A controlled empirical evaluation of a requirements abstraction model

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 790-805

  Gorschek, Tony ^a   Svahnberg, Mikael ^a   Borg, Andreas ^b   Loconsole, AnnaBella ^c   Börstler, Jürgen ^c   Sandahl, Kristian ^b   Eriksson, Magnus ^d  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Land Systems Hägglunds AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empirical evaluation; Pre pilot validation; Requirements abstraction; Requirements abstraction model; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ENGINEERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EMPIRICAL EVALUATION; PRE-PILOT VALIDATION; REQUIREMENTS ABSTRACTION; REQUIREMENTS ABSTRACTION MODELS;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 34248576222     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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