Laws of software evolution revisited

Lehman, M. M.·1996·Lecture Notes in Computer Science

DOI 10.1007/bfb0017737

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Authors: Lehman, M. M.
Venue: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1996
Pages: 108-124
ISSN: 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
1611-3349
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0017737
OpenAlex: W1506513518
Cited by: 572
References: 0
FWCI: 3.57
Type: conference paper
Language: en
Open access: closed

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