Architectural modifications to deployed software

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 143-211

  Klusener, A S ^a,c   Lammel R ^b,c   Verhoef, C ^c  

^a Software Improvement Group   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated program transformation; Definition of software architecture; Software analysis; Software asbestos; Software maintenance; Software malleability; Software modification

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION; DEFINITION OF SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ASBESTOS; SOFTWARE MALLEABILITY; SOFTWARE MODIFICATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 9644303246     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2004.03.012     Document Type: Review

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