Can patterns improve i* modeling? Two exploratory studies

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5025 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-167

  Strohmaier, Markus ^a   Horkoff, Jennifer ^b   Yu, Eric ^b   Aranda, Jorge ^b   Easterbrook, Steve ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Model Complexity; Model Coverage; Model Patterns; Modeling Effort; The i* Framework

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FOUNDATIONS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; CASE STUDIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HEIDELBERG (CO); INTERNATIONAL (CO); MODEL COMPLEXITY; REQUIREMENTS PROCESS; SOFTWARE-QUALITY; SPRINGER (CO);

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 45849121409     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69062-7_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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