An architectural pattern for non-functional dependability requirements

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1370-1378

  Xu, Lihua ^a   Ziv, Hadar ^a   Alspaugh, Thomas A ^a   Richardson, Debra J ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural patterns; Aspects; Non functional requirements; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS; ASPECTS; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 33747878941     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.02.061     Document Type: Article

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