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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 35 , Issue 4 (April 1992) table of contents

Pages: 55 - 64

Year of Publication: 1992

ISSN:0001-0782

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Neil Maiden	City Univ., London, UK
Alistair Sutcliffe	City Univ., London, UK

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.1 Requirements/Specifications
Subjects: Tools

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
Subjects: Computer-aided software engineering (CASE); Software libraries
D.2.m Miscellaneous
Subjects: Reusable software**
D.m MISCELLANEOUS
Subjects: Software psychology**

General Terms:
Design, Standardization

Keywords:
analogies

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