An integrated approach for studying architectural evolution

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 127-136

  Tu, Qiang ^a   Godfrey, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer science; Data visualization; Engines; History; Navigation; Software architecture; Software maintenance; Software prototyping; Software systems; Software tools

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DATA VISUALIZATION; ENGINES; HISTORY; NAVIGATION; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; VISUALIZATION;

ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES; ARCHITECTURAL EVOLUTION; INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT; NAVIGATION INTERFACE; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION; WEB-BASED VISUALIZATION;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 84948677440     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2002.1021334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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