Evaluating the quality of information models: Empirical testing of a conceptual model quality framework

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 295-305

  Moody, Daniel L ^a,b   Sindre, Guttorm ^c,d   Brasethvik, Terje ^c   Sølvberg, Arne ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY THEORY; SEMIOTICS;

ENTITY RELATIONSHIP; INFORMATION MODELS; QUALITY FRAMEWORK;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037925323     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icse.2003.1201209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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