Model-based software configuration: Patterns and languages

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-600

  Dreiling, Alexander ^a,e   Rosemann, Michael ^b   Van Der Aalst, Wil ^b,c   Heuser, Lutz ^d   Schulz, Karsten ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e SAP Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Configuration; Customising; alignment; Process model; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845952879     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000645     Document Type: Article

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