Applying a pragmatics-based creativity-fostering technique to requirements elicitation

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-275

  Mich, Luisa ^a   Anesi, Cinzia ^a   Berry, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploratory experiment; Pragmatics of communication; Problem solving; Viewpoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444435745     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-005-0008-3     Document Type: Article

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