Relating evolving business rules to software design

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 367-382

  Wan Kadir, Wan Mohd Nasir ^a,b,c   Loucopoulos, Pericles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business rules; Software architecture design; Software evolution; User requirements

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RULES; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; USER REQUIREMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942579320     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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