AbStFinder, a Prototype Natural Language Text Abstraction Finder for Use in Requirements Elicitation

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-412

  Goldin, Leah ^a   Berry, Daniel M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abstraction finder; Evaluation of tool; Natural language text; Requirements elicitation; Tool use method

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

NATURAL TEXT ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031259336     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008617922496     Document Type: Article

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