A quantitative approach for assessing the priorities of software quality requirements

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-113

  Liu, Xiaoqing Frank ^a,b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Imprecise; Priority; Requirement; Specification

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0032137918     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(98)10002-X     Document Type: Article

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