Classifying architectural constraints as a basis for software quality assessment

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-179

  Giesecke, Simon ^a   Hasselbring, Wilhelm ^a   Riebisch, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architectural constraints; Architectural style; Software quality assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURVEYING; TAXONOMIES;

ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRAINTS; ARCHITECTURAL STYLE; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 34248673464     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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