Writing research article introductions in software engineering: How accurate is a standard model?

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-46

  Anthony, Laurence ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Engineering; Genre; Pedagogy; Software

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING GENRES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033098620     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.749366     Document Type: Article

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