Techniques for Process Model Evolution in EPOS

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1145-1156

  Jaccheri, Maria Letizia ^a   Conradi, Reidar ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Customization; EPOS; evolution; meta processes; object orientation; process model tools; reflection; software process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REFLECTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CUSTOMIZATION; METAPROCESSES; PROCESS MODEL EVOLUTION; PROCESS MODEL TOOLS; PROCESS MODELING LANGUAGE; PROCESS SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0027858001     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.249660     Document Type: Article

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