A meta-model for formulating knowledge-based models of software development

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-330

  Mi, Peiwei ^a   Scacchi, Walt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge based modelling; Knowledge based models of software development; Meta modeling model composition; Software process modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000140339     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9236(96)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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