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Theoretical and practical complexity of modeling methods

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Highlighting the importance of taking into account typical usage when estimating the complexity of a systems development method.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 8
          August 2007
          94 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1278201
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