PSL/PSA: A Computer-Aided Technique for Structured Documentation and Analysis of Information Processing Systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn SE-3, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 41-48

  Teichroew, Daniel ^a   Hershey, Ernest A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis; Computer aided documentation; problem statement; PSL PSA; requirements analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DIGITAL;

EID: 0017440209     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.1977.229902     Document Type: Article

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