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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cervantes, Humberto, 1974- author. | Kazman, Rick, author.
Title: Designing software architectures : a practical approach / Humberto
Cervantes, Rick Kazman.
Description: Boston : Addison-Wesley, [2016] | Series: The SEI series in
software engineering | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016005436| ISBN 9780134390789 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 0134390784 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Software architecture. | Big data.
Classification: LCC QA76.758 .C44 2016 | DDC 005.1/2—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016005436
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