Migrating towards co-operative requirements engineering

Computing and Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  Alexander, Ian ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR CORRECTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COOPERATIVE INQUIRY; RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033077261     PISSN: 09563385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/cce:19990105     Document Type: Article

References (28)

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