A framework for classifying and comparing software architecture evaluation methods

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages 309-318

  Babar, Muhammad Ali ^a   Zhu, Liming ^a   Jeffery, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REVIEWS FOR INTERMEDIATE DESIGNS (ARID); ARCHITECTURE TRADOFF ANALYSIS METHOD (ATAM); SCENARIO-BASED ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS METHOD (SAAM); SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942530486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2004.1290484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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