Product line use cases: Scenario-based specification and testing of requirements

Software Product Lines: Research Issues in Engineering and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 425-445

  Bertolino, Antonia ^a   Fantechi, Alessandro ^b   Gnesi, Stefania ^a   Lami, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 38049038796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-33253-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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