Springer - Thesis Projects - A Guide For Students puter Science And Information Systems - 2Nd Edition - 2008.pdf

Thesis Projects
Mikael Berndtsson • Jörgen Hansson
Björn Olsson • Björn Lundell
Thesis Projects
A Guide for Students puter Science
and Information Systems
Second Edition
Mikael Berndtsson Jörgen Hansson
University of Skövde Software Engineering Institute
Sweden Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
USA
Björn Olsson Björn Lundell
University of Skövde University of Skövde
Sweden Sweden
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ISBN-13: 978-1-84800-008-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-84800-009-4
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Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . .