Requirements engineering paper classification and evaluation criteria: A proposal and a discussion

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-107

  Wieringa, Roel ^a   Maiden, Neil ^b   Mead, Nancy ^c   Rolland, Colette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Paper classification; Paper evaluation criteria; Requirements engineering research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044444123     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-005-0021-6     Document Type: Article

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