An approach for reverse engineering of design patterns

A validation of object-oriented design metrics as quality indicators

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Computing, Information Systems, Quality Assurance +16

Design recovery by automated search for structural design patterns in object-oriented software

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Computing, Computer Science, Design +15

Pattern-based reverse-engineering of design components

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Architecture, Design, Computer-aided Design +9

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Computing, Computer Science, Design Automation +11

Design reverse-engineering and automated design-pattern detection in Smalltalk

Kyle Brown · NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries) · 1996 · 128 citations · Full text

Arts, Design, Design Automation +8