Towards automated requirements prioritization and triage

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-89

  Duan, Chuan ^a   Laurent, Paula ^a   Cleland Huang, Jane ^a   Kwiatkowski, Charles ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Non functional requirements; Requirements prioritization; Requirements triage

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS GOALS; CROSS CUTTINGS; DATA-MINING; DISCUSSION FORUMS; FEATURE REQUESTS; ICE BREAKERS; LARGE PROJECTS; MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES; NEW APPROACHES; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OPEN SOURCE PRODUCTS; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PRIORITIZATION; PRIORITIZATION PROCESS; PRODUCT RELEASE; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION; REQUIREMENTS TRIAGE; TIME TO MARKETS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MINING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349199148     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-009-0079-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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