An improved inspection technique

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 51-61

  Knight, John C ^a   Myers, E Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal inspections; reviews; walkthroughs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976736993     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/163359.163366     Document Type: Article

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