Evaluating tools to support component based software engineering

Proceedings - 5th International Symposium on Assessment of Software Tools and Technologies, SAST 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 80-89

  Powell, Antony ^a   Vickers, Andrew ^a   Lam, Wing ^b   Williams, Eddie ^c   Cooke, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; GENERIC PROCESS; PROCESS CHANGE; SUPPORT TOOL; TOOL EVALUATIONS; TOOL SELECTION; TOOLS EVALUATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84984734530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AST.1997.599914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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