Classifying variability modeling techniques

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 717-739

  Sinnema, Marco ^a   Deelstra, Sybren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Software product family; Variability management; Variability modeling

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

SOFTWARE PRODUCT FAMILY; VARIABILITY MANAGEMENT; VARIABILITY MODELING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 34248523109     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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