The FEAST approach to quantitative process modelling of software evolution processes

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1840, Issue , 2000, Pages 311-325

  Ramil, Juan F ^a   Lehman, Meir M ^a   Kahen, Goel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

E-TYPE SOFTWARE; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MODELLING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION PROCESS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84949969958     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45051-1_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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