A priority-based negotiations approach for handling inconsistencies in multi-perspective software requirements

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-588

  Mu, Kedian ^a   Jin, Zhi ^b   Zowghi, Didar ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated negotiation; Inconsistency management; Requirements engineering; The priority of requirements; Viewpoints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

AUTOMATED NEGOTIATIONS; HANDLING INCONSISTENCIES; INCONSISTENCY MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS PROCESS; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS; THE PRIORITY OF REQUIREMENTS; VIEWPOINTS;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 55649109434     PISSN: 10096124     EISSN: 15597067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11424-008-9136-4     Document Type: Article

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