Use case maps as architectural entities for complex systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1131-1155

  Buhr, R J A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Requirements; Scenarios; Software architecture; System behavior; Use case maps; Use cases

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SCENARIO-BASED NOTATIONS; USE CASE MAPS (UCM);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032299618     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.738343     Document Type: Article

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