An approach to program understanding by natural language understanding

Natural Language Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-236

  Etzkorn, Letha H ^a   Bowen, Lisa L ^a   Davis, Carl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 84994842955     PISSN: 13513249     EISSN: 14698110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1351324999002120     Document Type: Article

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