRODUCTIVITIES; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; SHANNON'S ENTROPY; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84938725180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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