COTS selection: Past, present, and future

Proceedings of the International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer Based Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-112

  Mohamed, Abdallah ^a   Ruhe, Guenther ^a   Eberlein, Armin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS); COTS PRODUCTS; COTS SELECTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34250214575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECBS.2007.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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