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MAANA: an automated tool for DoMAin-specific HANdling of ambiguity

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MAANA: an automated tool for DoMAin-specific HANdling of ambiguity. / Ezzini, Saad; Abualhaija, Sallam; Arora, Chetan et al.
ICSE (Companion Volume): Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2021. 2021. p. 188-189 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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Ezzini, S, Abualhaija, S, Arora, C, Sabetzadeh, M & Briand, L 2021, MAANA: an automated tool for DoMAin-specific HANdling of ambiguity. in ICSE (Companion Volume): Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2021. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 188-189. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00082

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Ezzini, S., Abualhaija, S., Arora, C., Sabetzadeh, M., & Briand, L. (2021). MAANA: an automated tool for DoMAin-specific HANdling of ambiguity. In ICSE (Companion Volume): Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2021 (pp. 188-189). (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00082

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Ezzini S, Abualhaija S, Arora C, Sabetzadeh M, Briand L. MAANA: an automated tool for DoMAin-specific HANdling of ambiguity. In ICSE (Companion Volume): Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2021. 2021. p. 188-189. (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). doi: 10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00082

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Ezzini, Saad ; Abualhaija, Sallam ; Arora, Chetan et al. / MAANA: an automated tool for DoMAin-specific HANdling of ambiguity. ICSE (Companion Volume): Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2021. 2021. pp. 188-189 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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