Studying the chaos of code development

Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 123-133

  Hassan, Ahmed E ^a   Holt, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos; Computer science; Control systems; Costs; History; Operating systems; Project management; Software architecture; Software development management; Software systems

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CHAOS THEORY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COSTS; HISTORY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CODE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; OFFICE PRODUCTIVITIES; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84944626446     PISSN: 10951350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2003.1287243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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