Requirements, plato's cave, and perceptions of reality

Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 487-492

  Davis, Alan M ^a   Nori, Kesav V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

ERROR-PRONE REQUIREMENTS; REQUIREMENTS PROBLEMS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 37349103751     PISSN: 07303157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2007.182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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