Abstraction and context in requirements engineering: Toward a synthesis

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 1997, Pages 23-61

  Potts, Colin ^a   Hsi, Idris ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0031479464     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018994106507     Document Type: Article

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