An intelligent tool for analysis of imprecise software quality requirements from different perspectives

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-223

  Liu, Xiaoqing Frank ^a   Jia, Ruoqian ^a,b   Viswanathan, Ravi ^a,b  

^a Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict detection; Fuzzy logic; House of quality; Imprecise software requirement; Inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000315353     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X9800600304     Document Type: Review

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