A quality-driven decision-support method for identifying software architecture candidates

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-573

  Svahnberg, Mikael ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^a   Lundberg, Lars ^a   Mattsson, Michael ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Quality attributes; Software architectures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0348146372     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194003001421     Document Type: Article

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