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Exploring the evolution of software practices

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Exploring the evolution of software practices. / Dittrich, Yvonne; Michelsen, Christian Bo; Tell, Paolo; Lous, Pernille; Ebdrup, Allan.

ESEC/FSE '20: 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Virtual Event, USA, November 8-13, 2020. ed. / Prem Devanbu; Myra B. Cohen; Thomas Zimmermann. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. p. 493-504.

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Dittrich, Y, Michelsen, CB, Tell, P, Lous, P & Ebdrup, A 2020, Exploring the evolution of software practices. in P Devanbu, MB Cohen & T Zimmermann (eds), ESEC/FSE '20: 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Virtual Event, USA, November 8-13, 2020. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 493-504. https://doi.org/10.1145/3368089.3409766

APA

Dittrich, Y., Michelsen, C. B., Tell, P., Lous, P., & Ebdrup, A. (2020). Exploring the evolution of software practices. In P. Devanbu, M. B. Cohen, & T. Zimmermann (Eds.), ESEC/FSE '20: 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Virtual Event, USA, November 8-13, 2020 (pp. 493-504). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3368089.3409766

Vancouver

Dittrich Y, Michelsen CB, Tell P, Lous P, Ebdrup A. Exploring the evolution of software practices. In Devanbu P, Cohen MB, Zimmermann T, editors, ESEC/FSE '20: 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Virtual Event, USA, November 8-13, 2020. Association for Computing Machinery. 2020. p. 493-504 https://doi.org/10.1145/3368089.3409766

Author

Dittrich, Yvonne ; Michelsen, Christian Bo ; Tell, Paolo ; Lous, Pernille ; Ebdrup, Allan. / Exploring the evolution of software practices. ESEC/FSE '20: 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Virtual Event, USA, November 8-13, 2020. editor / Prem Devanbu ; Myra B. Cohen ; Thomas Zimmermann. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. pp. 493-504

Bibtex

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