Dealing with performance requirements during the development of information systems

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 1993, Pages 42-49

  Nixon, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; INFORMATION USE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

CREDIT CARDS; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749909775     PISSN: 1090705X     EISSN: 23326441     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISRE.1993.324838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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