A scenario-based approach to the evolution of telecommunications software

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 94-100

  Mansurov, Nikolai N ^a   Probert, Robert L ^b  

^a KLOCwork   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL DESCRIPTION TECHNIQUE; LEGACY SOFTWARE; SCENARIO BASED METHOD; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SPECIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; STANDARD MODELING LANGUAGES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; LEGACY SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035472246     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.956120     Document Type: Article

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