A metamodeling approach for requirements specification

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 67-77

  Navarro, Elena ^a   Letelier, Patricio ^b   Mocholi, Jose Antonio ^b   Ramos, Isidro ^b  

^a UCLM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspect oriented; Goal oriented; Metamodeling; Software Requirements Engineering; UML; Use case; Variability

Indexed keywords

SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ASPECT-ORIENTED; GOAL-ORIENTED; METAMODELING; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS; VARIABILITY;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751567908     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08874417.2006.11645925     Document Type: Article

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