Acquiring COTS software selection requirements

IEEE Software

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 46-56

  Maiden, Neil A ^a   Ncube, Cornelius ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PROCUREMENT ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING (PORE); TEMPLATED BASED APPROACHES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0032023574     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/52.663784     Document Type: Article

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